Kazan interrupted a series of four defeats in the KHL

Kazan “Ak Bars” defeated the Chinese “Shanghai Dregons” in a guest match of the regular championship of the Kontinental Hockey League. The meeting, held at SKA-Arena in St. Petersburg, where Shanghai hosts home games, ended with a score of 3-2 in overtime in favor of Kazan.

The winners of the puck were scored by Kirill Semenov, who scored a double (17th and 61st minutes), and Dmitry Katelevsky (52nd). Shanghai scored Brett Murray (51st) and David Chen (54th).

For Ak Bars, this victory was the first in the last five matches. Before that, the team on its ice lost to the Chelyabinsk Tractor (2: 3), Yaroslavl Lokomotiv (0: 2), Cherepovets Severstal (1: 4) and Sochi (2: 3). “Shanghai”, in turn, suffered the third defeat in a row: earlier the club in home meetings could not defeat the Minsk “Dynamo” (2: 3) and “Tractor” (2: 6).

Shanghai is sixth in the Western Conference standings, with 18 points after 14 matches. Ak Bars is in sixth position in the East with 17 points in 16 games. In the next match, Shanghai will play away against Sochi on October 19, and Ak Bars will meet on the road with Dynamo Minsk a day earlier.

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