A monstrous mistake by Avangard, a super party of outsiders from the East. Results of the day in the KHL
Denis Lutchenko September 26, 2023, 00:00 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
“Sibir” achieved its fourth consecutive victory and “Lokomotiv” brought “Metallurg” into its game.
Six KHL regular season games were played on September 25. Let’s summarize them.
The match between Admiral and SKA was marked by the sensational news about the trade of Nikita Serebryakov, and for many it overshadowed the game itself. The match began with a quick goal from Tyler Graovac, who after the last game received a dose of derogatory criticism from Leonid Tambiev. SKA tied the score in the second half, Admiral quickly took the lead, but Daniil Gutik’s goal was disallowed. SKA only achieved victory in the end: Zakhar Bardakov’s goal. Even Admiral’s second goalie, Pavel Khomchenko, made 40 saves.
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Dynamo went into the match in Novosibirsk without Eric O’Dell and Brennan Menell; The Americans missed the game due to illness. This did not affect the effectiveness of the incredible majority of the blue and white: Maxim Dzhioshvili scored a double in unequal lineups. “Five against five” the locals were better, who only needed 19 shots for three goals. The winning goal was scored by Damir Khamidullin, who moved to Sibir in the summer, for whom the goal was his first in his new team.
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The match in Yekaterinburg was divided into two unequal parts. In the first half, Avangard played noticeably better, pressing, taking shots and naturally opening the scoring: Denis Vengryzhanovsky scored the first goal for the Omsk team. After Brooks Macek put Avtomobilist ahead on the power play, only the home team was left on the field. Perhaps Avangard could recover in the third period, but the Hawks were clearly defeated by two moments: an own goal by Semyon Chistyakov during a delayed penalty for the hosts and a goal by Andrei Obidin, who literally slid into the goal with the disk. after a foul by the Vanguardia player. The Omsk club suffered its third consecutive defeat.
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In Togliatti, the teams of two coaches, considered supporters of defensive hockey, met, and is it not surprising that in 60 minutes the spectators saw 0 pucks? Only in overtime did Semyon Der-Arguchintsev overcome his faltering opponent and give his team the victory, and Zach Fucale scored the first shutout in the KHL.
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It seems that all the goals that were not scored in Tolyatti were scored in Nizhnekamsk. “Match TV” decided to broadcast a meeting of outsiders from the East and it turned out that they were right. Two players from the home team scored the double: Rafael Bikmullin and Alexander Dergachev, who scored the first goals in their new place. The Astana legionnaires responded to them: the talented but unstable Swede Pontus Oberg scored a hat-trick and Riley Barber scored 4 (1+3) points. The American then took first place in the list of top scorers in the KHL.
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In Yaroslavl, spectators saw more power moves (46) and blocked shots (39) than shots on goal (36). It is clear who was more satisfied with this game: Lokomotiv was able to impose its style on Metallurg, and after the end of the game on Magnitogorsk’s social networks they could only post memes about the swamp. For the guests, 19-year-old center Mikhail Grass scored in the first league match, for Lokomotiv, Pavel Kraskovsky scored a double, scoring the second goal at the same time as the siren.
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