Eastern Conference semi-finals, Game 4
(3) Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3
(2) Avangard Omsk 5
Avangard leads the series 3-1
Avangard forward Roman Cervenka posted 2+2 as his team won 5-3 in Magnitogorsk to move to within one game of the Eastern Conference final. Cervenka now has 14 points for the play-offs after a stellar show to sink Metallurg and make the series score 3-1.
His first contribution was to set up Alexander Popov's opener, but after Tomas Rolinek leveled on 12:52 Cervenka really took control.
On 25:55 he squeezed home a shot from the tightest of angles, finding the gap between Ari Ahonen's pads and the near post. Then on 27:08 Cervenka's blue-liner fizzed past the unsighted Finn, with the hosts convinced their goalie was obstructed as the shot came in.
That anger didn't stop a Metallurg fightback - by 37:13 it was 3-3 thanks to Rolinek's second and a powerplay goal from Sergei Mozyakin - but Cervenka was on hand with the assist on Popov's game winner early in the third, before Igor Volkov's empty-netter wrapped things up 62 seconds before the hooter.
Kontiola gives Traktor the win
(4) Ak Bars Kazan 2
(1)Traktor Chelyabinsk 3
Traktor leads the series 3-1
Finnish forward Petri Kontiola struck late in the game to head off an Ak Bars revival and give Traktor Chelyabinsk a vital 3-2 win in Kazan. His goal came on 57:51, finishing off a wonderful attacking move involving Konstanin Panov and Anton Burdasov. More importantly, it give Traktor a 3-1 lead in the series, with the next match due in Chelyabinsk on Thursday.
Earlier Traktor had opened up a 2-0 lead thanks to a Evgeny Kuznetsov powerplay goal on 12:01 and a strike from Burdasov early in the third period. But Ak Bars recovered strongly, and when Evgeny Lapenkov tied the game on 51:48 it was a brave man who would have bet against the home side seeing the job through. But Kontiola had other ideas.
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.