The Continental Hockey League refereeing service explained the cancellation of the attacker’s goal “Lokomotiv” Arthur Kayumov in the first match of the second round of the Fonbet KHL Championship playoffs against Omsk Avangard.
The meeting takes place in Omsk. With the score 1:1 in the third period, Kayumov sent the puck into the hosts’ goal from a short distance. In the episode before the goal, Avangard goalkeeper Pavel Khomchenko was prevented by the striker of the Yaroslavl team, Georgy Ivanov. The goal was canceled, the decision was made by Viktor Spirin.
— In the 46th minute of the match, after a goal was scored by Lokomotiv player Artur Kayumov, Avangard head coach Mikhail Kravets asked to block the goalkeeper before scoring a goal. As a result of the video review, it was determined that the attacking player influenced the goalkeeper’s cushion and prevented him from defending the goal, there was no goal, notes a press release on the KHL website.
The match is not over yet, overtime is in progress.
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Source : MatchTV

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