petersburg S.K.A. defeated Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo” (2:1 OT) in overtime of the first game of the Gagarin Cup quarter-final series.
The match, which took place in St. Petersburg, ended in regular time with the score 1:1 (0:0, 0:0, 1:1). SKA scored Nikolai Prokhorkin scored the puck at Torpedo Vladislav Firstov .
In extra time, the hosts turned out to be stronger, the scorer of the winning goal was Dmitry Yashkin .
The series score is 1-0 in favor of SKA. The teams’ second match will take place in St. Petersburg on Saturday, March 18.
Watch live broadcasts of the Fonbet KHL Championship playoff matches on the federal channel , thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites. On March 17, will broadcast live the matches between Avangard and Metallurg (from 4:15 p.m. Moscow time), then CSKA against Lokomotiv (from 6:45 p.m.).
KHL. Playoffs
SKA (St. Petersburg) — Torpedo (Nizhny Novgorod) — 2:1 OT (0:0, 0:0, 1:1, 1:0)
Goals: Prokhorkin, 45:17. Yashkin, 65:09. —Firstov, 57:18.
Source : MatchTV

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