2022 Gagarin Cup Playoffs in 60 seconds - 7 March

March 7, 2022 Gagarin Cup Playoffs Daily Round-up:
Traktor moves into Eastern semifinals.
CSKA sweeps Lokomotiv, moves to Western SF.
Zernov treble sinks Barys.

Neftekhimk Nizhnekamsk 2 - Traktor Chelyabinsk 3 (1-0, 1-2, 0-1)
A 3-2 win in Nizhnekamsk completed a first round sweep for Traktor and the Chelyabinsk team is the first in the East to advance to the next round. Andrei Stas grabbed the winner at the start of the third period with only the fifth playoff goal of his career.

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 1 - CSKA Moscow 4 (1-2, 0-0, 0-2)
CSKA joins Spartak in the Western Conference semi-finals after completing a sweep of Lokomotiv. Igor Nikitin’s team once again struggled to solve Ivan Fedotov and the Railwaymen’s head coach was unable to win a single game against his former club.

Barys Nur-Sultan 2- Metallurg Magnitogorsk 5 (1-2, 1-3, 0-0)
Metallurg is on the brink of progressing after Denis Zernov’s hat-trick powered a 5-2 win in Kazakhstan.

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