Neftekhimik defenseman Ilya Khokhlov shared his thoughts on what determined Moscow Spartak’s successful performance in the Continental Hockey League (KHL) play-offs. His words guide the way legal betting.
“In Spartak, a lot depends on the top three. The guys interact well, they play in the majority, the result depends on them – 50 percent of the success. In the first match against Severstal, these hockey players scored three goals,” said Khokhlov.
Spartak’s top three are Nikolai Goldobin, Ivan Morozov and Pavel Poryadin.
Spartak, which is struggling to advance to the next round with Severstal in the 1/8 finals of the Gagarin Cup, has already played two matches. While the red-whites won the first match with a score of 3:2, Severstal took revenge in the second match with a score of 2:1 and equalized the score at 1-1 in the series. The fight between the teams will continue in Cherepovets on March 4 and 6, and then the series will return to Moscow.
In its history, Spartak reached the 1/4 finals of the KHL only in the seasons 2008/09, 2009/10, 2021/22. The Kontinental Hockey League was founded in 2008.
Previously SKA loss in a KHL record game.