Friday night saw two evenly matched teams battle it out in front of a sell out crowd at the Slovnaft Arena. However, for one player, despite the fact his team only came away with one point, it is a night he will remember for a long time.
Ivan Švarný scored his first goal in the KHL with a powerful slapshot that scorched the twine. This goal looked like it would give the club victory, until a late equaliser and then defeat in the shootout. “Instead of three points we have just one”, said Švarný in the locker room after the game. “We had a good warm up, made some mistakes at the end, but we have to forget as soon as possible, because tomorrow we face another difficult opponent – Kazan".
Both matches between these clubs this season have ended in a shootout after a late equaliser. In the first game, it was a late goal by Milan Bartovič which took the game to overtime, and this time it was Polyganov for Neftekhimik. “Neftekhimik plays just like us – they bring it physically. However we cannot be mired in this defeat. The end of the game bothered us, but tomorrow we have to bounce back against Kazan”.
| P | Tím | Z | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | CSKA Moscow | 38 | 81 |
| 2. | Jokerit Helsinki | 38 | 68 |
| 3. | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 40 | 77 |
| 4. | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 39 | 67 |
| 5. | HC Sochi | 39 | 65 |
| 6. | Dynamo Moscow | 39 | 65 |
| 7. | SKA St. Peterburg | 38 | 62 |
| 8. | Dinamo Minsk | 38 | 56 |
| 9. | Medvescak Zagreb | 40 | 56 |
| 10. | HC SLOVAN Bratislava | 40 | 55 |
| 11. | Spartak Moscow | 39 | 50 |
| 12. | Vityaz Podolsk | 39 | 46 |
| 13. | Dinamo Riga | 37 | 46 |
| 14. | Severstal Cherepovets | 38 | 40 |
