Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo” lost to St. Petersburg “SKA” with a score of 2:6

Nizhny Novgorod hockey club “Torpedo” lost to St. Petersburg “SKA” in a home match with a score of 2:6 (0:4, 0:0, 2:2).

In the first period of the match, SKA hit the gates of our team four times.

The score in the match was opened at the 7th minute – Yashkin ran one on one with the goalkeeper and opened the scoring in the match

Nine minutes later, the SKA players doubled their advantage – the puck bounced off Khusnutdinov to the right on Altybarmakyan, who immediately threw it from the circle line into the near corner of the goal.

Two minutes later, the St. Petersburg team scored a third unanswered puck – Khairullin ran forward on the left and gave a pass to the right at Vorobyov, who immediately threw it into the near corner.

At the end of the first period, the guests brought the score to devastating – Gusev was assigned a bullet for holding Fedotov’s stick, which Nikita confidently converted.

Statistics of the 1st period:

Throws: 14-27;

Shots on target: 6-17;

Goals: 0-4;

Throw-ins: 10-15;

Blocked shots: 7-3;

Power moves: 5-7;

Tackles: 5-2;

Attack time: 03:30-05:11;

Penalty: 0-0.

In the second period, “Torpedo” managed to recover, but the teams were not marked by productive actions.

Statistics of the 2nd period:

Throws: 12-27;

Shots on target: 6-10;

Goals: 0-0;

Throw-ins: 6-14;

Blocked shots: 10-6;

Power moves: 6-5;

Tackles: 4-1;

Attack time: 04:01-06:41;

Penalty: 0-2.

In the third period, the teams exchanged an equal number of goals.

Initially, “Torpedo” was able to open the scoring for their goals in the match – Sato rolled out to the right of the gate and shot on the turn. The puck bounced off Ozhiganov’s skate to Firstov, who narrowed the gap in the score.

Six minutes later, the Nizhny Novgorod team scored their second goal – The hosts scored in the minority. Nikolaev unsuccessfully knocked the puck forward. Voronin played at the interception and made a pass to the center from the right, where Fedotov threw from the center of the zone for sure.

This was followed by a 10-minute “SKA”. Guests were able to score twice.

At the 52nd minute of the match, Galimov scored – Khusnutdinov entered the zone on the right and brought his partners to the gate with a pass. Altybarmakyan made a pass to the left post, where Galimov sent a projectile into the net with a touch.

The final score was issued by Kamalov – Voronin made an unsuccessful pass back in a foreign zone and got into his own empty net. And the puck was recorded at the expense of Kamalov, who was the last of the SKA players to touch the projectile.

Statistics of the 3rd period:

Throws: 22-15;

Shots on target: 14-6;

Goals: 2-2;

Throw-ins: 7-9;

Blocked shots: 3-3;

Power moves: 3-1;

Tackles: 5-2;

Attack time: 06:33-02:34;

Penalty: 4-6.