MAGNITOGORSK, Apr 26 CSKA Moscow beat Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the fifth match the final series of the playoffs of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) and reduced the gap in the confrontation to four victories. The meeting in Magnitogorsk ended in overtime with a score of 3:2 (0:0, 1:0, 1:2, 1:0) in favor of guests. The winners scored Konstantin Okulov (36th minute), Maxim Sorkin (54) and Klas Dalbek (74). Maxim Karpov (41) and Egor Korobkin (48) scored goals for the hosts of the ice. The 39-year-old goalkeeper did not concede for 156 minutes 34 seconds. The previous record since 2019 belonged to ex-CSKA goalkeeper Ilya Sorokin (137 minutes 55 seconds). The score in the series was 3-2 in favor of Metallurg. The sixth match of the confrontation will take place on April 28 in Moscow. The seventh match, if necessary, will take place on April 30 in Magnitogorsk. CSKA and Metallurg meet in the Gagarin Cup final for the second time. In 2016, Magnitogorsk defeated the army team 4-3 in the series. Metallurg also became the champion of the KHL in 2014. CSKA, participating in the fifth of the last six Gagarin Cup finals, won the trophy in 2019.
