Yaroslavl hockey playerslocomotive “surpassed”Knight away (3:2 OT) in Game 4 of the Fonbet KHL Championship First Round Playoff Series.
At the end of the first half, 20-year-old Vityaz defender Yaroslav Busygin opened the scoring, becoming Vityaz’s youngest goalscorer in the Gagarin Cup.
In the third period, the railway responded with two majority goals by Stepan Nikulin and Denis Alekseev, the goals were separated by 1 minute 21 seconds. Then Scott Wilson tied the score again.
Lokomotiv scored the winning goal at the end of the second extra time, Rushan Rafikov became the author of an accurate shot. The meeting ended around 11:30 p.m. Moscow time.
The series score became 3-1 in favor of Lokomotiv. The teams return to Yaroslavl, where on March 9 they will play for the fifth time. The match will be the last of this confrontation if Lokomotiv wins, the team will become a participant in the quarter-finals of the Gagarin Cup (semi-final of the Western Conference).
Watch live broadcasts of matches of the Fonbet KHL Championship on the federal channel and thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites. On March 8, will broadcast the match between Metallurg and Avtomobilist (from 2:40 p.m. Moscow time), then the match between Dynamo and Torpedo (from 4:45 p.m. Moscow time).
KHL. Gagarin Cup. 1/8 final. Fourth game
Vityaz (Moscow region) – Lokomotiv (Yaroslavl) – 2:3 OT (1:0, 0:0, 1:2, 0:0)
Goals: Busygin, 16:57. Wilson, 55:42 (bol.). – Nikulin, 46:32 (bol.). Alekseev, 47:53 (bol.). Raficov, 95:28.
The series score is 1:3.
Source : MatchTV
I’m Emma Smith, a dedicated journalist and avid storyteller. I have been writing for news websites for the past 5 years, reporting on hockey news and delivering in-depth analysis of the sport. In my current role as Author at Athletistic, I write about hockey events from around the world to keep followers up-to-date with what’s happening in the sport.
