The Sailors' coaching staff included 4 "fresh" players in the lineup for this game. Nikolayev, Fiore and Grman, who missed the previous game, returned to the ice, as well as Osnovin, who recovered from an injury, this was his first official match for Admiral.
The hosts opened the scoring in the second minute. A bit of luck helped. Sulak shot from the blue line, the puck hit the defender's skate and slipped into the net.
In the first five minutes, another defender of the Sailors could have celebrated a goal, and it was Metalnikov. After his shot from the same position, the puck hit the goal post.
In general, the first half of the period was dictated by the Sailors. The opponents rarely reached the goal to disturb Mishurov. The penalty helped to get closer to his territory. The goalie himself earned it. Lada did not reinvent the wheel - there was a pass from the blue line, after a rebound - a throw from the far slot, and Safin played better on the rebound under the goal, 1:1. In the second half of the period, the team captain was active. And each time Sulak put all his soul and strength into his shots, but Trushkov played reliably. In the last minutes of the period, Zavgorodny missed the opportunity to make the pass to the far post. In positional attacks, that were quite promising, the Sailors did not have enough luck. The teams went into the break with 1:1 on the scoreboard.
At the start of the second period, the teams each broke the rules once. The stands did not see any goals in power play, but Petkov managed to escape from his pursuers while playing short-handed, shake the goalie up and bring the Sailors ahead again. Lada still got the positives from the power play - the team was able to seize the initiative and controlled the puck for most of the period, however, there was little profit from this - in the second period, the guests only hit the goal three times. The Sailors played on counterattacks and did it very promisingly. Gutik was closest one to the goal, but he was a little short. Or Danil left the goal for later. In the 37th minute, the guests made a mistake again, releasing a sixth field player. Admiral kept the opponent in suspense for more than a minute and a half, Gutik gave them a breather. Having taken the initiative into his own hands, he rolled out into the operational space and sent the puck into the net with his wrists. 20 seconds later, Osnovin strengthened the advantage by scoring from the crease. But the visitors did not let them go to the locker room with a comfortable lead. Romanov upset Mishurov in the 39th minute.
At the start of the third period, Chmykhov and Osnovin made a classic move: Chmykhov threw a flat shot into the pads of Tretiak, who started this period, and Osnovin finished it off from the slot, making a double. With the score 5:2, the teams played most of the period, and in the 56th minute, Berezin scored the third goal for Lada, breathing energy into the team. Bratash took a timeout, pulled the goalie, but a four-minute siege of Mishurov's goal did not bring results. Admiral won the last meeting of the teams, took revenge and won the four-game confrontation.
Admiral - Lada 5:3 (1:1, 3:1, 1:1)
Venue: Fetisov Arena (Vladivostok)
5123 spectators
Goals: 1:0 Sulak (Fiore, 1:59), 1:1 Safin (Josephs, Chernikov, 11:30, +1), 2:1 Petkov (Rodewald, 25:16, -1), 3:1 Gutik (37:14), 4:1 Osnovin (Nikolayev, 37: 29), 4:2 Romanov (38:32), 5:2 Osnovin (Chmykhov, Nikolayev, 43:29), 5:2 Berezin (Nekolenko, Mikhailov, 55:56)
Match statistics: Shots: 61-48; Shots on goal: 41-28; Goals: 5-3; Faceoffs won: 38-21; Blocked shots: 14-7; Hits: 18-10; Takeaways: 9-3; Losses: 2-2; Interceptions: 6-7; Time in attack: 11:40-16:48; Penalty: 8-6
