Barys started today's match very actively, as befits a team in a desperate fight for the playoffs. The club from Astana had several excellent opportunities to open the score. For example, a 1-0 exit to Sharychenkov's goalcage, but the CSKA goalkeeper played flawlessly. Soon CSKA took the initiative, earning a two-minute power play. The hosts took a full advantage of the very first chance. Vladislav Kamenev opened the score with a perfect one—touch shot - 1:0. The guests did not give up and shot an equalizer against CSKA — Kirill Savitsky shot dead on target. Yet CSKA left for a break being in the lead, anyway. Less than a minute before the end of the period, Nikita Nesterov completed his episode in a captain's way - 2:1.
After the break, the CSKA team managed to develop their advantage. Nikolay Makarov, the 20-year-old defender of CSKA, made a solo pass from his own goal to the Barys's domain and made the score 3:1. The puck was the first for that CSKA player in the KHL! Unfortunately, the team failed to keep the advantage for a long time. Egor Petukhov reduced the Barys's gap to one goal — 3:2. However, the CSKA team found the strength to shoot the puck "to the locker room". 22 seconds before the break, Maksim Mamin shot from the goal crease to Gudachek's goal — 4:2.
CSKA started the third period unsuccessfully. After 45 seconds, Barys reduced the gap again to a minimum thanks to Anton Sagadeev. CSKA got in gear and scored the fifth goal, but the referees canceled it due to offside. The guests continued the pressure and equalized the score — Anton Sagadeev scored a double. Then the teams continued the shoot-off. First, CSKA took the lead again, thanks to a double made by Vladislav Kamenev, and in the next attack, the guests made the score 5:5. Nikita Mikhailis sent the teams into overtime. In extra time, luck was on the guests' side.
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