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On March 3, the first round of the playoffs for HC Salavat Yulaev started at the Ufa Arena. According to the Ufa hockey players, the opening match of the series with Traktor may give a clue as to further tactics in the fight against the Chelyabinsk team.
In the first 20 minutes, the rivals exchanged goals.
The online edition championat.com named the hockey teams Salavat Yulaev and Traktor as the most interesting pair in the first round of the Gagarin Cup. Simultaneously, according to hockey experts, Traktor would become an inconvenient rival for any team from the top-4 of the East.
The Ufa hockey club Salavat Yulaev was unable to repeat the success of Bykov's team in 2011 and lost in the last match of the KHL regular championship to Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. The final score on the scoreboard was 4: 1. Thus, Tom Lamsa's players took the fourth line of the Eastern Conference and will play against Traktor Chelyabinsk in the first round of the playoffs.