Salavat Yulaev defeated Siberia in the KHL playoffs

Ufa hockey club (HC) Salavat Yulaev beat rivals from Novosibirsk Siberia in the fifth match of the first round of the playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), the meeting took place on April 4 in Ufa.

The hosts beat their rivals with a score of 5:2, Sport-Express notes. Canadian striker Sheldon Rempal scored a hat-trick for Ufa (20th, 39th and 50th minutes). Denis Yan (52) and Joshua Livo (59) also scored goals. Andy Andreoff (6) and Taylor Beck (57) scored for the visitors.

The score in the series to four wins was 3:2 in favor of Viktor Kozlov's team. The sixth meeting will take place on April 6 in Novosibirsk.

According to the results of the regular season, Salavat Yulaev is in second place in the Eastern Conference standings. "Siberia" still occupies the seventh line.

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Also on March 22, it was reported that Salavat Yulaev's Canadian player Joshua Livo set a record for the number of goals in one KHL regular season. Livo scored his 49th goal in 62 games in a match against Barys from Kazakhstan and broke the record of Russian hockey player Sergei Mozyakin - 48 goals in 60 matches.