Avangard vs CSKA. Which of the opponents will be stronger on the Omsk ice?
The rich program of the next game day in the KHL on February 9 starts with a match in Omsk. The newest G-Drive Arena will become a meeting place for the local Avangard and CSKA Moscow.
The confusion at the top of the Eastern Conference standings leaves several teams with chances for the championship at once, one of which is the Omsk Avangard. The first and fifth places in the East are currently separated by only five points, so there will definitely be certain changes within the top five. Fifth place is now occupied by Avangard, who scored 72 points in 59 matches played. The duet of Ak Bars and Siberia is in the lead, they have 77 points each, but at the same time they have played one match more than the Omsk team.
To some extent, Avangard summed up a frankly weak start to the season, following which the team changed its head coach. Mikhail Kravets managed to find a common language with Omsk stars and now Avangard looks quite competitive at the level of championship leaders. Avangard did not play the last matches in the best way, having played a rather mediocre four-match away series in the Far East. Omsk achieved only one victory over Admiral 3-2, twice losing to Amur with the same score 2-3 and once to Admiral 1-2. Now Avangard will have to play 8 games at once on home ice, which significantly increases the team's chances for a high place in the regular season.
CSKA
The army team, for the first time in several years, dropped out of the fight for the championship in the West ahead of schedule, losing virtual gold to teammates from St. Petersburg. The main task of CSKA hockey players for the remaining 9 matches of the regular season is to try to return to second place, thereby ensuring a simpler grid in the knockout games. And here the fiery ending awaits the army team, because in addition to CSKA, Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo, Yaroslavl Lokomotiv and Moscow Dynamo also claim second place. While the second place is occupied by car manufacturers, with 82 points scored, ahead of the third-placed army team by one point.
The army team has been in a decent fever lately, the team can either win a convincing victory or lose sensationally. Unpleasant surprises include two home misfires last week, when Sergei Fedorov's wards lost 1-4 to Severstal and 5-6 to Barys. The defeat from Barys looks especially offensive, when, after two periods, the army team was leading with a score of 4-2, eventually allowing the opponent to first transfer the game to overtime, and then completely achieve victory.
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Avangard vs CSKA
AvangardThe confusion at the top of the Eastern Conference standings leaves several teams with chances for the championship at once, one of which is the Omsk Avangard. The first and fifth places in the East are currently separated by only five points, so there will definitely be certain changes within the top five. Fifth place is now occupied by Avangard, who scored 72 points in 59 matches played. The duet of Ak Bars and Siberia is in the lead, they have 77 points each, but at the same time they have played one match more than the Omsk team.
To some extent, Avangard summed up a frankly weak start to the season, following which the team changed its head coach. Mikhail Kravets managed to find a common language with Omsk stars and now Avangard looks quite competitive at the level of championship leaders. Avangard did not play the last matches in the best way, having played a rather mediocre four-match away series in the Far East. Omsk achieved only one victory over Admiral 3-2, twice losing to Amur with the same score 2-3 and once to Admiral 1-2. Now Avangard will have to play 8 games at once on home ice, which significantly increases the team's chances for a high place in the regular season.
CSKA
The army team, for the first time in several years, dropped out of the fight for the championship in the West ahead of schedule, losing virtual gold to teammates from St. Petersburg. The main task of CSKA hockey players for the remaining 9 matches of the regular season is to try to return to second place, thereby ensuring a simpler grid in the knockout games. And here the fiery ending awaits the army team, because in addition to CSKA, Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo, Yaroslavl Lokomotiv and Moscow Dynamo also claim second place. While the second place is occupied by car manufacturers, with 82 points scored, ahead of the third-placed army team by one point.
The army team has been in a decent fever lately, the team can either win a convincing victory or lose sensationally. Unpleasant surprises include two home misfires last week, when Sergei Fedorov's wards lost 1-4 to Severstal and 5-6 to Barys. The defeat from Barys looks especially offensive, when, after two periods, the army team was leading with a score of 4-2, eventually allowing the opponent to first transfer the game to overtime, and then completely achieve victory.
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