One more confrontation between "Ryazan" and "Donbass" ended with the victory for Donetsk team. Like a month ago, the match turned out to be difficult, and rivals one by one came out ahead.
"Donbass", recall the first day of November, took Ryazan on its site and showed one of its most successful games - 6:2. But since then, Oleksandr Kulikov had to go to the match in Balashikha, while players of "Ryazan" had time to complete preparations for a new meeting. Certainly, this factor also influenced the course of Sunday's match.
Less than a minute and the guests had already taken in account, it was a great play with the numerical superiority. By the way, playing in the majority was again a trump of "Donbass". All four goals Donetsk players scored with on-site extra player. Generally speaking, in the last three matches Donetsk players distinguished themselves 14 times, and 11 goals have been abandoned in numerical superiority.
Another thing is that the "Ryazan" trying not to fall behind in this component. Yes, it was the episode when Ryazan has long struggled helplessly for the puck behind them goals, while one of the players of "Donbass" served his sentence. However, in the second period the guests had to play too often in the minority, and one such opportunity "Ryazan" took advantage of.
Fortunately, before the second break again showed himself Sergei Varlamov, he caught on the fly great puck - 2:2. In the third period the team shared their powerful and accurate throws from the blue line. A decisive was the foul of Sedov shortly before the final 20-th minute. As it turned out, to play with advantage in game 4 to 3 in overtime for the "Donbass" it was a matter of 19 seconds.
Next match of "Donbass" will hold on November 10. In the Arena "Druzhba", Donetsk players will meet with Krasnoyarsk "Sokol".
VHL Championship
"Ryazan" - "Donbass" - 3:4 OT (1:1, 1:1, 1:1, 0:1)
Puck: Varlamov (Kochetkov, Dubrovin), 00:44-pp. (0:1). Chistyakov (Zabolotny), 13:48-m. (1:1). Larin (Koroteev), 34:04-m. (2:1). Varlamov (Dubrovin, Dydykin), 34:04-m. (2:2). Malevich (Piskunov, Lyutkevich), 48:06-m. (2:3). Sedov (Safonov), 48:27 (3:3). Borovkov (Dydykin, Kochetkov), 60:19-m. (3:4).
