Kazakhstan national team forward Nikita Mikhailis helped his Metallurg defeat Barys 3:0. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
The former Barys player scored in the 10th minute of the first period. He netted Metallurg's third goal past Hunter Shepard, who was immediately replaced in the net by Andrei Shutov. Before Mikhailis, Makar Khabarov and Yegor Korobkin scored two goals into our net within 16 seconds.
🏒 METALLURG (Magnitogorsk, Russia) – BARYS (Astana, Kazakhstan) 3:0 (3:0, 0:0, 0:0)
Goals: Khabarov (Korotkov, Nechaev) 02:32 (1:0), Korobkin (Korotkov) 02:48 (2:0), Mikhailis 09:44 (Tolchinsky, Todd) (3:0)
Trailing 0:3 already in the middle of the first period, Barys did not let the hosts develop their advantage. But they also failed to open the opponent's net, leaving the ice without a goal for the first time in the championship.
The KHL regular championship, which started on September 5, will last until March 20, 2027. Each of the 22 teams will play 68 games. Based on the regular season results, 8 teams from each conference get the right to participate in the playoffs.
The current holder of the Gagarin Cup is Yaroslavl's Lokomotiv, which defeated Ak Bars from Kazan in six matches in the May final series.
The first away tour of the 2026/27 season will end for Barys with games in Yaroslavl and Moscow.