The head coach of “Barys,” **Mikhail Kravets**, discussed what the team is missing to achieve consistent results. Currently, the Kazakh club is in eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings of the KHL.

**— What needs to be done to achieve stability?**
— First and foremost, it’s essential to secure victories in the first two games to build confidence, which can give us a boost. It’s crucial to beat our competitors; this would create a significantly better mindset before the fourth game. However, even after our win against ‘Avtomobilist’, where everyone felt good, fatigue seems to be affecting us. It’s not just our fourth game; we have seven matches within a short span of days.

I don’t want to make excuses, but it’s true that illnesses, viruses, and player substitutions have an impact. Nevertheless, the third period demonstrated that we do have the strength, character, and other necessary qualities, especially since we played with three lines. It’s all mental; we need to stay focused from the start to the very last second, — quoted Kravets by the club’s press service.