Today, November 27, the regular championship match of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) took place, in which CSKA hosted Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on its ice. The match, held at the CSKA Arena stadium in Moscow, ended in victory for the guests with a score of 3:2.
2 minutes and 13 seconds after the start of the match, Lokomotiv’s striker Alexander Polunin opened the set. In the 15th minute, guest striker Maxim Berezkin doubled his team’s lead. CSKA equalized the score by scoring two goals in the second twenty minutes. Pavel Karnaukhov and Andrey Svetlakov distinguished themselves. At the beginning of the third period, Loko forward Artur Kayumov was in the majority. Berezkin helped him.
Thus, Lokomotiv took third place in the KHL Western Conference standings with 46 points. CSKA is in sixth place with 40 points.
In the next match, Lokomotiv will face Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. The match will be played on November 29. On the same day, CSKA will have a meeting with Dinamo Minsk.
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