In the game of the quarterfinals of the KHL conferences, Torpedo will host CSKA. The match will take place on March 6 in Nizhny Novgorod. Let’s see what these teams have been up to and try to predict the outcome of this match.
Torpedo
In the standings of the Western Conference, the team from Nizhny Novgorod managed to take the last playoff place thanks to 64 points secured. In the eight February matches, Torpedo won only three victories. One of them was recorded on February 1, when the “car makers” defeated Severstal at home (5-0). After a successful match with the “steel”, David Nemirovsky’s squad lost to CSKA (1: 4), SKA (2: 3) and Amur (2: 5). February 18, Nizhny Novgorod defeated Spartak (3: 2). Then, Torpedo lost to SKA (2: 3 OT) and Sochi (0: 1). On February 25, Volzhans defeated Jokerit (3: 1). On March 2 and 4, David Nemirovsky’s team could not contain the attack of CSKA in the quarter-finals of the conferences (0: 3) and (0: 3).
CSKA
The Moscow team completed the KHL regular season as the leader of the Western Conference standings. For 62 matches, they managed to gain 94 points. In February, CSKA suffered only two defeats. One of them was recorded on the 13th. On that day, CSKA at home were weaker than Barys (2: 3). After a misfire in Moscow, Igor Nikitin’s wards defeated Lokomotiv (4: 0) and defeated Dynamo Minsk (4: 1; 8: 1) twice. On February 27, CSKA in the Army Derby was defeated by SKA (1: 4), and a little later the “horses” smashed Sochi (6: 0). In the first and second game of the playoffs, the Muscovites in their arena easily coped with Torpedo (3-0), (3-0). Now they are in the series – 2: 0.
Torpedo vs CSKA prediction
If representatives of Nizhny Novgorod want to count on an equal fight with the “army men”, then in the home arena they need to fight for the victory. Our prediction for the match is the individual total Torpedo of more than 1.5.
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