Lada defeated SKA in the KHL for the first time in its history

The Tolyatti Lada team beat St. Petersburg SKA in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for the first time in history. In the home match of the regular season on October 15, the team won 1-0.

Nikolai Makarov scored the only goal in the 22nd minute of the match. Prior to that, Lada's last victory over SKA was recorded on January 23, 2008, when Tolyatti won 4-0 in the Super League. After the KHL was founded in 2008, the team suffered 21 defeats from the Petersburgers in face-to-face meetings.

The victory allowed Lada to break a series of 10 defeats. Prior to that, Tolyatti had won on September 14, when they beat Dinamo Minsk 4-2 on their ice. This victory remained the only one for the team in the current regular season, Sport-Express added.

The match against SKA was Lada's fourth after Pavel Zubov resigned as head coach. His duties are performed by Igor Gorbenko. After the victory, Tolyatti beat Sochi and rose to tenth place in the Western Conference table. The team scored eight points in 16 matches. SKA suffered its fifth defeat in a row and is in eighth place with 17 points after 15 meetings.

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