Avangard was saved by the foreign players and scored a goal with a skate, Spartak equalized the series, and Razin criticized the league. What happened at the Gagarin Cup on March 26

Avangard reversed the course of the match with Lokomotiv and avoided elimination from the Gagarin Cup, the judges counted a goal from the skate of Tomas Jurcho, Spartak scored a goal against Metallurg and equalized the series, and Andrei Razin criticized the decision to postpone the match. .

“KP Sport” – about the results of March 26, 2024 in the second round of the KHL playoffs.

Avangard managed 1 shot in the first period, a comeback and a second victory over Loko

The Hawks continue to live in “no room for error” mode. Today, everything worked in their favor: Avangard came back from 0:1 and 1:2 thanks to two power play conversions, and Reed Boucher and Ryan Spooner scored 3 points each (1+2) and brought to Omsk its second victory over Lokomotiv (4:2). The score in the series was reduced to a minimum – 2:3.

It is curious that the Siberians completely missed the first period – 1:12 (!) of shots on target. “It’s not quite the start we were hoping for. We had nothing to lose, but we came out a little cramped. In the first period, there were many marriages. We can say that the opponents dominated, they scored a goal while we were playing in the minority. The guys outdid themselves and entered the second period with better energy. Speed ​​appeared,” this is how the acting director commented on the turning point in the game. head coach of the team Sergei Zvyagin.

Yurcho scored with his skate, but the goal was counted. Is everything according to the rules?

For the first time, Avangard fought back in the 27th minute. It was Tomas Jurcho who kicked Gernat out… with his foot. The Slovak reacted to a cross from Vladimir Tkachev and turned his skate so that the puck hit the goal.

Based on the regulations, these targets can be canceled. However, Yurcho was saved by the fact that he did not execute any accent kicks. In the same regulation, these points are interpreted as follows: “A goal scored when the puck bounces into the goal from the skate of an attacking hockey player who does not use a distinct leg movement shall be counted.

Lokomotiv head coach Igor Nikitin discussed the episode at length with the judges, but never filmed a replay. “I found out who made the decision, they said it was a video goal referee. Everything was very clear,” he explained later.

Cosplay of the second match, Spartak’s only goal and a draw in the series

In connection with the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall, the KHL has brought forward the dates of the series between Spartak and Metallurg. The teams only played their fourth match today, although they were originally scheduled to play three days ago, on March 23.

The meeting itself began with a minute of silence. And that’s when a double-edged game began. It was essentially reminiscent of Game 2, when Magnitogorsk scored the only goal midway through the third period.

The same thing happened now. The only difference is that today Spartak won. In the 49th minute, Ivanov advanced and shot with his wrists, after which the puck bounced off the goalie and ended up on Galimov’s stick at the left post. Emil finished the match in the nearest corner, hitting the goal of the already lying Nabokov.

The result is 1:0 in favor of the red and white. And 2:2 in the series, which once again goes to Magnitogorsk.

“Why did we bust our asses? So that the decision is in favor of Spartak?

Immediately after the match was postponed, Magnitogorsk returned home to Magnitogorsk. It turned out that this decision was forced: the team had to leave the hotel in the capital. Foxes head coach Andrei Razin announced this: “The match on March 23 is canceled. Why should we live in Moscow when we are kicked out of Megasport, there is no place in the hotel where we lived, it is not clear where we are going to skate and we urgently need to look ice ?

The specialist also harshly criticized the KHL’s decision to postpone Game 4. According to him, the match could have taken place in Magnitogorsk:

– We had an interesting offer – to play on the 25th in Magnitogorsk and on the 27th in Moscow – and nothing would have changed. Since we had taken first place in the East, we would play three games at home and two away. And the score in the series was 2:1, and anyway it was clear that there were three here and two here.

Why did we take first place in the East? Why did we bust our asses? So that this decision is in favor of Spartak? Although I don’t think it is in Spartak’s favor. This is simply to the detriment of the Metallurg team.