“Locomotive” on home ice did not leave a chance to the Chinese “Shanghai Dregons”

Hockey players of Yaroslavl Lokomotiv in the home arena achieved a crushing victory over the Chinese club Shanghai Dregons with a score of 5: 0 in a duel of the regular championship Fonbet – Kontinental Hockey League.

The hosts removed all questions about the winner already in the starting ten minutes, hitting the gates of the guests three times with the efforts of Artur Kayumov (3rd minute), Maxim Shalunov (8th) and Alexander Elesin (10th). Later, the Yaroslavls confidently controlled the course of the meeting, bringing it to a large score after the accurate throws of Alexander Polunin (24th) and Danil Romantsev (44th).

This success allowed Lokomotiv to strengthen its position in the group of leaders of the Western Conference: having scored 37 points in 25 meetings held, railway workers occupy the second place. In turn, for the Shanghai Dregons debacle in Yaroslavl was the fourth defeat in a row - with 30 points after 25 matches, the team is in sixth place in the West.

The clubs will hold their next games in the regular championship in the coming days: on November 16, Yaroslavl will host Sochi on their own ice, and Shanghai Dregons will play at home against Khabarovsk Amur on November 18.

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