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March 29, 21:44
CSKA became the last semi-finalist of the KHL playoffs
The current holder of the Gagarin Cup won the decisive, seventh match of the 1/4 final series against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl with a score of 5:0. In the semi-final, CSKA will play against SKA for the fifth time in a row. Ak Bars and Avangard will meet in the second semi-final
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Hockey players of Moscow CSKA beat Lokomotiv Yaroslavl at home with a score of 5:0 in the decisive, seventh match of the 1/4 finals series of the playoffs Fonbet – KHL.
The pucks were scored by Anton Slepyshev (5th minute), Vitaly Abramov (10), Vladislav Kamenev (34), Andrei Svetlakov (45) and Mikhail Grigorenko (56).
CSKA’s Swedish goalkeeper Adam Reideborn saved all 29 shots on goal for the third time this season and the second time in the playoffs.
The score in the series to four wins was 4-3 in favor of CSKA, which is the current owner of the Gagarin Cup. In the history of the KHL playoffs, the teams met each other for the fourth time, thus, the “soldiers” won three series out of four.
CSKA announced its readiness to return Fedotov, who was drafted into the army
In the regular season, CSKA took second place in the Western Conference, Lokomotiv finished third. In the first round, CSKA defeated Severstal Cherepovets (4:3), Lokomotiv turned out to be stronger than Vityaz near Moscow (4:1).
CSKA became the first team in KHL history to play four consecutive seven-game series in the Gagarin Cup. In total, the Army Men have eight such series (six wins, two losses), Lokomotiv has six (two wins, four losses).
Nikita Nesterov (CSKA Moscow) became the first in the number of seventh games in the KHL playoffs among defensemen, breaking the record of Grigory Panin, who has six such games. Slepyshev caught up with Alexander Popov, who ranks first in the list of leaders in terms of the number of seventh matches played (nine each).
CSKA head coach Sergei Fedorov has won all four seven-match KHL playoff series in his career. His counterpart Igor Nikitin had two wins when he was still coaching CSKA, and one defeat when he was in charge of Avangard as acting. head coach.
In the semi-final, CSKA will play against SKA St. Petersburg for the fifth time in a row. The Moscow club won all these series. The last time the teams did not meet in the semi-finals was in the 2016/17 season, when CSKA was eliminated in the 1/4 finals, and SKA won the Gagarin Cup.
Kazan’s Ak Bars and Omsk’s Avangard will play in the second semi-final. The first match of this stage will be played on 1 April.
Ivan Vitchenko.
