SKA advanced to the KHL playoffs ahead of schedule

St. Petersburg Hockey Club (HC) SKA secured an early exit to the Fonbet playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). This happened after the March 1 defeat of the Beijing Kunlun Red Star in a match with Dynamo Moscow.

So, the team from St. Petersburg scored 71 points after 60 matches and is in seventh place in the Western Conference table. Thus, the club will not fall below Kunlun, who is ninth with 57 points after 61 games.

In the Eastern Conference, Traktor, Avtomobilist, Salavat Yulaev, Ak Bars, Metallurg and Avangard guaranteed places in the playoffs. In addition to SKA, Lokomotiv, Spartak, CSKA, Dynamo Moscow and Minsk, as well as Severstal, entered the playoffs from the Western Conference. href="https://www.sport-express.ru/hockey/khl/news/ska-dosrochno-vyshel-v-pley-off-khl-posle-porazheniya-kunlunya-2304860/?ysclid=m7qgn949cp600421075" target="_blank">Sport-Express".

On February 27, it was reported that the CSKA Moscow hockey club is at home beat Beijing Kunlun Red Star and became a participant in the playoffs the tournament. Forwards Prokhor Poltapov (23rd minute), Vladislav Kamenev (45th minute), Kirill Dolzhenkov (51st minute), Denis Guryanov (52nd minute), Ivan Drozdov (57th minute) and defender Nikita Nesterov (59th minute) scored for the hosts.