Vityaz is putting up a good case for being the KHL’s most improved team of 2013-14, and Tuesday’s battling shoot-out win at Ak Bars underlined the progress that has been made in Podolsk this term.
Facing the Eastern Conference leader is often a daunting task, especially after conceding three goals in the first 30 minutes. But this season’s Vityaz is not easily deterred, and Anton Korolyov struck twice to cut the deficit before the second interval.
The fightback was complete in the third, with Gleb Klimenko and Vyacheslav Solodukhin making it 4-3 to the visitor before Evgeny Bodrov spared the home team’s blushes and forced overtime. But the same player found himself in the sin-bin as Ak Bars was left hanging on during the extras, and Dmitry Shitikov got the only goal of the shoot-out to add to his two assists in regulation time.
Vityaz moves to 31 points, just one point outside a play-off spot in a Western Conference log-jam which sees three points separating fourth from 12th. Ak Bars remains on top in the East.
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.