This past week wasn't the best of times for the SKA offense, but they still got away with three wins in the four games. Monday was the team's chance to avenge a loss to Lokomotiv a few days earlier, and much like the previous meeting, SKA struggled to get its offense moving. Dmitry Kalinin got the scoring started for the good guys, but that would be all they get for the game. Ilya Gorokhov would tie the game to make it 1-1 after the first period. It remained that way until the closing minutes of the third period, when Sergei Plotinkov scored the game winner to give Lokomotiv its second win in as many games against SKA. Alexander Salak was the hard luck loser in the game. Wednesday, SKA welcomed Severstal, and much like the Lokomotiv game, the offense was hard to come by. However, SKA was on the right side of the close game, as they would get goals from Roman Cervenka and Evgeny Ketov sandwiching a Severstal goal from Anatoly Nikontsev, making it a 2-1 win for Salak and SKA. Friday, they welcomed Traktor and like the previous meeting, SKA shut down Traktor. Evgeny Skachkov, Ilya Kovalchuk, and Maxim Chudinov scored in the first period, and Salak made it stand up, as SKA shut out Traktor again, this time being a 3-0 score. Sunday, Neftekhimik came to town to exact some revenge, but it was not to be, as Ketov opened the scoring for SKA in the first period. Nikolai Belov tied things in the second period, but Chudinov netted the game winner to make Ilya Ezhov and SKA a 2-1 winner.
This coming week will be a light time for SKA, as they welcome Atlant on Friday before hitting the road next week.
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