Vadym Shakraichuk`s won in shootout for the second time during the season.
Kyiv Capitals – Kremenchuk – 3:2, S (1:0; 0:0; 1:2; 0:0; 2:1)
Pucks: 1:0 – Oliynyk (Shevchenko, Berdniks), 18:57; 2:0 – Kryvonozhkin (Oliynyk, Luhovyi), 44:03; 2:1 – Tselohorodsev (Lialka, Kryvoshapkin, – power play), 46:54; 2:2 – Lialka (Ihnatenko, Bezuhlyi), 57:24; 3:2 – Berdniks (winning penalty shot)
Kyiv Capitals: Radek Haas; Mykhailo Vasyliiev – Deniss Berdniks, Yang Hu – Serhii Chernenko (c) – Yaroslav Panchenko; Valentyn Sirchenko – Vladyslav Luhovyi, Andrii Kryvonozhkin – Sevastian Karpenko – Mykyta Oliynyk; Tymur Lapko – Nikita Liesnikov, Danylo Tyshchenko – Yevhen Sekirko – Denys Plesovskykh; Matvii Mazko – Oleksandr Koida, Ihor Shevchenko – Mykola Dvornyk – Oleksandr Valkun
Head coach: Vadym Shakhraichuk
Kremenchuk: Kyrylo Kucher; Bohdan Pankov – Dmytro Ihnatenko, Yevhe Abadzhian – Hlib Kryvoshapkin – Artem Tselohorodtsev; Daniil Kryvenko – Tymofii Materykin, Vitalii Lialka (c) – Bohdan Serednytskyi – Yehor Bezuhlyi; Bohdan Piddubnyi – Rasim Abdullaiev, Mykhailo Hevorkian – Vladyslav Braha – Dmytro Poperezhai; Volodymyr Ponomarenko, Viacheslav Andrushchenko – Daniil Duka – Yurii Myronenko
Head coach: Andrii Sriubko
Kremenchuk arrived to Kyiv in a good mood after victory, so Andrii Sriubko haven`t made any changes in squad. Instead, the line-up of our team looked somewhat different. So, the changes very in every link.
From the first seconds of the meeting, the opponents began to make momemts moments clos to Kucher`s and Haas` goal. Vadym Shakhraichuk`s team got first power play opportunity in the eight-minute of the meeting, but Kremenchuk, led by Kucher, worked successfully in defense.
Capitals more and more often found themselves in the opponent’s zone. However, they did not manage to open the account. It lasted until the end of the starting period. Oliynyk was the first on rebound after Shevchenko’s shot, giving his team a minimal advantage.
The second period began in the same scenario with the attacks of the hosts. But Vadym Shakhraichuk’s team scored the goal at the start of third period. Oliynyk set up Kryvonozhkin for a precise shot, and Andrii scored the second goal for the team. Despite this setback, Andrii Sriubko’s team showed resilience and determination, eventually leveling the game.
Tselohorodtsev displayed incredible skill by scoring a crucial goal after a well-placed pass. Shortly after Lialka equalized the game with his goals, so the spectators got an opportunity to see the overtime.
The intense match continued into a series of thrilling shootouts. Ultimately, Shevchenko and Berdniks scored for Capitals and only Lialka found the key to Haas` goal. So, the Capitals took a revenge.
