Cold revenge: the favorites took a convincing revenge for the defeats in the opening matches of the first round of the Gagarin Cup

Beautiful pass by Bashkirov and spectacular saves by Serebryakov

The third game day of the first round of the Gagarin Cup was marked by the revenge of the favorites to inferior rivals in the class.

In the opening matches, Ak Bars, SKA, Lokomotiv and Salavat Yulaev suffered unexpected defeats.

However, after a couple of days they managed to take revenge together.

For example, the Ufa team did not leave the Admiral a chance - 5:2.

In the previous meeting, Viktor Kozlov's wards made 56 shots at the opponent's goal, but lost in overtime - 1:2.

And Nikita Serebryakov made an incredible 55 saves.

This time the green ones, on the contrary, were lucky, and almost everything flew into them.

So, in the 15th minute, with an equal score, Danil Bashkirov scored an incredible goal.

The captain made a raid on the starboard side, went around the gate and tried to send the puck into the near corner.

The rebound from Dinar Khamidullin helped him distinguish himself.

Even the judges were on the side of the hosts.

They studied the moment with the fourth goal by Ivan Drozdov for an offside position, but did not record a violation of the rules.

Following Alexander Khmelevsky finally removed all the questions.

"Admiral" only managed to get away from defeat thanks to the exact click of Anton Berlev.

At the same time, the team from the Far East should be grateful to Serebryakov, who, although he did not perform a new miracle, parried 38 shots.

Voronkov's double shot and a mass brawl involving Radulov

The favorite did not have any problems in another pair in the East.

Ak Bars, like Salavat Yulaev, who were defeated in the first meeting in overtime, took revenge on Neftekhimik - 4:1.

An unfortunate failure had a positive impact on the team of Zinetula Bilyaletdinov.

His wards acted with maximum dedication in every single combat and emerged victorious from most of the joints.

They also got off to a good start.

Dmitry Voronkov scored a brace by the seventh minute.

The puck thrown at the 14th second turned out to be historical at all.

The striker repeated the record for the club's rate of fire in the playoffs, set by Danis Zaripov back in 2009.

At the very beginning of the second period, Kirill Vorobyov managed to close the gap, but Alexander Radulov immediately scored the first goal in the Gagarin Cup in seven years, distinguishing himself with a throw from zero angle.

And then the eminent forward became one of the main characters in the mass brawl.

After a powerful shot, Timur Bilyalov fixed the puck, but one of the opponents doused him with crumbs of snow.

The veteran immediately grappled with Andrei Chivilev.

One blow was enough for him to be on the ice.

The opponent rose to his feet and pushed Alexander aside.

Meanwhile, Maxim Goncharov and Ilya Safonov fought on another part of the site.

As a result of the episode, Radulov, as the instigator, received 17 penalty minutes, and Chivilev, Goncharov and Safonov received five each.

Even in the absence of a leader, Kazan calmly brought the matter to victory.

In the final period, they managed to distinguish themselves in the four-on-three format.

This time Alexander Sudnitsin was upset by Stanislav Galiev.

Active start from SKA and gross violations of Dynamo

With pleasure, the giants representing the Western Conference took revenge on opponents who were inferior in class.

SKA tried especially hard, having managed to lose at the last moment to Dynamo Minsk, which got into the playoffs a few days ago.

From the first minutes, Petersburgers demonstrated an outrageous attitude and a desire to put the upstart in his place.

Guests under such powerful pressure frankly swam and began to allow one violation of the rules after another.

Their owners punished them ruthlessly for this.

The score was opened by Vasily Glotov, and soon the advantage of the team was doubled by Svyatoslav Grebenshchikov.

In both episodes, the puck ended up in the net with the end of the majority.

Then Igor Ozhiganov distinguished himself already in equal compositions.

It is not surprising that the Minskers, who conceded three times in a little more than four minutes, finally lost their nerve.

Shortly before the break, Timofei Kovgorenya pushed Dmitry Yashkin on board.

The Czech was injured in the face and struggled to his feet.

At the same time, there was blood in his helmet and on the ice.

The offender received a five minute penalty.

And Nick Merkley was completely removed before the final siren for an obscene gesture.

Separately, in the SKA, Dmitry Nikolaev should be noted.

Headquarters, despite the extremely unsuccessful game of the goalkeeper in the first meeting, again made a bet on him.

And the goalkeeper coped with his task, parrying 23 shots.

Only Ryan Spooner and Nikita Pyshkaylo managed to upset him.

Marat Khusnutdinov and Stepan Falkovsky answered their goals with accurate throws in the end - 5:2.

Polunin's double and Beryozkin's assistant hat-trick

And Lokomotiv completely defeated Vityaz.

The railroad workers had an overwhelming advantage throughout the meeting and did not allow the opponent to do anything.

Indicative statistics: they more than doubled the guests - 45:21.

Yaroslavl fought for the puck in every episode and regularly brought it to a nickel.

The opponent's defense lasted only about ten minutes.

Then Alexander Polunin took advantage of the defender's blunder and opened the scoring.

Following Georgy Ivanov realized the majority.

Shortly before the break, Stepan Starkov reduced the gap to a minimum, but there was no talk of reviving the intrigue.

In the second period, the hosts scored two more unanswered goals.

Someone else's gate was struck by Daniil Tesanov and Maxim Shalunov.

For the latter, this goal was the 30th anniversary this season, if we take into account the regular season.

The striker also completed two assists to partners.

Maxim Berezkin also scored three points, but he scored an assistant hat-trick.

"Vityaz" after the fourth missed goalkeeper changed, and Dmitry Shikin appeared on the ice.

However, this did not help either.

The reservist in the final segment allowed Polunin to score for the second time, and then gave the opportunity to put an end to Artur Kayumov - 6:2.