Metallurg - Avangard: betting tip (cf. 1.87) and bets on the KHL match

Magnitogorsk staged a real rout for Petrochemicals, winning with a score of 8:1. Konstantin Shafranov's team scored six goals in the second period, leaving almost no chance for the opponent to save. Egor Korobkin and Luke Johnson scored doubles, while Daniil Vovchenko, Igor Nechaev, Mikhail Fedorov and Nathan Todd also scored goals. The hosts performed especially well when realizing their numerical advantage, scoring twice in the majority.

Such a result was necessary after three defeats in four previous meetings. Metallurg lost to CSKA (3:7), Avtomobilist (3:4) and Neftekhimik in overtime (2:3), having managed to beat only Siberia (5:2) in this segment. The main problem remained the lack of reliability of the defenders, although the attack regularly created chances. Vladimir Tkachev continues to play an important role in organizing attacks, and Ruslan Iskhakov is able to add speed when moving into someone else's zone.

Avangard's four previous victories were united by an unusual circumstance: they were all achieved in overtime. Omsk consistently beat Lada (3:2), Sochi (2:1), CSKA (2:1) and Siberia (4:3). The match against Novosibirsk turned out to be especially tense, in which Guy Boucher's team missed a two-goal advantage, allowing the opponent to even the score in the last minute. Michael MacLeod scored the winning goal in extra time.

However, the trip to Minsk ended in failure with a score of 0:4. Did the avant-garde successfully restrain the Muscovites for two periods? No, Dynamo Minsk, but in the final twenty minutes he conceded four goals, two of which fell on an empty net. Omsk scored 27 shots on target and failed to beat Zach Fucale. Joshua Livo and Andrew Poturalski remain the most important offensive performers, but in recent games the team has not always been effective enough in completing attacks.