Avangard blanks Traktor and takes a 2-1 lead in the East final

Avangard Omsk 1-0 Traktor Chelyabinsk

The home team took a game possession in the first minutes of play. The real chance they didn’t use at the last minute of the first when Igor Volkov re-directed Martin Skoula’s shot and then tried to add the puck from the rebound. Avangard didn’t give; up in the second Volkod robbed Traktor defenseman in the neutral zone, gave the pass to Sergei Kalinin whose one-timer beats Michael Garnett at 21:51. Karri Rämö made a good save in the middle when Kontiola try to beat him with a wrist shot. Alexander Perezhogin couldn’t overplay Garnett in two breakaways. Defenseman Dmitry Ryabikin from Traktor and forward Vladimir Pervushin messed in the last minute of the second, Ryabikin earned 2 minutes when his opponent got 4 for roughing and slashing. Traktor can’t make any siege of Rämö’s net in last minute. The Finnish goalie stoned all shots and made his first shutout in this playoff. Avangard outshot Traktor 39-19; the most part of shots came in the second when Traktor allowed Avangard to make 20 shots on their net.

The game 4 will be played April 4 again in Omsk.

 

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