A decided victory for Salavat, Traktor defeated Ak Bars with the help of a masterpiece. Results of the day in the KHL
Egor Torishny October 16, 2024, 23:30 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
The Ufa team barely managed to win in the capital of Kazakhstan, Lokomotiv safely defeated Kunlun.
On October 16, three games of the KHL regular championship were played. Let’s summarize them.
After the first half, it seemed that the Chelyabinsk team did not show up to the match almost in full force: Ak Bars broke into the home team’s goal, but Zach Fucale was reliable and became the only reason why the teams were They went to the first break with the score equal to zero.
The second twenty minutes changed everything, with the only difference being that Traktor took advantage of his opportunities. The first to score was Buddy Robinson, who performed a real masterpiece: the American touched the puck twice on the fly and beat Timur Bilyalov with incredible skill. And shortly before half-time, Vitaly Kravtsov doubled his team’s lead.
In the third period he complicated the situation even more for the Kazan team, punishing the rival for the first and only elimination of the match. Kirill Krutov’s goal midway through the third was worthless. “Traktor” retained the 3:1 victory and was four points ahead of its closest rival in the Eastern Conference.
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The Kazakh team won the previous match and started the match with Salavat in good spirits, taking the lead already halfway through the first half. It’s true? Thanks to Alexander Chmielewski, the locals’ joy was short-lived, because four minutes later the American striker restored the balance.
The teams exchanged goals even faster in the middle of the second twenty minutes: first, Nathan Todd gave the Ufa team the lead for the first time in the match, achieving the second elimination of Damir Zhafyarov, but less than two minutes later, Alikhan Omirbekov again. returned the status quo.
A couple of minutes later, Vyacheslav Butsaev’s team got the right to convert the majority, but instead it was conceded: Yegor Suchkov caught his opponent in a mistake and went on the counterattack alone, leaving no chance for Nikita Boyarkin.
This puck, scored in the second third of the game, ended up winning. 3:2: resounding victory for Salavat, who continues alternating successful and unsuccessful matches.
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The Chinese club stayed in the game for quite a long time, or rather, it was kept in the game by Kyle Keyser, who today took his place in the Red Star goal. However, at the end of the first half, Lokomotiv still picked up the keys to their goal: first Byron Fraze and then Maxim Berezkin helped the railwaymen reach the break as leaders.
And halfway through the match, the same Fraze and Daniil But took the Yaroslavl team’s lead to four goals; The game, in fact, was played in the first half hour. “Kunlun, who had only 15 shots on goal against Alexei Melnichuk today, had no chance to close that gap, but he still scored a goal; Shortly before the second exit to the locker room, Jayden Halbgevaks was able to score the goal. that became the “dragons” is the only one that exists today.
Igor Nikitin’s pupils had the last word: another Red Star majority was overshadowed by an accurate shot by Denis Alekseev, which marked the final score of the match. 5:1 – Lokomotiv confidently beats Kunlun and strengthens its position at the top of the West and the entire league.
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