Spartak vs Metallurg. Will the red-whites be able to even the score in the series?
On Tuesday, March 26, the fourth match of the second round of the Gagarin Cup playoffs between Spartak and Metallurg will take place on the ice of the capital's Megasport Arena. At the moment the score in the series is 2-1 in favor of Metallurg.
The red-whites unpleasantly surprised their fans at the start of the quarterfinal series, not only losing the first two matches, but not scoring a single goal in these matches against Metallurg. Such sad statistics are doubly surprising because it was Spartak that became the most productive team at the end of the regular season, scoring an average of three and a half goals per match. In the first round of the playoffs, in the games against Severstal, Spartak's attack again worked properly, scoring 20 goals in five matches.
The goalless streak in the games against Magnitogorsk Metallurg lasted 125 minutes, and Maxim Tsyplakov interrupted it with his accurate throw. The Spartak forward scored already at the beginning of the first period of the third match of the series, thereby marking the beginning of the first victory for Alexei Zhamnov’s team. In this match, it is again worth noting the play of the first line of the red and white, which scored four goals. Ivan Morozov and Pavel Poryadin scored once each, Nikolai Goldobin scored a double. As a result, Spartak confidently won with a score of 5-2, thereby reducing the gap in the series to a minimum.
Metallurg
If Spartak passed the first round after five matches, then Metallurg had to suffer pretty much with Amur, flying to Khabarovsk twice. The Ural team constantly led the score, but Amur twice managed to catch up with Metallurg. Ultimately, the higher class of Metallurg’s hockey players had an effect, the Urals won the fifth and sixth matches, 3-1 and 3-2, respectively, thereby qualifying for the quarterfinals after six matches.
Certain fears that the Metallurg hockey players would not have time to recover in time for the first quarterfinal match after the flight from Khabarovsk turned out to be groundless. Metallurg played the first match against Spartak perfectly, achieving a confident victory with a score of 4-0. In the second match, Metallurg again played perfectly in defense, largely thanks to the excellent play of Ilya Nabokov, who repelled all 33 shots on his own goal. Another hero of the second match was Egor Korobkin, whose goal was the only goal in this match. Metallurg was unable to win a third victory in a row; in Moscow the game was held with a noticeable advantage for the hosts, ending with the victory of Spartak with a score of 5-2.
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Spartak vs Metallurg
SpartakThe red-whites unpleasantly surprised their fans at the start of the quarterfinal series, not only losing the first two matches, but not scoring a single goal in these matches against Metallurg. Such sad statistics are doubly surprising because it was Spartak that became the most productive team at the end of the regular season, scoring an average of three and a half goals per match. In the first round of the playoffs, in the games against Severstal, Spartak's attack again worked properly, scoring 20 goals in five matches.
The goalless streak in the games against Magnitogorsk Metallurg lasted 125 minutes, and Maxim Tsyplakov interrupted it with his accurate throw. The Spartak forward scored already at the beginning of the first period of the third match of the series, thereby marking the beginning of the first victory for Alexei Zhamnov’s team. In this match, it is again worth noting the play of the first line of the red and white, which scored four goals. Ivan Morozov and Pavel Poryadin scored once each, Nikolai Goldobin scored a double. As a result, Spartak confidently won with a score of 5-2, thereby reducing the gap in the series to a minimum.
Metallurg
If Spartak passed the first round after five matches, then Metallurg had to suffer pretty much with Amur, flying to Khabarovsk twice. The Ural team constantly led the score, but Amur twice managed to catch up with Metallurg. Ultimately, the higher class of Metallurg’s hockey players had an effect, the Urals won the fifth and sixth matches, 3-1 and 3-2, respectively, thereby qualifying for the quarterfinals after six matches.
Certain fears that the Metallurg hockey players would not have time to recover in time for the first quarterfinal match after the flight from Khabarovsk turned out to be groundless. Metallurg played the first match against Spartak perfectly, achieving a confident victory with a score of 4-0. In the second match, Metallurg again played perfectly in defense, largely thanks to the excellent play of Ilya Nabokov, who repelled all 33 shots on his own goal. Another hero of the second match was Egor Korobkin, whose goal was the only goal in this match. Metallurg was unable to win a third victory in a row; in Moscow the game was held with a noticeable advantage for the hosts, ending with the victory of Spartak with a score of 5-2.
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