Traktor returns to Chelyabinsk hunting first win!

Lokomotiv is up by two games in the semifinal series against Traktor, with the second match being an OT affair.

14:30: Traktor vs Lokomotiv

Series stand
0-2 (2:5, 2:3 ОТ)

About the game
Georgy Ivanov’s third tally in this year’s Gagarin Cup playoffs gave Lokomotiv a key 2-0 advantage after the first couple of home games for the Railwaymen. In regulation, twice Loko was up, and twice Traktor rallied back, with Ilya Karpukhin’s tally making it a 2:2 game with fewer than seven minutes to go in the closing frame. In extratime, Lokomotiv only needed three minutes to claim victory, with Ivanov scoring and d-man Martin Gernat finding his second point of the night as he collected an assist after netting the second Lokomotiv tally around the mid-mark in the second period. Sergei Mylnikov posted 27 saves for Traktor after having a hard time in replacing Zach Fucale in game one.
Lokomotiv’s forward Maxim Beryozkin is on a five-game scoring streak, with 8 (2+6) points over that span.

Injury list
Traktor: Andrei Chibisov.

Milestone alert
Traktor’s defenseman Artyom Blazhiyevsky may reach 100 KHL points (currently at 99).
Traktor’s forward Vladimir Tkachyov may score his 50^th point in the Gagarin Cup playoffs (currently at 49).