Ak Bars Clinches Narrow Victory Over Tractor in Thrilling Match

On December 27, a match of the Kontinental Hockey League’s regular season took place in Kazan, where the local team Ak Bars faced off against Traktor from Chelyabinsk. The home team triumphed with a final score of 3:2 at the Tatneft Arena.

The first goal was scored by Ak Bars forward Alexander Khmelevski at the seventh minute. Traktor’s defender Grigoriy Dronov equalized the score by netting a goal at the 24th minute. Just three minutes later, forward Alexey Pustozorov put Kazan back in the lead. In the 37th minute, Ilya Safonov added a third goal for the home side, before Traktor’s Josh Livo managed to reduce the deficit to one goal in the 49th minute, finalizing the score at 3:2.