Hockey expert Leonid Weisfeld told that the second match of the Gagarin Cup semi-final series between “Lokomotiv” And “Tractor” it turned out “thin”.
The Yaroslavl club defeated Chelyabinsk Traktor on their ice in overtime in the second match of the Fonbet KHL Championship semi-final playoff series. The match ended with a score of 3:2. For Lokomotiv, Arthur Kayumov, Martin Gernat and Georgy Ivanov scored goals, while Vitaly Kravtsov and Ilya Karpukhin scored for the guests. Traktor’s goal was defended by Sergei Mylnikov, who replaced Zachary Fucale.
— Good match, in a slim match, because it’s overtime. It didn’t seem to me that Lokomotiv failed at the end of the third period, it was just the way the match went – until the first mistake. “Traktor” was forced to move forward and attack, and so they did. I think many people felt a sense of nervousness from Lokomotiv, because they were forced to play defense, and the Chelyabinsk team, as I said, attacked and had their chances.
— The subject of Fucale is under discussion. How much was Zach missing today and was Mylnikov able to compensate for the loss of the main goalie?
— I won’t say that Mylnikov is responsible for today’s goals, he played well. It’s just a psychological moment, it was the first goalkeeper who was injured. I repeat, it seems to me that Sergei played well, I did not see his fault,” Weisfeld told .
The score in the series up to four victories became 2-0 in favor of Lokomotiv. The teams will play their third match on April 6 in Chelyabinsk.
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Source : MatchTV
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