Lokomotiv - Avangard: betting tip (cf 1.65) and bets on the KHL match

Current form

Having taken first place in the Western Conference, the reigning KHL champion very confidently passed the first two stages of the playoffs, eliminating Spartak Moscow from the cup competition in the eighth final with a 4-1 series score and Ufa Salavat Yulaev (4-0) in the quarterfinals. In nine matches, 25 goals were scored and 12 conceded. Of the 27 periods spent in these matches (not counting the two overtimes in the series with Spartak), only two were lost and 14 were won. Daniil Isaev, the best goalkeeper of the KHL in the last two seasons, scored excellent form, scoring four games to zero in these nine matches.

Currently, Lokomotiv has the best statistical indicators when playing in unequal squads from all participants in the semifinals: 27.8% majority realization (5 goals in 18 attempts), 90.0% minority neutralization (20 times the team remained in the minority, 2 goals were conceded). The team's leaders in scoring points in the playoffs are Alexander Radulov (four goals + six assists = 10 points) and Maxim Shalunov (2+4=6). The most useful players in the playoffs in terms of plus or minus are striker Richard Panik (six points), as well as defenders Rushan Rafikov and Alexey Bereglazov (five points each). 

Disqualifications and injuries

To date, the Locomotive has no problems with the train.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, the Locomotive gets 4.89 minutes of penalty time.
• Yaroslavl residents, according to statistics, carry out 28 power techniques per match.

Current form

The Omsk team confidently entered the playoffs from the second place in the Eastern Conference and overcame stubborn resistance first from Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik (the score in the series with two overtimes was 4-1), and then from CSKA Moscow (4-1, one overtime), finishing ten matches with these teams with a scoring balance of 30-20. In all the games, Nikita Serebryakov defended the last frontier of the Avant-Garde, reflecting 93.4% of shots and defending his goal intact once.

Guy Boucher has a lot of high-class hockey players at his disposal, among them team captain Damir Sharipzyanov, who is having a great season and holds the record for defensive performance. The team's leaders include the best sniper and scorer of the current playoffs, forward Konstantin Okulov (eight goals scored and six assists in 10 games), forwards Nikolai Prokhorkin (five accurate shots), and Michael MacLeod (seven assists). The hawks are most successful in the initial stage of the relegation games. Only once in ten matches in the first period did they fail to hit the opponent's goal. There are five such cases in the second period, and three in the third.

Disqualifications and injuries

Ivan Igumnov will not play in Yaroslavl.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, Omsk players receive 7.4 minutes of penalty time per match.
• According to statistics, the hawks make 32 shots on target.