Lokomotiv Beat Severstal in Overtime for Third Straight Win
Egor Surin scored in the 63rd minute as Lokomotiv rallied past Severstal 2:1, extending the Gagarin Cup holders' perfect start to three wins.
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Denis Yan put the visitors ahead in the 23rd minute. Lokomotiv levelled through Maksim Shalunov in the third period, on the power play, in the 56th minute. Egor Surin settled it in overtime, scoring the winner in the 63rd minute.
The reigning Gagarin Cup holders have now won all three of their opening fixtures, having beaten Tractor Chelyabinsk 5:1 and the Shanghai Dragons 3:1 earlier in the campaign. The Traktor result came days before the Chelyabinsk club moved to re-sign forward Nikita Soshnikov through 2026/27, and Lokomotiv's run also follows a penalty-decided 0:1 loss to Dinamo Moscow that referees later confirmed was correctly awarded.
Elsewhere on the night, Avangard beat Sochi 4:1 at home, and Dinamo Minsk lost 3:4 to the Shanghai Dragons in overtime.
Severstal travel to Spartak Moscow on 12 September. Lokomotiv follow a day later with an away fixture against CSKA. A third straight win, coming on top of the,
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