“Knight” managed to win S.K.A. in overtime (6:5 OT) in the Fonbet Championship game KHL leading 5-2 after two periods.
At Vityaz, Stepan Starkov scored twice, Alexander Yaremchuk, Tyler Graovac and Alexei Volgin also scored on the puck. In the first 40 minutes of the match, the guests responded only with goals from Igor Ozhiganov and Dmitry Yashkin.
After the second break, Marat Khairullin, Mikhail Vorobyov and the same Yashkin helped SKA equalize, but Vityaz striker Vladimir Galuzin’s puck became decisive in extra time.
SKA lost the second consecutive game, with 74 points, the team leads the Western Conference. Vityaz is in 7th place (48 points).
In another encounter, Severstal beat Torpedo 3-2, breaking Nizhny Novgorod’s six-game winning streak.
KHL. Regular season
Vityaz (Moscow region) – SKA (St. Petersburg) – 6:5 OT (1:1, 4:1, 0:3, 1:0)
Goals: Starkov, 7:39 p.m., 34:21 p.m. Yaremchuk, 29:55. Graovac, 31:17. Volgin, 38:35 (min.). Galuzin, 64:14. – Ozhiganov, 9:27 (bol.). Yashkin, 38:16, 48:45. Khairullin, 42:57. Vorobiev, 44:12.
Source : MatchTV
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