Matvey Zaseda Shines as Avangard Defeats SKA in Thrilling Match

Avangard was going to start their new home series with a game against SKA. Before the game, the army team had a streak of four hits in a row, and Roman Rotenberg made minor changes to the line-up: returned Sergei Tolchinsky, Evgeniy Kuznetsov and they haven’t played in a long time Sergei Andronov. Avangard defenders were left out of the game Darren Dietz And Alex Grantand also included in circulation Ryan Spooner.

The visitors had a very good first half of the opening period. Residents of Omsk released several attacks on their belongings Egor Zavragin, he could have scored Igor Martynov, Alasdair Yaremchuk, Ilya Reinhardt, but in the end the main sniper of the Omsk team opened the scoring Reed Bush. He ended one of the positional attacks with a narrow throw right into the corner.

Soon SKA was left in the minority and he resigned Evgeny Kuznetsov. The hosts’ first team special did not fare well, but when the second team came out, Matvey Zaseda he made a stunning shot into the top corner, opening the scoring for his goals for Avangard.

With the score 0:2, the guests woke up and almost locked the “hawks” in their zone until the end of this period. True, he did not reach dangerous moments, but he cleared the rest Pavel Khomchenko.

At the turn of the times, SKA already got the majority, and here Khomchenko had to work hard. Then, in a “4 on 4” format, the army team continued to generate chances, Marat Khairullin And Andrew PedaThey hit the post, but SKA’s goal came true. Vasily Glotov he made a wonderful pass from behind the goal, and Valentin Zykov he put the bag in the nearby corner.

SKA went forward with renewed energy, intent on leveling the score as soon as possible. The army team had an undivided advantage, but in the middle of the period they almost surrendered: the “hawks” went into counter-attack, the defender Artem Murylev he found himself alone in front of an almost empty goal, but failed to open the scoring in the KHL. However, in one of the following attacks the guests responded in the same way – Tolchinsky, in a quick attack, failed to hit the empty corner of the Omsk goal.

The game continued in the same way until the end of this period. SKA was sitting on the hosts’ goal, but the hosts were unlucky or Khomchenko came to the rescue. Avangard responded with rare but dangerous side effects. He should have scored in one of them Cole Casselshe came out to rendezvous with Zavragin, but the visiting defenders managed to provide backup.

The break did not help the hosts much. From the beginning of the third period, SKA again stayed in the possession of Khomchenko, Avangard only fought back, almost without thinking about attacks. But in the middle of the section, when the guests took a break, the Omsk team should have scored the third goal, but Reinhardt and Alexander Filatievand then Yaremchuk missed the empty corner under Zavragin’s supporting leg.

After this burst of activity, the guests were able, if they could not push the game away from their goal, then change to an opposing course. And 4:45 before the siren, the “hawks” won the majority. But the hosts did not take the opportunity to score the most important goal. And then Boucher carefully put his stick away and went to the penalty box, giving SKA a chance to win back.

The hosts replaced the goalkeeper with a sixth field player, but Avangard defended this victory bravely. SKA suffered their fifth defeat in a row.