MOSCOW, March 7 Traktor Chelyabinsk beat Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk in series of the 1/8 finals of the playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and advanced to the next round. The fourth meeting of the teams, held in Nizhnekamsk, ended with a score of 3:2 (0:1, 2:1, 1:0) in favor of » Tractor», which scored Sergey Telegin (26th minute), Tomasz Gika (36) and Andriy Stas (42). Marat Khairullin (5) and Denis Vikharev (29) scored goals against the hosts. Traktor won the series 4-0 and became the first team in the KHL Eastern Conference to advance to the second round of the playoffs. Chelyabinsk's rival will be determined later.
