"Ak Bars" scored five goals against "Metallurg" and started the series with a victory.

      Today, "Ak Bars" won against "Metallurg" (5:2) in the away first match of the ½ finals of the Gagarin Cup. The guests scored the first goal: forward Ilya Safonov tipped the puck in after a shot from defender Mitchell Miller and sent the puck into the net. The Kazan team doubled their lead after a precise shot by Nikita Dynyak. The third goal for "Ak Bars" was scored by Nathan Todd, who scored after a shot into the near corner of the net. After this moment, the home team's coaching staff replaced the goalkeeper: Ilya Nabokov took the place of Alexander Smolin. The hosts managed to score one goal while on the power play: Luke Johnson scored. The Kazan team responded with a goal from Alexander Khmelevsky. The second goal for the Ural team was scored by Alexander Petunin, and after that, Khmelevsky completed a double. For the guests, Miller achieved an assist hat-trick. However, Nikita Lyamkin was unable to score points, breaking his streak of eight consecutive games with points for scoring. Thus, "Ak Bars" started the third series in a row with a victory. Previously, the Kazan team won the first match against "Traktor" and Minsk's "Dynamo".

      The second match of the confrontation will take place on April 27. Start – at 17:00 Moscow time.

      Gagarin Cup. ½ finals. 1st match Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) — Ak Bars (Kazan) — 2:5 (0:3, 1:1, 1:1) April 25. "Arena-Metallurg". 7500 spectators 0:1 Safonov (Miller, Lyamkin, 02:29) 0:2 Dynyak (Katelevesky, Karpukhin, 10:01) 0:3 Todd (Semyonov, 15:33) 1:3 Johnson (Press, Tolchinski, 26:26, pp) 1:4 Khmelevsky (Semyonov, Miller, 32:43) 2:4 Petunin (Khabarov, Johnson, 49:34, pp) 2:5 Khmelevsky (Todd, Miller, 52:16, pp) Goalkeepers: Smolin (Nabokov, 15:33) — Bilyalov Series score: 0–1 (2:5)

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