The Moscow attacker “Spartacus” Ilya Kovalchuk not included in the squad for the fifth match of the second round of the Fonbet KHL Championship playoffs against Magnitogorsk “Metallurgy” reports the press service of the “red-whites”.
The team meeting will take place on Thursday in Magnitogorsk and will start at 17:00 Moscow time. The series score after four games is 2–2.
Previously, Kovalchuk took part in three matches of the series against Metallurg and did not score any effective actions.
In the regular season, the 40-year-old hockey player played 20 matches in which he scored 8 (4+4) points.
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Source : MatchTV
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