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Kazakhstani helped Ak Bars ahead of schedule not to fly out of the playoffs of the KHL

Kazan "Ak Bars" on the road beat Omsk "Avangard" in overtime of the fourth match of the series of the first round of the playoffs of the KHL, the correspondent of bbabo.net reports.

The meeting in Balashikha ended with the score 3:2 (1:1, 1:0, 0:1, 1:0) in favor of Ak Bars. Ilya Safonov (14th minute), Steven Kempfer (29th) and Dmitry Kagarlitsky (63rd) scored among the winners. The Omsk team scored goals from Nikita Soshnikov (7) and Kirill Semenov (57).

Moreover, in the first goal, with the score 0:1, Safonov was assisted by Kazakh hockey player Kirill Panyukov. He went to the match in the first line of Ak Bars.

Thanks to this victory, Ak Bars not only reduced the gap in the series to four victories - 1-3, but also did not fly out of the KHL playoffs ahead of schedule. The fifth meeting will be held in Kazan on March 10.

As a result of the regular season, Ak Bars finished fourth in the Eastern Conference. A "Vanguard" finished the "regular season" on the fifth line.

Kazakhstani helped Ak Bars ahead of schedule not to fly out of the playoffs of the KHL