Nizhnekamsk “Neftekhimik” defeated Cherepovets Severstal in the Fonbet Championship home game continental hockey league (KHL).
The match in Nizhnekamsk ended with the score 4:3. The pucks among the winners were thrown by Mikhail Nazarov (3rd minute), Vyacheslav Leshchenko (22), Ansel Galimov (27) and Pavel Poryadine (59). Daniil Vovchenko (2), Dmitry Moiseev (38) and Igor Geraskin (48) scored among the guests.
Neftekhimik is 11th in the KHL Eastern Conference standings with 45 points, Severstal is ninth in the West with 47 points.
In the next match, Neftekhimik will host Vityaz near Moscow, Severstal will play Kunlun at home. Both meetings will take place on January 8.
KHL. Regular season
Neftekhimik (Nizhnekamsk) – Severstal (Cherepovets) – 4:3 (1:1, 2:1, 1:1)
Goals: Nazarov, 2:26. Leshchenko, 21:28. Galimov, 26:08. Poryadin, 58:48. – Vovchenko, 1h13. Moiseev, 37:32. Geraskin, 47:59 (bol.).
Source : MatchTV

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