Visiting the champions

On February 7, Typhoon will play the second game in Saint Petersburg. The opponent is defending champion of JHL – SKA-1946.

The game starts at 9 a.m. GMT, broadcast on JHL official website.

Opponent – SKA-1946, Saint Petersburg

In the 23/24 regular season, SKA-1946 finished second in Gold Division, eight points behind Loko. The Army men were the only team in the West to have fewer than one hundred missed goals (98). In the first round of the playoffs, they defeated Dynamo SPb (3-2 in the series). In the second round and semifinals, SKA-1946 defeated Spartak (3-0) and White Bears (4-1). In the first game of the final, Loko managed to win SKA-1946 (6:3), then the Army men won four games in a row (3:2, 2:1, 5:0, 2:1) and got their second-ever Kharlamov Cup.

At the moment, German Titov's team ranks second in Gold Division. SKA-1946 has 64 points after 41 games. St. Petersburg's home series began in early January, the team played 8 games, winning 7 of them.

Confrontation record

There were 29 games between Typhoon and SKA-1946. The team from Vladivostok won once in regulation time and once by shootout. SKA-1946 has 24 wins in regulation time, two in overtime and one by shootout.

The teams played in Vladivostok in November: Typhoon lost to the guests with a score of 2:6.

Best scorers

SKA-1946
Ignat Lutfullin 55 (18+37) points
Matvei Polyakov 37 (21+16) points
Nikita Nedopyokin 37 (10+27) points

Typhoon
Ivan Fomin 36 (14+22) points
Stepan Levitsky 32 (13+19) points
Artyom Plaksin 25 (5+20) points