Salavat Yulaev snatched victory from Traktor and reached semifinals of Gagarin Cup conference

HC Salavat Yulaev - Traktor started the fifth match of the Gagarin Cup playoff series in Ufa with almost full stands. Ivan Fedotov was again at the Traktor's net. However, in the first 25 minutes, the former Salavat Yulaev did not save the black-and-white players. Fedotov conceded both goals while the team was shorthanded. And again, the leaders of the Ufa team, Hartikainen and Manninen, achieved the result.

The guests still managed to win back one goal. Chelyabinsk could not score Juha Metsola for 152 minutes. Finally, Traktor's forward Igor Polygalov reduced the gap - 2: 1.

Then a penalty played a dirty trick on Salavat Yulaev. Alexander Avtsin equalized the score in the match in the 51st minute. The home team made it much more difficult for themselves by having another two-minute penalty.

The final seconds of the regular time turned out to be intense. The line of Salavat Yulaev's foreign players achieved a penalty shot, as the goalkeeper of the guests moved the net at the moment of a possible goal. Granlund performed a shootout and was stronger than Fedotov - 3: 2. With six players on the ice, Chelyabinsk could not do anything for 19 seconds before the final siren. It is 4-1 in the series, and HC Salavat Yulaev reached the Gagarin Cup conference's semifinals.