MOSCOW, Mar 7 Metallurg Magnitogorsk defeated Kazakhstan's Barys » in the fourth match of the series of the first round of the playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The meeting, held in Nur-Sultan, ended with a score of 5:2 (2:1, 3:1, 0:0). As part of the winners, a hat-trick was scored by Denis Zernov (6, 11, 21 minutes), Grigory Dronov (23) and Linus Wiedell (36) also scored. The hosts scored Linden Wei (16) and Jakob Berglund (38). «Metallurg» leads the series with a score of 3-1. The next meeting will be held in Magnitogorsk on March 9. «Metallurg» on the results of the regular season took first place in the standings of the Eastern Conference, «Barys» became the eighth.
