CSKA 1-3 Avangard. Recap
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CSKA 1-3 Avangard. Recap

CSKA lost to Avangard in season opener.

Summer is over and this means that hockey is back. Season opener was held at CSKA ARENA between two teams that clashed in 2018 Gagarin Cup Finals. Reigning champions from CSKA were to host their rivals in the face of Avangard Omsk.

Despite early start (3:30pm MSK) and that fact that school year in Russia starts on September 1st, there was mere an empty seat at CSKA ARENA (max capacity 11,200).

Both teams put all of their firepower into the rosters. But due to the fact that season just started and new rink size at CSKA ARENA (28 by 60 meters or 92 by 197 feet) first minutes were full of physical action and turnovers but short of scoring chances.

Nevertheless, the scoring was opened in the first period. Maxim Shalunov scored first goal of the season 11:21 into the game. Okulov skated by the left side then passed the puck to Maxim who shot it right underneath Bobkov pads. One minute before the intermission Avangard tied the score when Franson fired from the point on a powerplay.

In second period Omsk team got the lead after Chudinov’s successful attempt to shot the puck from his own zone. Puck bounced at CSKA’s blue line and flew right through Johansson’s five-hole. Armymen tried their best to even the score but couldn’t do it before the break.

In third period CSKA players had several chances to tie the game but Bobkov made couple of huge saves and Franson scored the empty-netter.

In their next home game CSKA will face Ak Bars Kazan on Tuesday, September 3rd.

September 1st, 2019. CSKA ARENA, Moscow, Russia
CSKA (Moscow) – Avangard (Omsk) – 1:1 (1:1, 0:0, 0:0)

  • 11:21  1:0       78.Shalunov (71.Okulov). CSKA. ESG

  • 19:22  1:1       4.Franson (65.Beck, 86.Andrighetto). Avangard. PPG

  • 25:49  1:2       73.Chudinov. Avangard. ESG

  • 58:40  1:3       4.Franson. Avangard. ENG

Game stats:

Shots: 47 (14-14-19) – 43 (17-16-10)
Shots on goal: 20 (9-4-7) – 20 (6-10-4)
Faceoffs: 35 (10-15-10) – 19 (5-9-5)
Blocked shots: 9 (5-2-2) – 17 (2-6-9)
Hits: 12 (7-3-2) – 5 (3-1-1)
Time on attack: 13:21 (03:42-03:55-05:44) – 06:42 (02:51-02:14-01:37)
PIM: 6 (2-4-0) – 2 (2-0-0)

Team rosters:

CSKA:

31.Johansson (90.Sorokin)

92.Sekac – 19.Vey – 25.Grigorenko
6.Dahlback – 37.Robinson

22.Popov – 78.Shalunov – 71.Okulov
55.Kiselevich – 53.Marchenko

97.Kaprizov – 87.Svetlakov – 7.Telegin
88.Blazhiyevsky – 89.Nesterov
98.Mamin – 11.Andronov – 15.Karnaukhov; 54.Rtishchev
26.Romanov

Avangard:

30.Bobkov (60.Sudnitsin)

52.Shirokov – 45.Pyanov – 86.Andrighetto
74.Yemelin – 22.Pokka

69.Shumakov – 94.Semyonov – 65.Beck
91.Pivtsakin – 4.Franson

25.Dedunov – 23.Stas – 89.Potapov
9.Bondarev – 73.Chudinov

21.Koshelev – 87.Grachyov – 17.Shcherbak; 85.Yaremchuk