2023 TANECO Cup. Traktor vs Lokomotiv – 2:1 SO

2023 TANECO Cup. Traktor vs Lokomotiv – 2:1 SO

Traktor will play against the Ak Bars Kazan in the TANECO CUP finals.

For the game against the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl the head coach of the Traktor Chelyabinsk Anvar Gatiyatulin announced a similar lineup to the one that played against the Ak Bard Kazan in the first game of the tournament. Forward Nikita Soshnikov came back into the game as he didn't take part in previous games due to an injury.

The first period saw many attacks, both teams had powerplay chances yet none of them turned into goals. The score on the scoredboard was changed two minutes before the first intermission as Traktor`s defenseman Viktor Antipin scored a goal.



The second period saw the game in the neutral zone mostly. The teams played actively. The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl had a chance to score a powerplay goal yet Traktor`s goaltender Sergei Mylnikov was solid in the net and made some breathtaking saves.



In the last period the teams kept battling. Two minutes before the end of the game Traktor played on the penalty kill. Yaroslavl team took a time out and replaced the goaltender with the sixth skater which resulted into a goal by Maxim Shalunov.



The game kept going in the overtime and ended with shootouts. Traktor`s forwards Nikita Tertyshny and Vladimir Tkachyov scored and goaltender Sergei Mylnikov kept his net on the lock.

TRAKTOR Chelyabinsk 2:1 SO LOKOMOTIV Yaroslavl
1:0 – Antipin – 17:45
1:1 – Shalunov (Sergeyev, Likhachyov) – 58:51 (6х4)
2:1 – Tkachyov – 65:00 (winning SO shot)

TRAKTOR Chelyabinsk
Mylnikov
Yarullin – Hamilton, Soshnikov – Der-Arguchintsev – Burdasov (C);
Telegin – Karpukhin, Тertyshny – Тkachyov (А) – Kravtsov;
Antipin – Yasinsky, Fateyev – Popov – Rolgizer;
Shchuchinov – Shepelev, Kotlyarevsky– Sharov – Zharkov (А), Shvaryov.

LOKOMOTIV Yaroslavl
Murashov (00:00-58:45, 58:51-65:00)
Rafikov (C) – Sergeyev, Berezkin – Shalunov (А) – Kayumov;
Bereglazov – Yelesin (А), Polunin – Kraskovsky – Chekhovich;
Cherepanov – Akmaldinov, Likhachyov – Ivanov – Alexeyev;
Kozhevnikov – Bychkov, But – Volkov – Kiryanov, Perevalov.


Shots: 56 (24+16+12+4) vs 59 (10+26+18+5);
Shots on goal: 27 (9+8+6+4) vs 31 (5+16+8+2);
Faceoffs won: 29 (14+8+4+3) vs 31 (6+13+11+1);
Blocked shots: 14 (2+5+7+0) vs 13 (8+2+3+0);
Hits: 20 (5+6+8+1) vs 25 (6+12+7+0);
Takeaway: 4 (0+2+2+0) vs 3 (0+1+1+1);
Losses: 6 (2+2+0+2) vs 2 (0+0+1+1)
Penalty minutes: 8 (4+2+2+0) vs 8 (6+0+2+0).

Referees: Anton Lavrentyev, Sergei Yudakov
Linesmen: Dmitry Kanifadin, Maxim Kupriyanov

13th of August, 2023. Kazan Tatneft Arena, 630 spectators.