Boucher’s puck did not save Avangard Omsk from its third loss in the series to Lokomotiv

“Avangard” on Friday, March 22, lost the away match of the 1/4 finals of the Gagarin Cup with “Lokomotiv” in Yaroslavl 1:3. The game was the fourth in the series. Reed Boucher scored the goal for the Hawks.

On March 22, Avangard hockey players played a playoff match against Lokomotiv on its ice and lost 1:3. The score in this series became the same – 1:3 not in favor of the Omsk team.

We have already discussed how the first, second and very beginning of the third periods went. reported. During the rest of the match, the guests again tried to get even – and even partially succeeded. They managed to reduce the difference in the score to a minimum, one goal. In the 54th minute, Reed Boucher scored with a good long-range shot. The goalkeeper had a chance to catch this, but it was very small.

Then something happened that often happens in such situations – the losing team takes risks, opens up a little more than necessary, and in the end the opponent scores. A little more than a minute passed, and Kayumov, who has already scored more than one goal in this series, scored in the breakthrough.

In the remaining five minutes, the guests again tried to get even, but they didn’t concede any more, and yet they didn’t score themselves. The Yaroslavl team was quite successful in stifling the opponent’s attacks in the way they know how and maintaining the result they wanted. It is interesting that at the end of the entire game they had only slightly more shots on goal than Avangard – 55:50.

Next, both teams will play on March 24 in Omsk. The meeting starts at 16:30.

Earlier, MK in Omsk reported that Avangard won 2:1 in overtime in the match on March 20.