Athletistic/Hockey. The 1/8 finals of the Continental Hockey League playoffs continue. This year, it’s getting long. Neither team will win the series with a clean sheet. There aren’t too many matchups that can be finished in four games, either. A few fifth fights in the series will take place on Friday, March 10. We invite you to study the schedule of these matches and their predictions.
Avangard – Sibir
4:30 p.m. Moscow time
Score in the series – 3:1
This streak may end in the next game. After all, “Vanguard has already won three victories. At the same time, the series began with the fact that” Siberia “won with the score 2: 1 in overtime. After that, the Omsk club won three consecutive wins – 4:1, 4:3, 4:1 “So if Avangard wins the next game, the streak will be over and Omsk players will reach the quarter-finals of the Gagarin Cup. If the match ends with Siberia winning, the streak will continue. The bookmakers believe that Avangard will win and advance to the next round. The probability is 69%.
“Motorist” – “Metallurgist”
5:00 p.m. Moscow time
The series score is 2:2.
This streak certainly won’t end after Game 5. After all, at the moment the teams have a draw. “Motorist” won the first game with the score 4:2. After that, “Metallurg” won two in a row – 3: 2 in overtime and 2: 1 in overtime. In the fourth match, the Yekaterinburg club again won – 4:0. The bookmakers believe that after the fifth game, Avtomobilist will come out on top of the series. The probability of his victory is 59%.
CSKA – Severstal
7:30 p.m. Moscow time
Score in the series – 2:2
The Moscow Army team is the current holder of the Gagarin Cup. Moreover, since 2015, they have won the round of 16 every year with a score of 4:0. However, “Severstal” was able to complete this superiority of CSKA in the first rounds. The series score so far is 2:2. This means that there will be at least six matches. The series started with a 5-2 win for CSKA. After that, Severstal beat CSKA twice in a row – 3:2 in extra time and 5:3. However, after that, Sergei Fedorov’s wards got angry and defeated their opponent – 9:3. The bookmakers believe that the fifth game of the series will also end with victory for CSKA. The probability of such an outcome is 79%.
Torpedo – Dynamo Moscow
7:30 p.m. Moscow time
Score in the series – 2:2
Another series in which there will be at least six fights. Dynamo won the first game 3-1. Then “Torpedo” won with the score 5: 2 and tied the series score. The third game ended with a clear victory of the Moscow club – 3:0. However, the Nizhny Novgorod team then managed to level the score in the series, having won with a score of 5: 4 in extra time. In the fifth game, bookmakers with a slight margin prefer “Torpedo”. The probability of victory of Igor Larionov’s quarters is 55%.
Yaroslav Pyatikh, Athletistic
Source: Sport

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