“Kunlun” beat Moscow “Dynamo” (3:2 OT) in the Fonbet KHL championship match.
During regulation time, the hosts took the lead twice on goals from Cédric Paquette and Vladislav Mikhailov, but Kunlun responded quickly each time with goals from Devin Brosseau and Lucas Lockhart.
In overtime, Dynamo won a penalty from which the opponents took advantage. Brandon McMillan scored the winning goal.
For Kunlun, the victory over Dynamo was the first in history. Before that, the rivals met 17 times in the KHL and each time the Muscovites turned out to be stronger.
“Dynamo” with 42 points still leads the Western Conference standings, “Kunlun” (23) is 10th. The Chinese club ended its own streak of five consecutive defeats: Dynamo lost after nine consecutive victories.
In another match “Torpedo” beat “Knight” (4:1), Nikolay Kovalenko scored a brace for the Nizhny Novgorod team. Igor Larionov’s team scored 36 points and again overtook Lokomotiv (34) in the West standings, rising to 3rd place. “Vityaz” (18) suffers a fourth defeat in a row and ends the conference.
Watch Fonbet matches of the KHL championship on the channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
KHL. Regular season
Dynamo (Moscow) – Kunlun Red Star (Beijing) – 2:3 OT (1:1, 1:1, 0:0, 0:1)
Goals: Puckett, 17:58 (bol.). Mikhailov, 27:59. — Brosseau, 7:30 p.m. Lockhart, 28:59 p.m. Macmillan, 62:17 (bol.).
“Vityaz” (Moscow region) – “Torpedo” (Nizhny Novgorod) – 1:4 (0:1, 1:2, 0:1)
Goals: Galuzin, 39:10. — Kovalenko, 2:25, 33:42 (bol.). Letunov, 25:09 (bol.). Lynch, 53:45.
Source : MatchTV
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