Bright hockey comeback

The Sailors started the first game very actively. With the strong support of the stands, could it have been otherwise?
In the first six minutes, Admiral hit Smith goal twice. Petukhov opened the scoring. The forward finished the opportunity that Shestakov's created. The second one was scored by Sulak. The captain made a shot from the blue line.
By that time, Admiral had time to play on the power play, but it was the even-strength play that brought the result for the Far East team.
However, that’s irrelevant to the opponents. In the 15th minute, Admiral broke the rules twice. First, Rodewald was penalized for holding the stick, and when playing short-handed, Grman went to the penalty box together with the Canadian. The hosts couldn't keep their goal intact on a 3-on-5 power play. Yip converted the opportunity.
The second period started with an Admiral puck. Once again, Sulak showed his power, scoring like a copycat with a shot from the blue line.
Fiore had a great chance midway through the period. The Canadian made a wrist shot, but the post stopped his efforts.
In general, the efforts during this period were equal, the stands did not see any long positional attacks. But it didn't matter. After all, the Sailors scored twice more during that period. On 39 minutes, Gutik found Shen with a pass from behind the goal, and he left Smith out of picture. A minute later, Nikolayev, making his debut for the Sailors in this game, took the No. 16 spot. He and the authors of the previous puck registered Admirals' fifth goal.
The Dragons came into the third period with a new goalie - Volkov replaced Smith. But that didn't stop the home team from continuing to dominate. Rodewald beat the newly arrived goalie in the second minute after the first face-off.

After that, the Red Star kept asking for another goal, breaking the rules time after time. On the power play today, Admiral didn't seem to want to score. But it only seemed to be so. Starkov finished the game in the 54th minute on a 5-on-4 power play, putting the puck in the net with a powerful one-timer.
The result of the match - 7:1. Hockey made a bright comeback to Vladivostok

Admiral - Kunlun Red Star 7:1 (2:1, 3:0, 2:0)
2024/09/17 Vladivostok, Fetisov Arena
Goals: 1:0 Petukhov (Shestakov, Grman, 4:09), 2:0 Sulak (Starkov, Grman, 5:56), 2:1 Yip (Jurco, O’Regan, 16:38, +2), 3:1 Sulak (Rodewald, Fiore, 22: 57), 4:1 Shen (Gutik, 38:29), 5:1 Nikolayev (Shen, Gutik, 39:48), 6:1 Rodewald (Zavgorodny, Fiore, 41:28), 7:1 Starkov (Gutik, Shen, 53:49, +1).
Match statistics: Shots: 75-46; Shots on goal: 47-20; Goals: 7-1; Face-offs won: 34-27; Blocked shots: 11-13; Hits: 18-5; Takeaways: 4-4; Losses: 3-7; Interceptions: 6-4; Offensive Time: 15:10-11:30; Penalty: 10-12.
Admiral: Ruchkin-Solyannikov, Gutik-Shen-Starkov; Sulak-Grman, Zavgorodny-Rodewald-Fiore; Shepelev-Metalnikov, Petukhov-Shestakov-Petkov; Nikolayev-Shevchenko-Petukhov.
Goalkeepers: Demchenko - Smith (Volkov)