Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Secures 3-1 Victory Over Barys: Highlights from the KHL Home Opener

On October 19, Lokomotiv started their home streak with a match against Barys.

Compared to the previous game, Mark Ulyev and Alexander Radulov appeared in our team, replacing Nikita Cherepanov and Byron Fraze. Dmitry Yabelov, who was included in the lineup for the KHL game for the first time, was the 13th striker, and Daniil Isaev defended the goal.

The meeting for Yaroslavl started with a minority – the home team was left with four players already in the third minute. When he was playing in an unequal line, Isaev really entered the game for the first time, helping his partners after a throw from a few meters. After fighting back in the minority, the “railwaymen” established control of the puck, but “Barys”, starting to build defense from the central zone and disciplined changes, very complicated on our team’s job of delivering the puck to the opponent’s field. When they managed to position themselves in Boyarkin’s zone, there was no accuracy in throws and lobs from the blue line, and active pressure after a loss did not always bring success. However, the opening section did not pass without a goal: two minutes before the whistle, Maxim Berezkin, in a fight with an opponent, saved the puck, made a pass to the blue line, and Dmitry Simashev, taking advantage of the free space that appeared, spread out almost to the middle of the zone, and with a good wrist shot with a throw he opened the scoring in the game and his goals in the season, 1: 0. At the beginning of the second period, the Yaroslavl team successfully played the section in the minority, however, in the fifth minute it was the guests who created the first dangerous moment, so it was necessary Isaev helped his partners while they were moving. After that, as in the first period, there was a very tight fight in all areas of the site, which gave a lot of strength and energy. The next opportunity was created by the ice owners: Berezkin threw from the fight from close range, and Boyarkin dealt with this attack with some difficulty. But the next positional attack on Lokomotiv turned out to be a score: the railway workers managed to make a move, and the hockey players who had just appeared on the ice scored a goal – after Alexander Polunin’s pass from the boards , shot Yegor Surin accurately. from the middle of the zone, 2:0. After another three minutes, the “railway workers” made a new effective attack, but after reviewing Polunin’s goal it was canceled. The end of the period was difficult due to another elimination; here Isaev dealt with a couple of unpleasant moments, so our team entered the second break with a comfortable advantage. The first minutes of the third period were spent on a collision course: the Yaroslavl team responded to Barys’ attacks with a lunch from the second line and a shot from Booth from the throw-in circle on the left, after which Boyarkin saved his team . In general, in the third period, the railwaymen had more possession of the puck and attacked it, but not all positional attacks had the finishing touch, and six minutes before the whistle, the guests used the opportunity in attack, reducing the gap to the minimum. , 2:1. So, the end turned out to be a little tighter, but everything went without new threats to Isaev’s goal, and the last point was set by Alexey Bereglazov, who put the puck into the empty net It is symbolic, like Simashev and Surin, Bereglazov scored his first goal of the season.

3:1 – Lokomotiv beat Barys at the start of the home series.

On October 21, the railway workers will play on the ice against Dynamo Moscow.

Source: press service of HC “Lokomotiv”