KHL champion Metallurg lost to Traktor for the second time this season

The Metallurg Magnitogorsk ice hockey team (HC) lost for the second time in the season to HC Traktor from Chelyabinsk in a Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) match. The meeting ended with a score of 2:5.

"Tractor" won the third match in a row. The team is in first place in the East conference with 76 points, while Metallurg is in fifth place with 66 points.

Traktor scored goals from Grigory Dronov, Vitaly Kravtsov, Nikita Korostelev, Vasily Glotov and Alexander Rykov. Troy Josephs and Daniil Vovchenko scored for Metallurg.

"I don't want to see the number of pucks conceded go up."

Hockey player "Torpedo" Bogdan Konyushkov - about the problems with the defense of the team, the change of the coach of the defenders and the fight for the exit in the playoffs of the KHL

The day before SKA lost to Ak Bars Kazan in a home game of the regular KHL championship with a score of 8:3. The team from St. Petersburg lost for the third time in a home game with a difference of five pucks under head coach Roman Rotenberg.