The end of SKA’s winning streak and Sibir’s incredible failure. Results of the day in the KHL
Egor Torishny December 6, 2023, 00:30 Moscow time
Salavat Yulaev won the fifth match in a row, and Avangard found a worthy replacement even for Reed Boucher.
On December 5, 10 Fonbet KHL regular season games were played. We summarize the game day and tell you the most important things from past games.
There were unpleasant rumors around both head coaches: “Siberia” was having a bad series at home without the strongest opponents, and Dmitry Kvartalnov would not lead the team to the Channel One Cup. Andy Andreoff, criticized from the beginning of the season , scored twice, but the Minsk team won the third period 3:0, with Roman Gorbunov four seconds after the break, taking advantage of a throw-in in the rival zone, and Alexander Volkov scored the winning goal in the 59th minute :54. The clouds over Kvartalnov dissipated a little and over Nemirovski they thickened again.
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Before the match, Omsk fans received unpleasant news: Reed Boucher was placed on the injured list. However, the American’s illness is not serious and he will not be sidelined for long. 19-year-old Alexander Filatiev played on the first line, scoring his first goal in the KHL. Most of Avangard returned to work, the bottom lines finally won, and Barys, which had almost started to sell out, could not hold out in any way.
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SKA arrived in Yekaterinburg amid an 11-game winning streak and rumors that Nikolai Zavarukhin was facing resignation. However, Avtomobilist was able to contain the visitors’ attack thanks to Vladimir Galkin, who stopped 22 shots in the first half and successfully converted his first half chances. SKA, as usual, returned to the game in the third period, but in the penalty shootout Galkin again played perfectly, not allowing his opponent to score a single goal. Anatoly Golyshev’s penalty shootout gave Yekaterinburg the victory.
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Traktor scored against Neftekhimik already in the 25th second of the match and then maintained the initiative for most of the match, taking 44 shots at the opponent’s goal. Neftekhimik was not helped by either the five-minute expulsion of the home defender or the two-minute segment of 5v3: the fight for a position in the playoffs became more difficult for the Tatarstan team.
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CSKA spent only eight minutes on attack, but this was enough to defeat Metallurg, who, apparently, did not have enough strength after the dynamic and wild hockey in the match against SKA. This year, Ivan Fedotov surprisingly alternates dry spells and unsuccessful matches: today the two-meter goalkeeper dried up the brilliant attack of Razin’s team and took first place in the league in the number of clean sheets.
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Early season leader Troy Josephs returned to Lada after injury, but this did not help them win the battle between teams whose philosophies were largely opposite. Here the spectators also saw a quick goal, which Sergei Shumakov scored already in the 11th second, but here it did not help to win. Lada led the scoreboard for more than half the match, but the Torpedo leaders’ third-period effort helped them beat the still-declining Togliatti team.
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Severstal’s goalkeepers this year are often criticized, and rightly so, but today Dmitry Shugaev played his best game of the season, stopping 44 shots and limiting Radulov, Shipachev and company to just one goal. Interestingly, a goal was scored here in the first minute as well: Ruslan Abrosimov scored on the power play. Also worth noting is the goal of local legend Dmitry Kagarlitsky, which, however, did not help Ak Bars in the end.
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After a slightly crazy victory over Spartak, Salavat played quite calmly in Balashikha and achieved his fifth consecutive victory. In attack, the Ufa club had the third five, which accounted for three goals: Alexander Sharov found new breath after being transferred to the center, and one cannot fail to notice the efforts of Livo-Khmielewski’s team. Quietly “Salavat” rose to third place in the East, and talks about Kozlov’s resignation were forgotten.
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Fonbet KHL Championship
December 5, 2023, Tuesday. 19:30 Moscow time
Spartacus
Moscow
Dynamo M
Moscow
0:1
Muranov (Gotovets, Kablukov) – 00:36 (5×5)1:1
Tsyplakov (Rukavishnikov, Loktionov) – 08:46 (5×5)2:1
Poryadin (Goldobin, Burmistrov) – 10:40 (5×5)2:2
Pylenkov (Sharakanov, Chernyshov) – 17:22 (5×5)23
O’Dell (Gusev, Wil) – 17:46 (5×4)2:4
Petukhov (Gotovets) – 23:42 (4×5)2:5
Rimashevsky (Ilyenko) – 28:34 (5×5)3:5
Usmanov (Pashin, Filin) - 30:45 (5×5)3:6
Rashevsky (O’Dell) – 31:10 (5×5)4:6
Poryadin (Vishnevsky, Burmistrov) – 31:29 (5×5)5:6
Tsyplakov (Zaitsev, Loktionov) – 39:11 (5×5)6:6
Goldobin (Savikov, Vishnevsky) – 43:13 (5×5)7:6
Owl – 44:06 (5×5)7:7
O’Dell (Puckett, Ozhiganov) – 51:55 (5×4)8:7
Belyaev (Galimov) – 63:19 (3×3)
It’s hard to say anything about such a crazy match: it’s something to see. A more productive match in the KHL occurred only once, when Barys beat Vityaz 11:6 in January 2009, and seven years later, the same Vityaz beat Dynamo Minsk 9:6. Only three forwards on the team were left without points in this match and both starting goalkeepers were substituted.
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In Mytishchi, as in Moscow, it was also fun in terms of goals, although not as exciting. Kunlun, who everyone seemed to have forgotten about, took impressive form and started winning thanks to the attack, and not the heroics of the goalkeepers. Kunlun players of all levels scored and the winning goal in overtime was scored by China captain Brandon Yip. Although Kunlun played more games than its competitors, Red Star did not fall from the playoff race.
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