Radulov's comeback

Ufa's Salavat Yulaev stopped the victorious march of Moscow's Spartak, which could have set a record if it had won.

Ufa's Salavat Yulaev stopped the victorious march of Moscow's Spartak, which could have set a record in the KHL championships if it had won.

The Spartak team won five victories in a row and could well have won a sixth, but...in fact, they lost the match in seven minutes. Although, before the disastrous period in the third period, the home team looked very decent, in no way inferior in terms of play to their formidable opponent.

Muscovites goalkeeper Yakhin, who replaced Hasek in goal for this match, spun like a squirrel in a wheel, beating off everything that flew towards the goal. The red and white even scored first, having successfully played the majority in the middle of the second period. After the attack on the goal performed by Lyuduchin The puck bounces off the front board towards Gubin and he punches the goalkeeper with an awkward hand.

It seemed that success would continue to follow the Spartak hockey players - the beginning of the third twenty-minute period was left to them. But then the top scorer of the championship, Alexander Radulov, took his word, after the New Year he showed off his excellent game only once.

First, the attacker hit the top nine of the goal ahead of time, as Yakhin knelt down on his knees, then Kozlov punished the goalkeeper for the same mistake. And three minutes later, young Zheldakov unsuccessfully throws the puck out of his zone - it hits the referee standing next to him, the same Radulov picks it up, passes it to Thoresen and he shoots Yakhin.

The Ufa team wins its fifth victory in a row and continues to fight for first place in the regular season summary table. The red-whites retained sixth place in the West, but tomorrow they can be overtaken by Dynamo Minsk and Riga.