Metallurg Mg – Motorist 3:2
Goals:
1:0 Silantiev (Kantserov) – 08:40 (5×5)
2:0 Yurov (Kantserov, Yakovlev) – 14:19 (5×5)
2:1 Denezhkin (Zborovsky) – 19:53 (5×5)
3:1 Zernov (Silantiev) – 23:52 (5×5)
3:2 Denezhkin (Romantsev) – 24:14 (5×5)
Thus, Metallurg won the series with a score of 4-3 and reached the final of the Gagarin Cup, where they will meet Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. This is the fifth final in Metallurg history. Previously, the Magnitogorsk team twice won the main trophy of the championship.
This final was the first for the team’s coach Andrei Razin as head coach in the KHL and the first victory in the seventh game of the playoff series. Previously, he twice participated in the seventh matches with Severstal, but lost.
The final series with Lokomotiv will begin on April 18 in Magnitogorsk.
- Razin commented on Metallurg’s progress to the Gagarin Cup final
Source: Sport
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