Liga Stavok St. Petersburg Cup. Russia - Russia U20 - 4:2

In the maiden match of the 2022 Liga Stavok St. Petersburg Cup, the senior Russian national team outlasted the under 20 Russian national team in an entertaining encounter, emerging victorious by a score of 4:2.

Goals from Matvei Averochkin and Vladimir Grudinin - sandwiched by Maxim Krovyakov's equaliser for the senior team - had given the junior side a slender 2:1 advantage after 40 minutes of play.

However, the senior team snatched the win midway through the third frame, as Nikita Tertyshny and Marat Khusnutdinov scored twice within a matter of 12 seconds to turn the game on its head.

Nikita Chibrikov subsequently hit the empty net in the concluding minutes to seal the deal.

Tomorrow, at 19:00 local time, the senior Russian national team will host Belarus in the second match of the tournament.

Match protocol:

Russia - Russia U20 - 4:2 (1:1, 0:1, 3:0)

Goals:

0:1 Averochkin (Kuzminov, Novikov), 09.34 PPG
1:1 Krovyakov (Alalykin, Smirnov), 19.29
1:2 Grudinin (Michkov, Fedotov), 39.51 PPG
2:2 Tertyshny (Morozov, Khairullin), 50.19
3:2 Khusnutdinov (Chibrikov), 50.31
4:2 Chibrikov (Korobkin), 57.49 EN

Goalkeepers: Tretyak/Nikolaev - Peksa/Ivanov

Shots on target: 34 - 26

Faceoffs: 20 - 25

Penalty minutes: 8 - 4

05.05.2022.