CSKA - SKA. Game Seven

Today on the 7th of April, the deciding seventh match of this KHL Gagarin Cup Western Conference final between HC CSKA Moscow and SKA will take place in the Russian capital.

Before the series begun it was billed as the perfect match-up for the final of the Western Conference, and it has lived up to the expectations as after six we are all tied up at 3:3. Along the way SKA have become the first ever KHL team to come back from a 0:3 deficit to tie it up, as CSKA had the better of the first few matches. The Muscovites won their first two home games 3:0 and 3:2 in overtime before taking the third match 3:1 away, and our players were left with their backs up against the wall. They're made of sterner stuff though, and came back with a bang. A 4:1 victory in Saint Petersburg was followed up by an impressive 6:2 victory away from home, and the series was drawn level on Sunday with a drama filled 2:1 win inside the Saint Petersburg Ice Palace.

SKA's second line of Artemiy Panarin - Yevgeni Dadonov - Vadim Shipachyov has been on fire during this series picking up 20 points so far, and they will look to once again cause an all manner of problems for CSKA's back line. Ilya Kovalchuk scored his first goal of the series in the sixth game, while overtime hero Patrick Thoresen has two markers to his name.

No room is left for error for both teams today, and the winner will qualify for the KHL Gagarin Cup final to face Ak Bars Kazan who defeated HC Sibir Novosibirsk 4:1 in their series.

The CSKA - SKA match will begin at 19.30 local time inside the LDS CSKA, Moscow. 100 TV, KHL TV, KHL TV HD and Rossiya 2 will all broadcast the game live, while you can keep up to date with events either by following our matchcentre, or our official twitter account.