Series moves to Balashikha with Ak Bars in quite a hole!
This was not part of the script for Ak Bars. Avangard winning both games in Kazan simply wasn’t what was supposed to happen and yet, this is where we’re at. Two tight games now see Avangard heading home looking to push things to match ball.
Now the KHL world looks to see some kind of victorious sign of life from Ak Bars, a team that did what it wanted with the rest of the league during the regular season.
19:00: Avangard vs Ak Bars
Series stand
2-0 series lead for Avangard.
Game 1: A 3-1 victory for Avangard.
Game 2: A 2-0 victory for Avangard.
About the game
Hrubec has played 86:02 minutes of shutout hockey.
Boucher has points in 17 straight games, going 11-10-21 over that span. A point tonight and he’ll break Alexander Radulov’s KHL record of points in 17 straight games.
Kostin has points in three straight games, going 2-1-3 over that span.
Injury list
Avangard: Nail Yakupov, Maxim Chudinov
Milestone alert
Forward Ilya Kablukov is hoping to collect his 100th
career KHL assist (currently at 99).
