"Avangard" won the sixth consecutive victory in the KHL championship match

Avangard Omsk in a home match on January 17 won its sixth consecutive victory in the regular season 2024/25 Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) championship.

The meeting with CSKA Moscow ended with a score of 4-0. This is the fifth defeat of the capital club in the coming year.

Omichi forward Nail Yakupov scored a goal as early as the third minute of the first period. He also brought the club its second point in the 52nd minute of the game.

Avangard's American forward Reid Boucher also scored a double. His pucks hit the goal in the 18th and 44th minutes.

At the same time, Omsk goalie Nikita Serebryakov deflected all 30 shots, and also recorded his first shutout of the season, which was the 17th of his KHL career.

"Avangard" is in sixth place in the Eastern Conference table of the league. According to the results of the past matches, the team scored 51 points.

On the eve of St. Petersburg SKA lost to Cherepovets "Severstal" in the KHL match. The meeting ended with a score of 7:4 in favor of the club from Cherepovets. For the team from St. Petersburg this is the fourth consecutive defeat in the championship.