Dynamo Moscow striker Nikita Gusev missed the Fonbet KHL Championship playoff match with Dynamo Minsk due to illness, but will go with the team to Belarus for the next match of the series, said the Muscovites head coach Alexei Kudashov .
Sunday Moscow “Dynamo” lost to opponents from Minsk with a score of 1:2 in the second overtime of the Gagarin Cup playoff match. The score in the series is 3:2 in favor of the team led by Kudashov. Gusev did not participate in the match.
— Why wasn’t Gusev in the lineup?
– Nikita is ill. But he will go on a trip to Minsk.
— Couldn’t you replace Nikita?
“Anyone can be replaced, but the problem is that we did not have time to form new combinations,” reports correspondent, according to Kudashov’s words.
Previously, Gusev broke Sergei Mozyakin’s record, scoring 89 points in 68 regular season matches. In four playoff games, Gusev has one goal and three assists. The teams will play their next match on March 12 in Minsk.
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Source : MatchTV
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