SKA 4, at Lada 3

TOGLIATTI, Russia (Interstat) — Brendan Leipsic scored the decisive goal in a shootout Monday afternoon, lifting SKA Saint Petersburg to a 4-3 victory over Lada Togliatti in a Kontinental Hockey League game that saw the home side erase a two-goal deficit in the third period. The win at Lada Arena improved SKA’s record to 19-15-1, while Lada fell to 12-32-0. The outcome defied the projections of Interstat’s game simulator, which had forecast a 3-1 SKA victory, and its ELO system, which gave SKA a 73% probability to win. SKA, the visiting team, built its lead on first-period goals from Marat… Read more...