Avangard gets a 3-1 lead

19 Apr 2012 | Henrik Lundqvist

Perezhogin scores his fourth goal of the KHL final series in the overtime period of game 4 to get Avangard three match points against Dynamo Moscow.

At 8:15 of the overtime period Alexander Perezhogin, assisted by Alexander Popov, beat Alexander Yeryomenko in Dynamo's net to take Avangard to a 3-1 lead of the KHL finals.

All four games have been close - only wins by one goal. This was the third game in a row that the away team won, but the first one to be decided in overtime.

The deciding goal was Perezhogin's 4th goal of the playoffs. He also assisted Alexander Popov to the 1-1 goal in the middle of the game. Dynamo had taken a 1-0 lead at 5:22 when Artyom Chernov scored in his first game of the playoffs.

Game 5 is played in Omsk on Saturday.

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