Lokomotiv beat Torpedo in the third game of the first round of the Gagarin Cup

On Monday, March 31, the Lokomotiv hockey club beat Torpedo in the third meeting of the series of up to four wins in the first round of the 2025 Gagarin Cup.

The game was played at home in Nizhny Novgorod and ended with a score of 4:2, Sport-Express reports.

Artur Kayumov (1+1) and Maxim Berezkin (0+2) scored goals for the visitors, Denis Alekseev and Maxim Shalunov also scored goals. Bogdan Konyushkov and Vyacheslav Voynov scored points each in the Torpedo team.

After the meeting, Lokomotiv brought the score in the series to four wins, to 3-0. The next meeting will also be held in Nizhny Novgorod on April 2.

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