Salavat Yulaev and Traktor will cross sticks in fifth match of playoff series: forecasts

UFA, 23 March 2018. /Bashinform News Agency, Natalia Ovcharuk/. On Friday, March 23, the fifth match of the playoff series between Salavat Yulaev and Traktor will take place on the ice of Ufa-Arena. This round is called unpredictable by almost all experts.

The Ufa team miraculously saved the situation in the third away match (3: 2) but missed its chance to be a step away from reaching the Eastern Conference final in the fourth match (1: 4). Hockey experts marked the problems of Salavat Yulaev in the power play and a good game shorthanded - three times the club from the capital of Bashkortostan played three together against five.

Traktor also has weak points: playing shorthanded. However, one of the trump cards of the Chelyabinsk club is a reliable goalkeeper's line. The coaching staff gave Pavel Francoise a rest and put Vasily Demchenko to defend the net. The Russian goalkeeper saved 38 shots from 39.

Most of the bets for the fifth match of Salavat Yulaev and Traktor are based on the score of the first goal scored from the 1st to the 11th minute of the match. Bookmakers put "50 to 50" on the winner.