Lokomotiv Yaroslavl defeated Salavat Yulaev and reached the KHL semifinals.

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl defeated Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the fourth match of the second round of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) playoffs and reached the semifinals of the Gagarin Cup first. The meeting in Ufa ended on April 14 with the victory of the guests with the score 4:0 (1:0, 1:0, 2:0).

Richard Panik scored goals for the winners in the 6th minute, Artur Kayumov in the 35th, Alexander Radulov in the 59th and Alexey Bereglazov in the 60th minute of the match. The goalkeeper of the Yaroslavl club Daniil Isaev deflected 24 shots at his own goal and played the match "to zero". For Railwaymen forward Radulov, this game was the 150th in the KHL playoffs.

The final score in the series was 4-0 in favor of the Yaroslavl club. Lokomotiv is the current Gagarin Cup winner.

In the Cup semi—finals, Bob Hartley's team will play the winner of the Avangard-CSKA pair (3-0 after three series matches), Sport-Express adds.

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