MOSCOW, March 8 Kazan «Ak Bars» beat Omsk away » Avangard» in overtime of the fourth match of the first round of the playoff series of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The meeting, held in Balashikha, ended with a score of 3:2 (1:1, 1:0, 0:1, 1:0) Ak Bars. Ilya Safonov (14th minute), Steven Kempfer (29th) and Dmitry Kagarlitsky (63rd) scored among the winners. The Omsk team scored goals Nikita Soshnikov (7) and Kirill Semenov (57). «Ak Bars» reduced the backlog in the series to four wins — 1-3. The fifth meeting will take place in Kazan on March 10. As a result of the regular season, Ak Bars finished fourth in the Eastern Conference. Avangard finished the regular season in fifth place.
