The key facts
- Spartak beat Severstal 5:1 away, taking revenge for the 2:3 (shootout) loss the day before
- Danil Pivchulin scored a double; Belyaev, Pashin and Kotlyarov also scored
- Spartak, with 28 points in 21 games, is third in the West; Severstal (26 points, 22 games) is fifth
A confident response a day after a shootout loss
Moscow's Spartak defeated Cherepovets' Severstal 5:1 in an away game of the KHL regular championship, reports Life.ru. It was the teams' second meeting in two days: the day before, Severstal escaped defeat late in regulation and won in a shootout 3:2. Thus, the Red-and-Whites won the third of four head-to-head matches this season — earlier they had beaten Cherepovets twice in Moscow, 8:0 in September and 3:1 in October.
Course of the match
The hero of the game was forward Danil Pivchulin, who scored a double: he opened the scoring on the 20th minute and netted again on the 32nd. Before the second intermission, the Muscovites' lead was extended by Alexander Belyaev (36th minute) and Alexander Pashin (38th). Early in the third period, Ilya Kotlyarov made it 5:0, and on the 55th minute Ilya Ivantsov scored a consolation goal for the hosts.
Standings and upcoming matches
After the win, Spartak collected 28 points in 21 games and moved up to third place in the KHL Western Conference. Severstal, with 26 points after 22 games, remains fifth. The Red-and-Whites' next match is on November 1 away at Nizhny Novgorod's Torpedo, while the Cherepovets club will face Shanghai Dragons on November 3. In other games of the day, Lada beat Avangard (3:2 OT), Ak Bars defeated Amur (3:1), Minsk Dynamo beat Traktor (3:2), and Barsy defeated Shanghai Dragons (4:2).
