Ice hockey
Metallurg Magnitogorsk Stun Ak Bars in Shootout
Metallurg equalised with nine seconds left and won the shootout 3-2 at Tatneft Arena, with Ruslan Iskhakov scoring both the shorthanded goal and the winning penalty.
Ice hockey
Metallurg equalised with nine seconds left and won the shootout 3-2 at Tatneft Arena, with Ruslan Iskhakov scoring both the shorthanded goal and the winning penalty.
Metallurg Magnitogorsk coach Andrei Razin credited his team's character after a 3:2 shootout win over Ak Bars, despite admitting a sloppy performance.
Ak Bars conceded a late equalizer and lost in a shootout, with Gatiyatulin and Denisenko pointing to defensive lapses and fatigue at 7 points from 4 games.
Director Alexei Zhloba confirms Metallurg is negotiating with Spartak Moscow for forward Ivan Morozov, saying a deal could come within a week.
KHL will pay clubs a record 2.36bn roubles for 2025/26, with champions Lokomotiv Yaroslavl receiving the largest share at 215.9 million.
Club director Alexei Zhloba says Metallurg weighed bringing Malkin home before he re-signed with Pittsburgh, calling the chances '50-50' at the time.
Metallurg Magnitogorsk beat Amur 4:2 in their KHL opener, but coach Andrei Razin criticized the defense, saying the second period 'is not our game at all.'
Olympic champion Mozyakin, 45, steps down as Metallurg Magnitogorsk's development director after four years; Andrei Shayanov takes charge of the academy.