Lokomotiv beat Ak Bars and extended their winning streak, Severstal defeated Kunlun

Yaroslavl Lokomotiv won an away victory over Kazan Ak Bars (3:2 B) in the FONBET KHL Championship match.

Defender Martin Gernat and forward Artur Kayumov scored goals for Lokomotiv. The author of the Ak Bars goals was striker Alexander Barabanov, who scored a double. The winner was determined in a series of post-match shootouts – the Lokomotiv hockey players turned out to be stronger, and Arthur Kayumov was the author of the winning shot.

In the episode with Kayumov’s goal in the third period, Maxim Berezkin provided an assist, extending his personal scoring streak to 11 matches – this is a repetition of the second result in club history, the record belongs to Pavol Demitra (12 matches for Lokomotiv with points scored). In addition, the point scored for the 23-year-old Berezkin became the 100th in the KHL – he is the third player born in the 21st century to reach this mark after Alexander Nikishin (157 points) and Arseniy Gritsyuk (150).

Lokomotiv won its seventh victory in a row; in the last 10 matches, Igor Nikitin’s team was stronger than its opponents 9 times. Having scored 40 points, Yaroslavl is in the lead in the Western Conference and the league table. Ak Bars is third in the East with 25 points.

In another match on Friday, Severstal beat Kunlun on their ice (7:2). Kirill Pilipenko scored a double, and Mikhail Ilyin (who opened the scoring in the 7th second), Ruslan Abrosimov, David Dumbadze, Egor Stepanov and Danil Aimurzin also scored a puck. Ian McCoshen scored his debut goal in the KHL for Kunlun, and Danny O’Regan also scored.

For Severstal, the victory was the sixth in a row; the team ranks 3rd in the Western Conference with 28 points. “Kunlun” (16) is on the 10th line.

Watch live broadcasts of FONBET matches of the KHL Championship on Match TV and the holding’s channels, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

KHL. Regular season

“Ak Bars” (Kazan) – “Lokomotiv” (Yaroslavl) – 2:3 B (1:1, 0:0, 1:1, 0:1)

Goals: Barabanov, 15:59, 52:08 (bol.). — Gernat, 12:40. Kayumov, 40:35.

Winning shootout: Kayumov

Severstal (Cherepovets) – Kunlun Red Star (Beijing) – 7:2 (2:0, 3:0, 2:2)

Goals: Ilyin, 0:07. Pilipenko, 8:22, 24:50 (bol.). Abrosimov, 26:41. Dumbadze, 34:56 (men.). Stepanov, 52:31. Aymurzin, 57:07. – McCoshen, 42:56. O’Regan, 57:01 (bol.).