Salavat close to the KHL title

12 Apr 2011 | Henrik Lundqvist

With today's 3-2 win away to Atlant, Salavat now leads the KHL finals 3-0. Patrick Thoresen scored the winning goal in the third period.

12 Apr 2011, 19:30 | Play-off | Final | Mytishchi Arena

Atlant Moscow Oblast

2:3

Salavat Yulayev Ufa

Periods:
Shots:

1:1
(11:11)

1:1
(6:9)

0:1
(12:8)

Referees: Eduard Odins, Sergei Karabanov | Spectators: 7300

Salavat takes a 3-0 lead of the KHL final series with the 3-2 win today.

Sergei Zinoviev gave Salavat the lead at 3:43 but Atlant tied it in the middle of the first period when Jaroslav Obsut scored on power-play. Salavat once again took the lead a couple of minutes into the middle act when Oleg Saprykin beat Konstantin Barulin in Atlant's net. Evgueni Nourislamov tied the game again at 28:25.

Patrick Thoresen's game-winner was scored at 52:45 assisted by Dmitri Kalinin.

Game 4 is played on Thursday.

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