With word that Ilya Kovalchuk is going to miss a month after getting injured during the game Sunday at Vityaz, SKA faces a stretch where they will need everyone else to step up. Things did not get off to a good start Tuesday at Nizhny Novgorod, as Torpedo took it to SKA from the word "go." Daniil Zharkov and Jarkko Immonen put Torpedo up 2-0 after one period, with Immonen adding what would be the game-winner to begin the second period. Yury Alexandrov would pull SKA within two, but Torpedo put the game away with goals by Immonen (for the hat trick) and Mikhail Grigoryev, rendering a Artemy Panarin goal late in the period moot, as Torpedo won 5-2. Alexander Salak took the loss in arguably his worst game since joining SKA prior to the season.
Salak would get redemption, as SKA took on Ak Bars in Kazan, Russia today. A scoreless first period gave way to the two teams exchanging goals, with Evgeny Skachkov scoring for SKA and Artyom Lukoyanov evening things for Ak Bars. SKA would take over in the third period, with Dmitry Yudin and Alexei Ponikarovsky scoring, giving SKA a much needed win to close out the road trip.
SKA comes home next week for games on Monday against Amur, Sibir Novosibirsk on Wednesday, Metallurg Novokuznetsk on Friday, and a Sunday game against expansion Admiral Vladivostok.
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