Liga Stavok National Team Tour. Belarus - Russia - 1:3

Russia ended the 2025 Liga Stavok National Team Tour on a positive note, confidently defeating Belarus 3:1 on the road in Minsk.

Sergei Plotnikov quickly opened the scoring, finding the net with only eight minutes on the clock.

Defenseman Vladislav Leontyev then doubled our advantage in the second minute of the second stanza.

To their credit, the Belarusian hosts improved greatly in the third, applying plenty of pressure on their opponents and clawing one back through Alexander Skorenov. Nevertheless, thanks to Plotnikov adding a third in the 47th minute, our players saw the game out with minimal fuss.

This marked Russia's maiden win against Belarus as a part of the tour.

Match protocol:

Belarus - Russia - 1:3 (0:1, 0:1, 1:1)

Goals:

0:1 Plotnikov (M. Vorobyov, Samorukov), 07.28
0:2 Leontyev (Khairullin, Grigorenko), 21.34
1:2 Skorenov (Bokun, Sapego), 44.34
1:3 Plotnikov (Sorkin, M. Vorobyov), 46.44

Goalkeepers: Kulbakov - Mishurov

Shots on target: 29 - 30

Faceoffs: 25 - 33

Penalty minutes: 2 - 10

08.05.2025.