Salavat Yulaev beat Avangard and reached second round of KHL playoffs

The home team failed the starting of the sixth match of the playoff series with Avangard in Ufa. Guests from Omsk organized at once three dangerous moments near the net of Juha Metsola. After that, the Salavat Yulaev played twice shorthanded, but the Hawks did not capitalize on these opportunities. But in the 16th minute, the Ufa team began to attack actively. Sakari Manninen scored another point in the current series by opening a score, then Teemu Hartikainen sent the puck behind Igor Bobkov, which successfully bounced off the side - 2: 0.

Bob Hartley's team managed to reduce the gap in the 23rd minute of the meeting. Alexander Yaremchuk hit the net of the Finnish goalkeeper of Salavat Yulaev. The wards of Nikolai Tsulygin made a good chance of winning, having hit the Bobkov's net for the third time and thereby sending him to the bench. This time Dmitry Kugryshev was successful - 3: 1.

Toward the close of the match, the chief referee, Roman Hoffmann, gave Manninen a four-minute penalty. Though Metsola was safe as requested by the Ufa-Arena. However, the Omsk team lost removing the goalkeeper as Eduard Gimatov sent the fourth goal into the empty net - 4: 1.

Salavat Yulaev won in the first round of the KHL playoffs and reached the next. The Ufa team in the second round will meet with a frenemy - Kazan "Ak Bars". And this means that the fans will see the full stands, incredible energy, lots of ​​emotions, and a completely unpredictable ending.