The defeat of SKA from Minsk “Dynamo” at the beginning of the series was a real surprise. But the correct conclusions were drawn from the failure, and already in the first term, SKA removed almost all the questions.
In the 13th minute, Vasily Glotov took the lead for St. Petersburg, three minutes later Svyatoslav Grebenshchikov scored, and Igor Ozhiganov brought the score to 3:0.
In the last minute of the first segment of the game, SKA almost lost their leader and top scorer Dmitry Yashkin. Timofey Kovgorenya roughly pushed him against the boards, and the hosts’ player came off the ice bleeding. The rude received a five-minute sanction, and then Nick Merkley was also “distinguished”, whom the judges sent prematurely to rest for an indecent gesture. Yashkin, after the assistance provided, was still able to return to the game.
In the second period, the guests were able to get drenched, Ryan Spooner did. But it was not possible to save the match – in the final segment the hosts scored twice, and the guests only once. Goals scored by SKA’s Marat Khusnutdinov and Stepan Falkovsky and Dynamo’s Nikita Pyshkaylo. The series score became 1-1, and the next two matches will take place in Belarus.
In Kazan, the local “Ak Bars” was eager to take revenge for the failure in the first match. And already in the 15th second of the meeting, Dmitry Voronkov knocked on the gates of “Neftekhimik”. A little later, the Canadian striker scored a brace. In the second half, Kazan responded to Kirill Vorobyov’s puck with Alexander Radulov’s goal.
In the 32nd minute, a fight broke out on the ice, started by Radulov. The active participation in the fight was in charge of two players from each team, who received a total of 32 minutes of sanction by the referee. 17 of them won Radulov.
Kazantsy set the final score in the third period after Stanislav Galiyev’s goal – 4: 1, and the series score became 1-1. Now Nizhnekamsk will host two games.
I was able to take revenge on the “Admiral” and the Ufa “Salavat Yulaev”. In the second home match, the hockey players of the Bashkir club won – 5:2. Shakir Mukhamadullin, Danil Bashkirov, Danil Alalykin, Ivan Drozdov and Alexander Khmelevsky scored goals as part of the winners. Michal Krysztof and Anton Berlev scored among the losers. The series score was 1-1. Now the teams will go to Vladivostok.
He won his match and Yaroslavl “Locomotive”. Podmoskovny “Vityaz” was defeated with a score of 6:2. And here the score of the series became 1-1. The next two meetings will be held at the site of the “knights”.
