Avangard - Lokomotiv: betting tip (cf 1.67) and bets on the KHL playoffs match

Current form

Having returned from Yaroslavl with an impressive handicap of two confident away wins (5:2) and (3:1), Guy Boucher's team looked like a team that was quite capable of continuing to act just as effectively and productively. Having survived the expected onslaught of railwaymen rushing into the attack in the first period of the third match (the score on shots on target was 19-9 in their favor, but Nikita Serebryakov could not be penetrated even once), Omsk once again demonstrated the high effectiveness of attacking actions, completing their two counterattacks at the end of the period.accurate shots by Igor Martynov and Damir Sharipzyanov.

However, the pressure of the Locomotive increased after the break and led to the fact that the second period was left for the guests (3-0) – for the first time in the current playoffs, Omsk missed three times during the period. In the final of the game, the fourth puck went into the goal of the hosts, abandoned by the goalkeeper in favor of an extra field player, and the final assault of the Avant-Garde did not lead to an assist. Omsk's lack of game discipline did them a disservice – seven times during the match they gave the opponent the opportunity to act in the numerical majority, including for five minutes and in the three-by-five format. And even though the guests in these episodes only once managed to take advantage of the chance to score, playing in the minority took away a lot of strength, which in the end was not enough for the Avangard players to catch up with the Locomotive that caught the courage in the score. 

Disqualifications and injuries

Ivan Igumnov will not play in the fifth match of the series.

Interesting betting trends

• Avangard performs an average of 23 power moves per match.
• Omsk residents, according to statistics, win 55.8% of face-offs.

Current form

On the eve of the third match, the Yaroslavl team's coaches did not have a question about choosing tactics for the game. The disastrous start of the series dictated the need to look for your chances at someone else's gate, to act as energetically and aggressively as possible. In the first period, the guests made a lot of interesting attacks, kept the defense and the goalkeeper of the Avant-Garde in constant tension, but the weak implementation let them down again, and the hosts sharply counterattacked, and the first segment of the game led to a discouraging result (0:2). The situation in the match and in the series became critical for the reigning champion, but Yaroslavl managed to find the resources to turn the tide of the game.

In the second third of the mast, they spent more than eight minutes attacking, while Omsk spent less than two minutes. In the end, Lokomotiv's intense attacking efforts were rewarded, and in the second half of the period, goals from Rushan Rafikov (in the majority), Alexander Polunin and Alexander Radulov not only eliminated the scoring deficit, but also put the Yaroslavl team ahead. The goal scored by Richard Panik with a throw from his own zone into an empty net a minute before the end of the match summed up his winning result for the guests – 4:2. A super-goal victory from 0:2 allowed Lokomotiv not only to soak up the score in the series, but also to catch their game, which was observed only in fragments in the first two matches. to feel confident that selfless collective action is the only way to achieve success against a strong opponent.

Disqualifications and injuries

All the guest leaders will play in Omsk.

Interesting betting trends

• On average, railwaymen perform 29 power moves per match.
• Yaroslavl statistically wins 53.4% of face-offs