SKA vs CSKA. How will the army derby on St. Petersburg ice turn out?
The third meeting of the two army teams in the current championship will take place on December 21 in St. Petersburg.
The St. Petersburg club is getting closer and closer to the group of leaders and if it maintains the dynamics of the last month, then in the near future it may well intervene in the fight for the championship in the West. At the turn of November - December, SKA had a magnificent stretch of 11 winning matches in a row, which was interrupted in Yekaterinburg, where the army team lost to the local Avtomobilist in a shootout. After this, Roman Rotenberg’s team successfully completed the away series with a match in Chelyabinsk, beating Traktor with a score of 3-1. While the St. Petersburg team is still fifth in the Western Conference standings, the gap from leading Spartak has narrowed to five points, so SKA’s chances of winning the championship are quite high.
Before the start of the second part of the regular season, three hockey players are in the club’s infirmary - defenseman Andrei Pedan, as well as forwards Brendan Leipsik and Zakhar Bardakov. At the same time, only Bardakov is a full-fledged first-team player, while Pedan and Leipsik have played only a few matches this season. It is worth noting that, despite the pause in the championship, SKA players are in excellent playing shape. 15 SKA hockey players played for the national teams Russia 25 and Stars and VHL, three more (Sapego, Falkovsky, Alistrov) for the Belarusian national team at the traditional Channel One Cup.
CSKA
The capital's army team goes through the KHL regular season in a similar manner to the St. Petersburg team, with the only difference being that CSKA has not yet had a winning streak of more than three winning matches in a row in the championship. So, before the pause in the championship, Sergei Fedorov’s team played the away series in their usual manner. The inexpressive game in Chelyabinsk ended with a natural 1-3 defeat from Traktor, but in the next match CSKA confidently beat the championship leader, defeating the local Metallurg with a dry score of 3-0 in Magnitogorsk. It is worth noting another confident performance by goalkeeper Ivan Fedorov, who repelled 28 shots on his own goal and ended up keeping his fourth clean sheet in the current championship.
In the next away game, the army team just as confidently beat Vityaz near Moscow, managing to respond to the only goal they conceded with four goals of their own. Now CSKA, with 46 points scored, is in the standings behind their teammates from St. Petersburg, 5 points behind SKA. Among the personnel losses of the capital team, it is worth noting the injury of key defender Darren Dietz, who was out of action for at least a month.
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on SKA vs CSKA
SKAThe St. Petersburg club is getting closer and closer to the group of leaders and if it maintains the dynamics of the last month, then in the near future it may well intervene in the fight for the championship in the West. At the turn of November - December, SKA had a magnificent stretch of 11 winning matches in a row, which was interrupted in Yekaterinburg, where the army team lost to the local Avtomobilist in a shootout. After this, Roman Rotenberg’s team successfully completed the away series with a match in Chelyabinsk, beating Traktor with a score of 3-1. While the St. Petersburg team is still fifth in the Western Conference standings, the gap from leading Spartak has narrowed to five points, so SKA’s chances of winning the championship are quite high.
Before the start of the second part of the regular season, three hockey players are in the club’s infirmary - defenseman Andrei Pedan, as well as forwards Brendan Leipsik and Zakhar Bardakov. At the same time, only Bardakov is a full-fledged first-team player, while Pedan and Leipsik have played only a few matches this season. It is worth noting that, despite the pause in the championship, SKA players are in excellent playing shape. 15 SKA hockey players played for the national teams Russia 25 and Stars and VHL, three more (Sapego, Falkovsky, Alistrov) for the Belarusian national team at the traditional Channel One Cup.
CSKA
The capital's army team goes through the KHL regular season in a similar manner to the St. Petersburg team, with the only difference being that CSKA has not yet had a winning streak of more than three winning matches in a row in the championship. So, before the pause in the championship, Sergei Fedorov’s team played the away series in their usual manner. The inexpressive game in Chelyabinsk ended with a natural 1-3 defeat from Traktor, but in the next match CSKA confidently beat the championship leader, defeating the local Metallurg with a dry score of 3-0 in Magnitogorsk. It is worth noting another confident performance by goalkeeper Ivan Fedorov, who repelled 28 shots on his own goal and ended up keeping his fourth clean sheet in the current championship.
In the next away game, the army team just as confidently beat Vityaz near Moscow, managing to respond to the only goal they conceded with four goals of their own. Now CSKA, with 46 points scored, is in the standings behind their teammates from St. Petersburg, 5 points behind SKA. Among the personnel losses of the capital team, it is worth noting the injury of key defender Darren Dietz, who was out of action for at least a month.
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