“Tractor” lost and fell to the last place of the conference

Traktor ended the two-match home series with a 1-4 loss to Ak Bars. The only puck of prestige among the Chelyabinsk team belongs to Anton Burdasov.

After the disqualification, Ilya Karpukhin returned to the second pair of defense of the Chelyabinsk team. But the key change came in attack. Sergey Kalinin returned to the center of the third link, and Temu Pulkkinen appeared on the flank. Petr Khokhryakov was out of the application. At the gate, as in the last match, Sergei Mylnikov.

Ak Bars, as in the best years, gaining momentum for the playoffs, immediately indicated ambitions in this match. Wards of the returned Zinetula Bilyaletdinov outright threw the hosts, but managed to score only once. Alexander Radulov took the bouncing puck with his face and threw it from an uncomfortable hand. Almost immediately after that, Radulov showed the other side of his talent, brutally slamming Chelyabinsk striker Mikhail Kotlyarevsky into the side. Mikhail then left the site with the help of a doctor, and Radulov received a 4-minute penalty. Fortunately, Kotlyarevsky was later able to return to the game.

Despite the large removal of their captain, Ak Bars turned out to be the team that converted the majority. Nikita Lyamkin punched Mylnikov with a powerful throw. By the way, the Chelyabinsk goalkeeper did not play very well at the end of the period, when he launched an insidious puck from Stanislav Galiev “into the house”.

In the last game segment, Traktor still managed to push through the defense of Ak Bars. Anton Burdasov on duty chalked up the goal. But in the end, when it looked like the hosts should attack, they conceded instead. Vasily Tokranov charged from the blue and confused Sergei Mylnikov.

1:4 – the defeat of “Tractor”, which lowers the Chelyabinsk team to the last place in the Eastern Conference. Now the team will face the most difficult trip, which will begin on January 25 in Omsk against Avangard.