On the last day of the regular championship of the Continental Hockey League (KHL), Metallurg Magnitogorsk beat Avangard Omsk.
The meeting took place in Magnitogorsk at the Metallurg Arena and ended with a 3:1 victory for the team led by Andrei Razin. 20-year-old forward Nikita Grebenkin scored the goal for the victory in the 49th second of the match. Later, 24-year-old Belarusian defender Vladislav Eremenko threw the puck into the Omsk team’s goal. At the beginning of the third twenty-minute period, the visitors managed to regain a goal, a goal scored by 30-year-old striker Nikolai Prokhorkin. The final score was determined by Igor Geraskin with five seconds left in normal time.
After this victory, Magnitogorsk collected 95 points and took first place in the KHL Eastern Conference. Omsk finished the championship smoothly in second place with 92 points.
In the first round of the play-offs, Metallurg will play against Khabarovsk Amur. “Avangard” will compete to advance to the next round, facing Tolyatti “Lada”.
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