Yaroslavsky “Locomotive “was defeated by”Neftekhimika “(0:1) in the away match of the FONBET KHL Championship.
Nizhnekamsk took the lead thanks to Nikita Khoruzhev’s puck midway through the first period. Goaltender Philip Dolganov stopped 46 shots on his own goal, scoring one goal.
Lokomotiv head coach Igor Nikitin, who was playing his 600th KHL game in this position, failed to win his 400th victory. The specialist became the sixth in history to have managed to reach the 600-game mark on the league’s coaching deck after Dmitry Kvartalnov (887), Vladimir Krikunov (722), Oleg Znarok (709), Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (703) and Andrei Nazarov. (647).
In another match, Spartak Moscow beat Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod at home (4:2) thanks to a double from Shane Prince and goals from Ivan Morozov and William Bitten. The guests responded with goals from Bobby Lynch and Sergei Goncharuk.
Having scored 9 points, Spartak pushed Lokomotiv (8) out of the top line of the Western Conference standings. In the East, Neftekhimik took the lead with 8 points.
For the Yaroslavl team, the loss of points was the first in the championship. After the defeats of Lokomotiv and Salavat Yulaev on Saturday, there are no more invincible teams left in the KHL.
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KHL. Regular season
“Neftekhimik” (Nizhnekamsk) – “Lokomotiv” (Yaroslavl) – 1:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0)
Goals: Khoruzhev, 10:44 (bol.).
“Spartak” (Moscow) – “Torpedo” (Nizhny Novgorod) – 4:2 (3:0, 1:1, 0:1)
Goals: Morozov, 0:47. Prince, 8:57, 11:52 (bol.). Bitten, 36:08. —Lynch, 35:56. Goncharuk, 53:22 (men).
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