The fiasco of CSKA, the luck of Metallurg and the victories of Torpedo and Avangard: what do you remember about the matches of the first round of the Gagarin Cup

The fateful goals of Tolchinsky and Yakupov and the recognition of Martemyanov

Avangard, like Salavat Yulaev and Ak Bars, managed to take revenge for an unexpected defeat in the opening match of the first round of the Gagarin Cup.

A couple of days ago, Omsk lost to Sibir at home in overtime - 1:2.

But they drew the right conclusions from what had happened and in the second meeting did not leave the opponent a chance - 4:1.

It is significant that Andrey Martemyanov criticized the wards after the final siren.

In his opinion, the hosts completely dominated, and his hockey players did not have enough mood, as a result of which they lost most of the martial arts.

But some coaching decisions also raise questions, for example, the replacement of goalkeeper Anton Krasotkin, who became one of the main characters of the previous meeting, with Denis Kostin.

Although the first part of the confrontation did not portend trouble for Novosibirsk.

In the 15th minute, Ziyat Paygin opened the scoring, but Alexander Sharov restored the balance in the second period.

Omsk fans probably had an unpleasant feeling of deja vu, because it was this striker who turned the first match into overtime.

In the future, everything developed according to the scenario of "Avant-garde".

And the main characters were the link of Sergei Tolchinsky.

First, Nail Yakupov, taking advantage of his perfect pass, pushed the puck into the goal from a penny.

And then Tolchinsky himself put an end to a beautiful combination with the participation of Yakupov and Alex Broadhurs.

Finally, everything became clear after the goal of Pavel Dedunov.

Macek's double and Pasquale's 44 saves

In another pair in the East, on the contrary, the winner could not be determined for 84 minutes.

"Avtomobilist" and "Metallurg" gave an incredible confrontation with an equal number of chances and regularly intercepted the initiative from each other.

The debut was left for Magnitogorsk.

They unleashed a flurry of shots on the opponent's goal and were eager to avenge the misfire in the first game.

At first, it seemed that Yekaterinburg had no chance.

At the end of the first third, the assault on Johan Mattsson's possessions ended with a logical goal by Sergei Korostelev, who competently put his stick on a penny under a powerful shot from Yegor Yakovlev.

And in the middle of the second period, the guests scored in the game in the four-on-four format.

This time they took advantage of the available space and carried out a swift counterattack, crowned by a snap by Brendan Leipsik.

The hosts found themselves in an extremely difficult situation, but they found a savior in their composition - Brooks Macek.

One of the best snipers of the regular season was silent in the first meeting, but in the second he became the author of a double and pleased the fans with his strong throw.

At the 33rd minute, he flashed Eddie Pasquale from an average distance.

In the end, Nikolai Zavarukhin removed the goalkeeper, and this instantly paid off.

After an excellent pass from Stefan Da Costa from the starboard side, Meysek from the left circle did not leave the goalkeeper a chance.

And the Canadian marked the anniversary 200th successful pass in the KHL.

In overtime, the hosts already had an overwhelming advantage.

They made almost three dozen shots, but failed to break through Pasquale again, who recorded 44 saves in his asset.

The Canadian made a particularly striking rescue during a three-on-two counterattack of the opponent, when Nikita Tryamkin could put an end to it.

And in the episode with a shot by Alexei Makeev, the barbell saved the guests.

It is all the more offensive that in the second overtime, Metallurg pulled out a victory thanks to a curious own goal.

Yakovlev threw the puck off the left side towards the opponent's goal, but it hit Georgy Belousov's stick hook and ricocheted into the net.

The mistakes of Konovalov and Volkov and the joy of Larionov

Two matches that took place in the West turned out to be stubborn.

Here, the teams did not please the audience with a large number of chances and hardly gnawed every goal.

Although the beginning of the meeting between Torpedo and Dynamo foreshadowed bright hockey.

Nizhny Novgorod completely reserved the debut and scored twice by the seventh minute.

They punished the opponent for the very first penalty, and Vladislav Firstov left no chance for Ilya Konovalov with a powerful mid-range shot.

I got the impression that he could help out his partners, but was closed by one of his opponents.

Soon the situation was repeated already in equal compositions.

Now the goalkeeper couldn't cope with Andrey Belevich's long-range shot.

The reaction of Alexei Kudashov followed immediately.

He removed Konovalov from the ice and released Artyom Volkov instead.

Muscovites, despite such a weak start, did not fall apart and seized the initiative.

They utterly simplified their game and, at every convenient opportunity, threw the puck into a nickel.

However, Ivan Kulbakov, unlike his counterpart, was practically unmistakable and made 29 saves in the first two periods alone.

Only Maxim Dzhioshvili managed to break it, but the forward simply had to close the cross from the left side from a few centimeters.

Wards of Igor Larionov withstood the assault and finished off the opponent in the final period.

Maxim Fedotov and Kirill Voronin scored with an interval of less than three minutes.

And again, the Dynamo goalkeeper did not play the best way.

Volkov at first did not cope with a long-range shot, and then reflected the puck right in front of him and allowed his opponent to play on finishing moves.

True, in the end, the intrigue still came to life thanks to the rudeness of the car factory workers.

Fedotov received five minutes for pushing an opponent on board, while Firstov and Nikolai Kovalenko earned minor penalties.

As a result, the guests, having removed the goalkeeper, reduced the gap with the efforts of Dmitry Rashevsky.

But Kovalenko's goal on an empty target broke their resistance.

"Torpedo" equalized the score in the series.

Two goals by Kamenev and Grigorenko in 44 seconds and 52 saves by Samonov

But Severstal, which took only seventh place in the West according to the results of the regular season, unexpectedly gave a fight on the road to the current trophy holder.

The first match ended with a confident victory for CSKA, and this set his fans in a positive mood.

But in the second meeting, the Cherepovites demonstrated that they would fight to the end and did not intend to give up in advance.

Moreover, the game started for them better than you can imagine.

Already in the fifth minute, the guests opened the scoring.

The hosts unsuccessfully held a throw-in in a foreign zone, and Alexander Suvorov intercepted the puck and ran away with it to someone else's goal.

No one managed to stop the raid of the Belarusian, and he easily outplayed Alexander Sharychenkov.

Further, Andrei Razin's wards retreated into a dead defense and locked themselves in their own half.

It was extremely difficult for the army team to break into the opponent's defensive ranks, and Alexander Samonov, who played a lot of matches for the Russian national team, worked wonders at the last frontier.

For example, in the second 20-minute period, he repelled 26 shots on his possessions.

But in the final period, the class of Muscovites still affected, and they, as in the first confrontation, fired a doublet.

Restored the balance on the scoreboard Vladislav Kamenev, from the left circle sent the puck to the top nine without a chance for Samonov.

And after only 44 seconds, Mikhail Grigorenko brought CSKA ahead, using Maxim Mamin's neat discount.

In such a situation, Severstal could well have crumbled, but the team returned to the game in just two minutes.

The army team failed to get the puck out of the zone, and Nikolai Timashov sent it into the net.

In overtime, the red-blues continued to have an overwhelming advantage.

They carried out one dangerous attack after another and each time sought to complete it with a throw.

However, it turned out to be unrealistic to break through Samonov.

In 20 additional minutes, he parried 17 shots, while his counterpart Sharychenkov - two.

And immediately after the break, the guests punished the favorite for extravagance.

Nikita Guslistov passed the defender on the left side and delivered an unstoppable click into the far.

So the Cherepovites created one of the main sensations in the first round of the Gagarin Cup.