Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” took over Kazan “Ak Bars” in the match of the championship of the KHL

In one of the top matches on Monday, October 5, in the regular championship of the Kontinental Hockey League, Yaroslavl Lokomotiv defeated Kazan Ak Bars - 2: 0. It's reported by sb.by.

The match between the finalists of the last draw, of course, stood apart in the entire program of the day. And the teams really gave the fans a cool spectacle. Abandoned pucks, however, there were only two. Nikita Kiryanov (11th minute) and Artem Kuzin (42) distinguished.

“Lokomotiv” for the third time in a row beat “Ak Bars” and with 20 points leads the standings of the Western Conference. Ak Bars with 15 points is third in the East.

The results of all matches of the game day in the KHL championship: Metallurg - Admiral - 2: 5, Lada - Shanghai Dregons - 0: 5, Ak Bars - Lokomotiv - 0: 2, Dynamo (Minsk) - Torpedo - 1: 2 (by bullies), CSKA - Salavat Yulaev - 3: 1.

Earlier in this home series, Minsk Dynamo could not cope with Moscow CSKA (1: 4), but beat Togliatti Lada (5: 4) and Yaroslavl Lokomotiv (4: 3). On Thursday, October 8, the wards of Sergey Brylin will take SKA from St. Petersburg, and then they will hold guest matches against Yaroslavl Lokomotiv (10 October) and Shanghai Dregons (12 October). At the moment, the “teeth”, having 13 points after 12 meetings, occupy sixth place in the Western Conference table.

According to the results of the regular championship 2025/2026, the Minsk squad, we recall, scored 88 points and finished on the second line in the table of the conference “West” immediately after the 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.