Eastern Conference semi-finals, Day 3
(3) Metallurg Magnitogorsk 1
(2) Avangard Omsk 3
Avangard leads the series 2-1
Avangard defenseman Nikita Pivtsakin doesn’t turn 21 until July, but on the ice he put on a performance beyond his years to give his team a turnaround win at Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Pivtsakin struck twice to cancel out Dmitry Obukhov’s opening goal for Magnitka, and in the process he recorded his first ever game-winning goal and doubled his career goal tally in the KHL.
Anton Kuryanov completed the scoring for Avangard in a 3-1 win which gives the Omsk side a 2-1 lead in its semi-final series, despite Metallurg’s success in the opening game of the sequence.
Peaking too soon
(4) Ak Bars Kazan 2 OT
(1)Traktor Chelyabinsk 1
Traktor leads the series 2-1
In the Ak Bars vs Traktor series, it doesn’t pay to get off the mark too quickly: in all three games so far the team which has opened the scoring has ended up losing.
This time it was Traktor which peaked too early in Kazan, with Evgeny Kuznetsov’s penalty shot opening the scoring early in the second period. That lead did not last long, however, with Evgeny Skachkov tying things up inside two minutes.
After that it was cagey stuff, with neither side really forging a clear advantage in the third session and for the first time in the series we went to overtime before Niko Kapanen gave Ak Bars the verdict on 61:55.
After two wins in Chelyabinsk, Traktor still leads the best-of-seven series, but its advantage has been trimmed to 2-1 ahead of Tuesday’s game in Kazan.
All rights to materials posted on the website www.khl.ru (hereinafter referred to as the Website) and which are the objects of exclusive rights, including the registered trademarks and symbolics of the “КХЛ”/“KHL”, “МХЛ” / “JHL”, “ЖХЛ” / “WHL” (hereinafter referred to as the Trademarks), as well as on photo and video images, articles, etc., which are owned by CHL LLC, are protected in compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. The placement and / or use of Trademarks and other intellectual property of CHL LLC without the direct consent of CHL LLC are considered and prosecuted as intellectual property rights violations of CHL LLC in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation. It is forbidden to automatically extract information from the Website by any services without the official permission of CHL LLC. Quoting from the Website and satellite projects of the official messages of the Kontinental Hockey League is allowed only with a direct link to the site www.khl.ru.
КХЛ 2008—2021
KHL 2008—2021
All rights to materials posted on the website www.khl.ru (hereinafter referred to as the Website) and which are the objects of exclusive rights, including the registered trademarks and symbolics of the “КХЛ”/“KHL”, “МХЛ” / “JHL”, “ЖХЛ” / “WHL” (hereinafter referred to as the Trademarks), as well as on photo and video images, articles, etc., which are owned by CHL LLC, are protected in compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. The placement and / or use of Trademarks and other intellectual property of CHL LLC without the direct consent of CHL LLC are considered and prosecuted as intellectual property rights violations of CHL LLC in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation. It is forbidden to automatically extract information from the Website by any services without the official permission of CHL LLC. Quoting from the Website and satellite projects of the official messages of the Kontinental Hockey League is allowed only with a direct link to the site www.khl.ru.