Game three. Torpedo - SKA - 2:5

In the third match of the first round of the 2023/2024 KHL Gagarin Cup playoffs, SKA confidently dealt with the challenge posed by Torpedo in Nizhny Novgorod, cruising to a routine 5:2 away win.

Excellent goals from Alexander Nikishin, Stepan Falkovsky and Vasily Glotov put SKA firmly in control after two periods of play.

In the second, Torpedo did manage to respond with a pair of markers tallied by Vasily Atanasov and Vladislav Firstov, but Alexander Kadeikin made sure of the victory on the powerplay before Emil Galimov grabbed a fortunate empty-netter.

Game four of the series is scheduled to take place at the Nagorny Arena on Thursday. Puck-drop is scheduled for 19:30 local time.

Match protocol:

Torpedo - SKA - 2:5 (0:1, 0:2, 2:2)

Goals:

0:1 Nikishin, 12.56

0:2 Falkovsky (M. Fedotov), 26.47

0:3 Glotov (Khairullin, M. Fedotov), 32.54

1:3 Atanasov (Kovalenko, Goncharuk), 40.38

1:4 Kadeikin (Gritsyuk, Vorobyov), 45.42 PPG

2:4 Firstov (Silaev, Yan), 55.17

2:5 Galimov, 58.27 EN

Goalkeepers: Kulbakov - Serebryakov

Shots: 34 - 73

Shots on target: 20 - 34

Faceoffs: 21 - 29

Blocked shots: 19 - 8

Hits: 20 - 13

Penalty minutes: 8 - 4

Referees: Fateev, Gofman

Linesmen: Slavikovsky, Kanifadin

05.03.2024.