SKA beat CSKA for the third time in a row in the KHL regular season
St. Petersburg SKA defeated Moscow CSKA on its site in a match of the regular championship of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). This was reported by a Lenta.ru correspondent.
The meeting took place on Thursday, December 21, in St. Petersburg and ended with a score of 6:2. In the first period, Artem Sergeev put the hosts ahead, and at the beginning of the second period, Marat Khairullin capitalized on SKA’s numerical advantage. Two minutes later, Sergei Plotnikov reduced the gap of the Moscow army team, but SKA went into the second break with a three-goal advantage: In the 31st minute, Maxim Fedotov scored, and six minutes later, Pavel Dedunov scored another goal.
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At the beginning of the third period, Arseniy Gritsyuk scored another goal against SKA, then Artem Barabosha reduced the gap in the score, but the hosts had the last word. Borna Rendulic set the final score – 6:2.
Team coaches gave post-match interviews
According to CSKA head coach Sergei Fedorov, his team could have grabbed the points, but missed an optional third goal. “We can’t play an even match, we play in waves. We didn’t have enough sporting anger? Yes, I absolutely agree with this,” said the specialist on KHL Prime. His colleague from SKA Roman Rotenberg thanked his opponents for the game.
The match turned out to be very interesting, both teams showed high-level hockey. Today we did more than CSKA, but this is only one game. Need to keep working
SKA won their third victory over CSKA in a row
This season, CSKA not only never beat SKA, but also did not score a single point in games with the St. Petersburg army team. On October 6, the teams met for the first time this season at the CSKA site, and the Muscovites took the lead twice, but SKA won with a score of 3:2.
The second meeting within the current regular season took place on November 20 in St. Petersburg. This time the hosts were leading 2:0 from the beginning of the second period, and CSKA only had one goal. It was abandoned at the end of the match after the Moscow army team replaced the goalkeeper with a sixth field player.
Both teams are in the Western Conference playoff zone
The victory allowed SKA to score 55 points and move into fourth place in the Western Conference standings. CSKA has 46 points and is in sixth position. Both teams are in the playoff zone. The next time the clubs will meet is on December 27, this time the game will take place in Moscow.
Source: Lenta
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