Lokomotiv beats Traktor in third game of semi-final series

On April 6, Lokomotiv played the third game of the semi-final series in Chelyabinsk.

Compared to the previous game, the Yaroslavl team did not have a single change, but there were certain changes in the connections – Tesanov was involved with Shalunov and Kayumov, and Berezkin was named with Andronov and Kiryanov.

The meeting started without any excitement: the first chance at the Lokomotiv goal arose after a shot by Yarullin, and already in the third minute after a shot by Rushan Rafikov and a rebound from the stick of Yegor Averin in front of the goal , the puck expired. in the net, 0:1. After that, the “railway workers” made several other good attacks; in the seventh minute, Kayumov was close to success, after his shot, the puck hit the post. Then we could be aware of a good positional attack, when the opponents did not change position, but it was not possible to get out of that program. The game moved to Isaev’s goal immediately after the first removal as part of the “railway staff” – the owners of the ice spent a minute and a half in the field, and at the end of their numerical advantage they created a dangerous moment when Rodwald was there. prevented from playing at termination. The next special event was another move from the Yaroslavl team, which happened 4 seconds before the siren, and the Chelyabinsk team almost took advantage of the numerical increase in the first period – Isaev managed to cope with Burdasov’s difficult throw. Accordingly, our team started the second part of the game with four of us, fighting back with confidence, but we were immediately left with four of us again. Everything passed again without any serious threats to Isaev’s goal, but after that it took a long time to control the puck. In general, both teams tried to play, first of all, reliably in defense, and the first moment arose when they were playing with equal strengths in the 11th moment, when Polunin made a turning pass to Averin, who threw a contact, but missed a little. target During his next appearance on the ice, Rail’s number 29 again found himself in the spotlight, this time hitting the post after Nikulin’s pass. In the same movement, the Yaroslavl team “locked” the opponent in the field, made a quick play, and Georgy Ivanov, with a strange hand, put the puck into the top corner, 0:2. There were still more than six minutes left before the whistle, and not only did our team play this section with confidence, but they could have scored even more. The third period began with Traktor’s attacks, the Yaroslavl team focused on defense and, despite the fact that the opponent had almost full possession of the puck, in the first eight minutes there was not a single dangerous moment close to Isaev’s goal . At the same time, perhaps the first meaningful attack on the “railway workers” could have turned into a goal – Polunin’s throw to touch was just a little short. A few minutes later, Mylnikov was saved by Traktor after Kraskovsky’s attack and attempt to finish off Berezkin. The game moved to the Lokomotiv field immediately after Ivanov was ejected in the 17th minute, the owners of the ice replaced the goalkeeper with a sixth field player, and in the “6 on 4” format they still got score, 1: 2. There were a little less than three minutes left to play, the Chelyabinsk team spent most of the remaining time with six players, but, fortunately, the Yaroslavl defense held out, a ‘ keep up the winning score.

2:1 – Lokomotiv beat Traktor for the third time.

The fourth match of the semi-final series will be held in Chelyabinsk on April 8.

“Traktor” (Chelyabinsk) – “Lokomotiv” (Yaroslavl) – 1: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0)

Scored pucks: 0:1 – Averin (Rafikov, Sergeev, 02:38); 0:2 – Ivanov (Sergeev, Rafikov, 33:33); 1:2 – Der-Arguchintsev (Tkachev, Shabanov, 57:12, ball)

Delete: Nikulin (L, 14:10); Cherepanov (L, 19:56); Team penalty (L, 22:12); Ivanov (L, 56:25)