Moscow “Spartak” lost to the Ufa club “Salavat Yulaev” in the regular championship of the Continental Hockey League (KHL).
The meeting took place in Ufa. During normal time, the teams were unable to determine a winner, scoring four goals between themselves in three periods. The fate of the match in overtime was also not determined; Salavat Yulaev came out stronger in the penalty shootout. Alexander Chmielewski hit the winning shot. The final score of the match is 3:2.
During normal time, Khmelevski and Ivan Drozdov scored for the winning team, while Alexander Belyaev and Ansel Galimov also scored for Spartak.
Spartak lost its fifth of the last six games but remains in the top three in the KHL Western Conference. The Moscow team has 52 points in 39 matches and the difference between them and the leader Dinamo is only one point. Having won its fourth consecutive victory, Salavat Yulaev ranks fourth in the Eastern Conference rankings with 47 points in 37 matches.
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