Avtomobilist played against St. Petersburg in the regular season match of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). St. Petersburg beat SKA in a penalty shootout. The match ended with the score of Ekaterinburg team 3:2.
The home team took the lead 2-0 in the 17th minute. Andrey Obidin and Vladimir Kuznetsov scored. In the second period, the guest team managed to get a goal back. Zakhar Bardakov scored the goal. At the beginning of the last 20 minutes, Sergei Tolchinsky regained his balance.
The teams did not score goals in the overtime periods. And in the shootout Anatoly Golyshev brought victory to Avtomobilist.
This defeat, St. Petersburg club’s winning streak was interrupted. SKA is undefeated in its last 11 matches. The St. Petersburg team last lost to Spartak on November 6.
On April 29, in the centenary of its founding, CSKA won the Gagarin Cup by winning the seventh match of the final series against Kazan Ak Bars with a score of 3:2. Anton Slepyshev, Vladislav Kamenev and Darren Dietz scored the goals for the Kazan team, while Kirill Petrov and Dmitry Voronkov also scored for the Kazan team.
Previously at Spartak reportedWhen Kovalchuk played for the club.