SKA won the victory overAk Barsom “(4:3 B) at the pre-season tournament named after Nikolai Puchkov, which is taking place in St. Petersburg.
The regular time ended with the score 3:3. The home team responded to Ak Bars’ goals from Semyon Terekhov, Dmitry Yashkin and Yegor Korshkov with a double from Valentin Zykov, as well as a goal from Vasily Glotov.
In overtime, the teams failed to score against each other; in the penalty shootout, the winning shot was scored by SKA player Glotov.
Late in the second period, SKA forward Sergei Plotnikov was injured when a puck hit him in the face after a shot by teammate Nikita Zaitsev.
Ak Bars leads the table with 5 points after three games of the tournament, SKA has 4 points after two games.
On August 26, Ak Bars will play with the Russian Olympic team, and SKA will meet Severstal a day later.
The new season of the FONBET KHL Championship starts on September 3.
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