	15 Mar, Fri
CSK	0 OT 1	DYN
0:00:00:00:1

	15 Mar, Fri
SKA	6 – 1	LOK
1:13:02:0

	16 Mar, Sat
BAR	4 – 2	AVG
0:02:02:2

	16 Mar, Sat
AVT	2 – 0	SAL
1:01:00:0

	17 Mar, Sun
DYN	0 – 4	CSK
0:10:20:1

	17 Mar, Sun
LOK	3 – 1	SKA
1:01:01:1

	18 Mar, Mon
SAL	2 OT 1	AVT
0:01:00:11:0

	18 Mar, Mon
AVG	5 – 0	BAR
1:02:02:0

	19 Mar, Tue
LOK	1 – 3	SKA
0:10:01:2

	19 Mar, Tue
DYN	1 – 2	CSK
1:00:00:2

	20 Mar, Wed
SAL	4 – 2	AVT
3:11:00:1

	20 Mar, Wed
AVG	3 – 1	BAR
0:01:12:0

	21 Mar, Thu
CSK	3 – 2	DYN
1:11:11:0

	21 Mar, Thu
SKA	5 OT 4	LOK
0:14:10:21:0

	22 Mar, Fri
BAR	3 – 5	AVG
1:01:41:1

	22 Mar, Fri
AVT	1 – 4	SAL
0:20:11:1

	28 Mar, Thu
CSK	–	SKA
19:30 msk Moscow

1	1.85	X	4.40	2	3.40

	29 Mar, Fri
AVG	–	SAL
19:30 msk Balashikha

	30 Mar, Sat
CSK	–	SKA
17:00 msk Moscow

	31 Mar, Sun
AVG	–	SAL
17:00 msk Balashikha

	1 Apr, Mon
SKA	–	CSK
19:30 msk Saint Petersburg

No surprises from Dynamo. CSKA gets to Western Conference finals

East: It’s Avangard vs Salavat Yulaev. March 22 playoffs

David Nemirovsky: “We gave our players the right to commit mistakes”

22 March 2019, 16:45

Underdogs ahoy! Favorites on the brink of elimination! Preview for March 22

22 March 2019, 07:00

West: Army rivals reach the final again. March 21 playoffs

21 March 2019, 22:30

CSKA and SKA look to hammer the final nail in the coffin! Preview Mar 21

21 March 2019, 07:00

East: Chudinov scores from his own half, Ufa takes its chances. March 20 playoffs

20 March 2019, 20:30

Girts Ankipans: “We wanted to make Dinamo Riga a rock-solid team”

20 March 2019, 16:00

Zaripov stars to sink his former club. Conference SF, March 17

17 March 2018, 19:49 Daily Round-up

Ak Bars Kazan 4 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 1 (1-0, 3-1, 0-0)

(Series tied at 1-1)

Danis Zaripov returned to the Ak Bars line-up for the second game in this series, with the home team hoping he could play a similarly decisive role against his former club as the game-winning performances he produced last season to help Metallurg sweep past the Kazan team. Zaripov duly repaid that faith with his first goal of this season’s playoffs as Ak Bars produced a convincing riposte to its overtime loss on Friday.

Photo: 17.03.18. KHL Championship 2017/18. Playoffs. Ak Bars (Kazan) - Metallurg (Magnitogorsk)

However, it was another former Metallurg man, defenseman Yaroslav Kosov, who set Ak Bars on the way to a comfortable series-tying victory. Kosov got the opening goal in the 13^th minute, firing home a slap shot from from the top of the left-hand circle after Rob Klinkhammer led a counter-attack from deep in Ak Bars territory.

That was the only scoring of an even first period, but the middle frame saw the home team take complete control on its way to tying this series. Justin Azevedo set the tone, sweeping home a second goal moments after the restart after Jiri Sekac tested Vasily Koshechkin and wrong-footed the defense with a pass from the rebound. Magnitka responded midway through the frame when Chris Lee forced home the loose puck after Andrei Chibisov’s point shot provoked a tussle on the slot between Matt Ellison and Atte Ohtamaa, but then came Zaripov’s big moment. Stanislav Galiyev’s East-West feed found Vasily Tokranov at the back door, Koshechkin stopped his shot, but Zaripov was on hand to tuck away the rebound. Then the veteran forward got an assist in the last minute of the second period, robbing Sergei Tereshchenko and going around the back before setting up Galiyev for the 4-1 goal.

With the outcome of the game looking fairly clear, Ak Bars spent much of the final frame concentrating on keeping Metallurg at arm’s length. Allowing just nine more shots on Galimov’s net – most of them in a desperate late flurry – the home team was able to see out a comfortable victory and bring the series level before the teams move to Magnitogorsk for game three on Tuesday.