Crisis

Ryan Vesce debuted for Traktor in this game, taking a spot in a foreign line along with Michal Birner and Paul Szczechura. Igor Mirnov also returned to the lineup as he played alongside Maxim Yakutsenya and Dmitri Pestunov. Pavel Francouz was the starting goalie for this bout.

The first twenty began with two straight Yugra goals that turned out to be the only ones of this game; Denis Gorbunov and Konstantin Mayorov were the goalscorers. Visitors had a couple of chances to further extend the lead, but Pavel Francouz had other thoughts.

The black-and-white got themselves together at the top of the second period. During one of the scoring opportunities, Dmitri Pestunov could have taken a shot but took a pause instead and wasted a potentially great chance. Shortly thereafter, Alexander Sharov shot the puck from close range but could not beat Yugra’s goalie Alexander Sharychenkov.

Throughout the majority of the third segment of this game, Traktor had the puck control and the advantage, but nothing came out of it. What is going on with the team?

Game details

TRAKTOR vs. YUGRA – 0:2 (0:2, 0:0, 0:0)
Goals: Gorbunov (Varfolomeyev), 2 (0:1); Mayorov (Medvedev), 6 (0:2).

TRAKTOR
Francouz (58:47-60:00 – empty net);
Koltsov – Denisov (A), Mirnov – Pestunov (A) – Yakutsenya;
Shinin (C) – Borodkin, Birner – Szczechura – Vesce;
Alexei Petrov – Belov, Chernikov – Yuri Petrov – Gubarev;
Mamayev, Penkovsky – Sharov – Zinovyev, Sholokhov.

YUGRA
Sharychenkov;
Nikita Khlystov – Zheldakov, Panov (C) – Denis Khlystov – Lyuduchin;
Pogorishny – Valentenko, Varfolomeyev – Gorbunov – Lapenkov (A);
Ugolnikov – Romanov, Ankudinov – Kuryanov (A) – Radulov;
Orlov, Medvedev – Mayorov – Akmaldinov, Belyayev.

Shots on goal: 21 (4+7+10) – 23 (5+13+5).
Faceoffs won: 33 (6+14+13) – 20 (8+7+5).
Shots blocked: 8 (2+4+2) – 14 (4+5+5).
Hits: 10 (2+7+1) – 10 (3+4+3).
PIM: 4 (0+2+2) – 10 (2+2+6).
TOI: Borodkin (23:21), Yakutsenya (20:26), Koltsov (19:50) – Nikita Khlystov (23:00), Zheldakov (22:52), Romanov (22:14).

Referees: Sergei Gusev, Artur Kulyov.
Linesmen: Nikita Vilyugin, Vladislav Kramer.

October 13, 2016. Traktor Arena, Chelyabinsk, Russia. Attendance – 5900.