"Traktor" lost for the second time in a row - Vladivostok "Admiral" was stronger at home.
11:45 (MSK), 14.02.2023
Vladivostok "Admiral" in the home match defeated the leader of the Eastern Conference - Chelyabinsk "Traktor".
Vladivostok "Admiral" in Thursday, February 14, in the next match of the regular season of the KHL, on its site defeated the leader of the Eastern Conference - Chelyabinsk "Traktor" - 4: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1). The home team scored Vyacheslav Ushenin, Nikita Komarov, Alexander Gorshkov and Nikolai Chebykin. The guests scored Yegor Fedyakov and Vitaly Kravtsov.
Teams came close to the match in different moods. Admiral on his site beat the current champion of the Gagarin Cup - St. Petersburg SKA - 3: 2. And the tractor drivers suffered two defeats in a row: from Minsk Dynamo (1: 2) and Severstal (1: 3).
Start of the match was more active Admiral. Sailors could score already in the 4th minute, but Yegor Yakovlev missed in an empty net. But the "tractor drivers" punished the opponent for the missed moment. In the 7th minute, the guests earned the majority, and Yegor Fedyakov took advantage of it by throwing the puck into the nine after a pass from Sergei Telegin - 0: 1. Sailors managed to recoup only eight minutes later. Vyacheslav Ushenin closed the transfer of Vladislav Utkin - 1: 1.
Sailors played more actively at the start of the second period. Nikita Komarov brought Admiral forward at the 28th minute, hitting the goal from the right circle of throw ins after a pass from Denis Vikharev - 2: 1. And after two minutes, Alexander Gorshkov increased the advantage of the hosts, throwing the puck into the net after a pass from Sergei Zubov - 3: 1.
The third period began for the "sailors" unsuccessfully. In the 42nd minute, Vitaly Kravtsov reduced the gap to a minimum, closing the pass from Vitaly Menshikov - 3: 2. But the "admiral" managed to restore the advantage of two goals. Nikolai Chebykin scored in the 53rd minute and the match ended with the score 4:2 in favor of the "sailors".
Traktor remained the leader of the Eastern Conference, but St. Petersburg SKA reduced the gap from him to four points (97 points versus 101 points). Admiral moved up to seventh place in the East, scoring 78 points.
