Salavat Yulaev will try to beat Slovan in Bratislava
UFA, 20 December 2016. /Bashinform News Agency, Dmitry Slezin/. On Tuesday, December 20, HC Salavat Yulaev (Ufa) will hold its first match of the Kontinental Hockey League after a break for the Channel One Cup. In Bratislava the Ufa team will compete with HC Slovan.
In the first match of the season between these rivals a big home win was recorded in Ufa - 6: 3.
Now HC Salavat Yulaev is in the fifth place in the KHL Eastern Conference with 71 points.
Slovak hockey players have 46 points and a small chance of the playoffs occupying the 12th place in the Western Conference.
The today's match starts in the Slovak capital - at 21.00 (MSK).