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From the first minutes of the second match of the series, the rivals offered each other brutal game. Battles took place on every part of the rink. Fistfights broke out twice at Ivan Fedotov's goals. Each team got a four-minute penalty. The CSKA had the best response in this situation. Under the pressure of Lokomotiv, CSKA scored a goal. Darren Dietz joined a sharp counterattack and with a wrist shot put his team ahead — 0:1. Before the break, the hosts could not score to CSKA.
In the second period, Lokomotiv seized the initiative. The advantage of the Yaroslavl team in shots on target was 15:3. Nevertheless, CSKA had several good counterattacks, and they managed to cope with the onslaught of the hosts for a long time. Everything changed at the end of the period, when Alexander Yelesin and Denis Alekseev scored their goals. We leave for the break with the advantage of the hosts — 2:1.
In the third period, the owners of the ice built a defense competently. CSKA tried to put the game into overtime, but didn't manage to score. We lose in the match, and the score in the series becomes equal — 1:1.
02.03.2024. RUSSIA, YAROSLAVL, ARENA-2000-LOKOMOTIV
LOKOMOTIV (YAROSLAVL) 2:1 CSKA (MOSCOW)
- 12:16 0:1 (CSKA). 44 Ditz Darren (87 Svetlakov Andrey, 9 Slepyshev Anton).
- 36:43 1:1 (Lokomotiv). 4 Elesin Alexander (63 Kraskovsky Pavel).
- 39:37 2:1 (Lokomotiv). 91 Alekseev Denis (13 Nikulin Stepan, 99 Sergeev Andrey).
