MOSCOW, March 12 Avangard Omsk beat Ak Bars Kazan in the series of the first round of the playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and reached the quarterfinals of the Gagarin Cup. The sixth meeting, held in Balashikha, ended with a score of 2:0 (1:0, 1:0, 0:0) in favor of the «. Corbin Knight (18th minute) and Ivan Telegin (40th) scored among the winners.
