Spartak won the third match in a row in the KHL playoff series with Salavat Yulaev

Spartak Moscow hockey club defeated Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the fourth match of the quarter-final playoff series of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The match took place in Moscow on Thursday, April 17, and ended with a score of 6:2.

Ivan Morozov scored two goals for Spartak, Sport-Express clarifies. Mikhail Maltsev, Egor Filin, Adam Ruziczka and Alexander Belyaev also scored one goal apiece.

Joshua Liva and Dinar Hafizullin scored one goal each for the Ufa team.

Spartak led the series to four wins with a score of 3-1. The fifth match will take place in Ufa on Saturday, April 19.

If they win, the Red and white will advance to the KHL playoff semifinals.

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Earlier, on April 13, Spartak defeated Salavat Yulaev in the second match of the second round of the Gagarin Cup. The game ended with a score of 5:4. The Red and white were inferior in the main time, but managed to equalize the score a second before the end of the match.