Metallurg Dominates Spartak 5-3 in Thrilling KHL Showdown: Key Player Highlights and Game Recap

Andrey Razin Before his 500th game in the KHL, he made no changes to the Metallurg lineup. But Alexei Zhamnov he was dissatisfied with his team’s performance in the victorious match against Barys and made several changes to Spartak’s line-up. The defendant was left out of the plea Egor Zaitsev, Andrey Loktionov and William Bitten links exchanged, and Egor Chezganov he went to quarter three Maxim Krovyakov and Danilo Pivčulin.

Spartak started the game actively, but Metallurg opened the scoring; the hosts scored in the fourth minute of the game, literally in their first attack. He made a name for himself Paul Akolzinwho scored for the second game in a row. The steel workers had no intention of stopping, continuing to play at the pace they set in the game with CSKA. By half time, the hosts were leading 2:0, chalking up the puck Nikita Michaelis.

After getting two, Spartak added. The end of the period was left for the Muscovites, but they did not manage to break the score. But in the second period things started – the Spartak team converted two power plays in a row. First he made a name for himself Adam Ruczykaand then Shane Prince, who was supported by Ruzicka and Dmitry Vishnevsky. Two things prevented Spartak from going into the break in good spirits: a goal by Mikhailis, who scored a double for the second game in a row, and a last-minute send-off. Metallurg even got another, but the referees did not count the goal due to a violation of the throw-in procedure.

But Metallurg’s fourth goal still happened – a good shot was successful Daniil Vovchenko. During the rest of the game, the hosts tried hard to salvage the situation, but Ilya Nabokov he lost no more. And in the end, Akolzin hit the opponent’s empty goal and ended the game.

The team of St. Petersburg to Cherepovets from Minsk, where they opened the away series with a victory with a score of 3:0. Severstal opened their home series with a game against SKA after an unsuccessful trip – four losses in five games, including in St. Petersburg with a score of 5:8.

Andrey KozyrevSeverstal head coach:
– We were looking forward to today’s game, of course. It turned out to be a good game. Victory, team victory. They played well and hard. After 5:8, SKA did not become a special opponent for us. Every game is very important for us now. We are fighting to get into the playoffs and we do not differentiate between teams.

Apart from that game in the away series, the Cherepovets had problems with performance – in three meetings they could not score or score more than one goal. To correct the situation Andrey Kozyrev called from the VHL Ilya Kvochko and Gleb Ivanov and sent it to Diesel Ilya Ivanova.

In the last meeting between SKA and Severstal, which happened a week ago, the most productive period was the first period, in which seven goals were scored. This time he turned out to be cheerful too. Two minutes after the start of the game Entthey are DeAngelo he opened an account. The hosts responded with two goals within 35 seconds of each other. Different themselves Alexander Skorenov and Alexei Kruchinin.

Roman RotenbergSKA head coach:
– We had lost weight for one minute, we called time out. I am very happy with how the boys have accepted it and how they have made changes. We saw the fury of sports, the team played completely differently. We must pay homage to Kostya Shostak, we know him. He is a strong goalkeeper, he beat us today. I would also like to thank Severstal for a very clear game. The Cherepovites were newer. We had already played, they were resting, everyone has different schedules. By substituting the goalkeeper after conceding two goals, we cheered the team on. Who said it’s too early? Long distance, we need all the goalkeepers, all the players.

Roman Rotenberg I decided to replace it before it was too late Artemia Pleshkovawho played the previous game to zero. The Cherepovites continued to press and at the end of the period Skorenov scored a double.

Arseny HrytsyukSKA on:
“Three goals in the first period put us off a bit. I think that the games with Severstal are beneficial due to the fact that they play attacking hockey, and we try to force the game with the first number. Because of this, we miss a lot of counterattacks – us and them. Aberrant matches are difficult to explain. We set a high bar for ourselves and we must try to keep it.

The second period was more relaxed, the hosts ran to win back, but the team attack did not go well. Success brought a solo pass Vasily Glotov.

In the third period, the team of St. Petersburg attacked, but the Cherepovets were skillfully defended, and Konstantin Shostak was reliable. Two and a half minutes before the end of the siren, Kruchinin made the score 4:2, and Sergei Plotnikov it was shortened again.

Three stars

Alexei Kruchinin

He doubled and passed the ball.

Alexander Skorenov

We also got 2+1.

Alexander SkorenovSeverstal forward:
– For us, this is a great work victory, well deserved. We should have won today. We rested a little more, took ourselves out, and started training. The coaches didn’t push us to any limits, they didn’t say anything bad. They only gave us information: they said we have to do it right. Today we came out with a clear head and played well. True, the ending got on everyone’s nerves a bit, but that’s okay.

Vasily Glotov

He scored a goal.