Magnitogorsk Metallurg won against Kazan Ak Bars in the match of the KHL championship

In the central match of Friday, September 11, in the regular championship of the Kontinental Hockey League, Magnitogorsk Metallurg won on the road from Kazan Ak Bars - 3: 2 (in the bullies). It's reported by sb.by.

During the match, the team from the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan twice led (1: 0, 2: 1). However, the steelworkers were able to restore the status quo both times, and their second puck was thrown just nine seconds before the end of the third period, and as a result, they tipped the scales in their direction in the bullite series.

During game time, the guests scored Ruslan Iskhakov (6th minute) and Dmitry Silantyev (60), the losers - Semyon Terekhov (1) and Artem Galimov (50). In a series of shots, only Metallurg players Sergey Tolchinsky and Ruslan Iskhakov realized their attempts.

Belarusian hockey players Danila Palivko (“Metallurg”) and Andrei Stas (“Ak Bars”), who took part in the match, were not marked by effective actions.

Ak Bars lost for the first time this season. Before that, the team beat Novosibirsk Siberia (4: 3, in the bullies), Vladivostok Admiral (2: 0) and Chelyabinsk Tractor (2: 1). "Metallurg" won the third victory in a row after two Victorias in the games against Khabarovsk "Amur" (4: 2, 2: 1, in overtime).

The results of all meetings on Friday, September 11, in the regular championship of the Kontinental Hockey League: Lada - Torpedo - 2:7, Ak Bars - Metallurg - 2:3 (in bullites), Neftekhimik - Avtomobilist - 3:1, CSKA - Admiral - 2:4.

Minsk “Dynamo”, which earlier in this championship lost in the native walls of Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo” (3: 4, in the bullies) and the Chinese team “Shanghai Dregons” (3: 4, in overtime), the next match will be held tomorrow, September 12, away against Moscow teammates.

According to the results of the regular championship 2025/2026, our team scored 88 points and finished on the second line in the table of the Western Conference immediately after the future champion - Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. At the stage of the 1/8 finals, the “teeth” won the series against Moscow teammates with a dry score of 4: 0, but in the quarterfinals, the Minsk Dynamovites lost four times to the Kazan “Ak Bars”. In the overall table of the Kontinental Hockey League, the white-blues took fifth place for the first time in history.