Admiral, Torpedo trying to revert the trend at home!

Home teams grabbed the win in game two as well, and both series are now standing at 2-0. However, with the action moving to Vladivostok and Nizhny Novgorod, trailing sides have a chance to revert the trend.

Both Admiral and Torpedo tried hard in game two, but failed to tie things up as the road sides suffered from a one-goal loss in the second attempt. The series will now change cities, and there’s a good chance to try and claim the first victory.

12:30: Admiral vs Ak Bars

Series stand

Ak Bars leads the series 2-0 (3:2, 2:1)

About the game

Zinetula Bilyaletdinov set a KHL record for the most postseason wins with 80 as Ak Bars defeated the Sailors in the second home game. Anton Berlyov gave Admiral the early lead, but Ilya Safonov and Vadim Shipachyov’s first tally of this year’s playoffs translated into Kazan’s second win in the series. Nikita Serebryakov had 34 saves for Vladivostok.

Admiral’s forward Anton Berlyov is on a three-game scoring streak, with 4 (2+2) points over that span.

Ak Bars’ forward Dmitry Kagarlitsky is on a six-game scoring streak, with 7 (2+5) points.

Ak Bars’ forward Kirill Petrov had an assist in each of his previous three games.

Injury list

Admiral: Colby Williams, Gleb Zyryanov.

Milestone alert

Ak Bars’ forward Alexander Radulov may reach 100 points scored in the playoffs (currently at 98). 

Ak Bars’ forward Kirill Petrov lines up for his 150^th playoff game. 

19:30: Torpedo vs SKA

Series stand
SKA leads the series 2-0 (2:1 ОТ, 5:4).

About the game

In game two, SKA and Torpedo pushed the gas and exchanged nine goals. Andrei Belevich scored a double for Torpedo, but the home side replied with three players with a multi-point performance, including unsung hero, defenseman Nikita Kamalov.

Injury list

SKA: Daniil Moiseyev, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi.

Torpedo: Igor Larionov, Kirill Urakov.

Milestone alert

Torpedo’s forward Alexei Kruchinin may reach 200 points in the KHL (currently at 198).

SKA’s forward Alexander Volkov lines up for his 100^th KHL game.

SKA’s forward Nikolai Prokhorkin reaches 100 games in the KHL playoffs.