The 2020-21 season in KHL was opened by two best teams of the previous season - CSKA and Ak Bars. Army team had a lot more changes in the lineup during the preseason, and some of the new players were presented today. On the 00:51 on of them - the defender Dmitri Samorukov - scored the first goal of the season, and another newcomer, forward Andrey Loktionov, was the assistant in this episode. But Ak Bars began to play better in the second period. As a result, Da Costa scored in power plat - 1:1.
In the beginning of the third period, Anton Slepyshev shocked his opponents: he took the puck away in the middle of the ice, entered the zone and made a great shot which was too hard for Adam Reideborn. But Ak Bars could equalize seven minutes before the finish, and in overtime team from Kazan even got the win. Voronkov scored after CSKA defenders lost the puck in front of the net - 2:3.
