Avangard left for Yaroslavl after two home defeats and the dismissal of coach Mikhail Kravets. The reason for this step was the 0-7 defeat in the second match. Instead, Sergei Zvyagin leads the team.
In the first half the teams exchanged goals. The guests opened the scoring. Defender Semyon Chistyakov has an accurate shot. But before the break, Stepan Nikulin restored equality.
The second half passed with an advantage for the Yaroslavl team, but the score did not change. And in the third twenty minutes the locals played more actively, but failed to score.
As a result, the match went to extra time, where everything was decided with Reed Boucher’s second goal.
Lokomotiv leads the series 2-1, the third match will be played in Yaroslavl on March 22.
