St. Petersburg, 14 Apr. CSKA Moscow defeated SKA St. Petersburg in the KHL playoff semi-final series and reached the Gagarin Cup final. The seventh meeting of the Western Conference Finals, held in St. 1:0). Sergey Plotnikov (24th and 38th minutes) scored a double as part of the guests, Konstantin Okulov scored another goal (59). CSKA forward Alexander Popov played his 158th match in the KHL playoffs. The 41-year-old forward overtook the retired Sergey Mozyakin (157) and took a clear third place in this indicator. The score in the series to four wins was 4-3 in favor of CSKA. CSKA's rival in the KHL playoff final will be Metallurg Magnitogorsk, which previously defeated Traktor Chelyabinsk (4-1) in the series. The first match of the Gagarin Cup final will take place on April 18 in Magnitogorsk.
