Avtomobilist vs Torpedo Prediction 13 March 2025
📢 Can the team from Yekaterinburg break their four-game losing streak? On Monday, "Avto" lost to Moscow's CSKA in the first match at the new UGMK Arena and will try to redeem themselves in front of the local fans.
Head-to-Head
In the current season, the teams have met only once. On their home ice, the "Torpedo" team came out stronger (3-1). The best player for the Nizhny Novgorod team in that match was 31-year-old Kirill Voronin, who first scored a goal at the end of the second period and then assisted Denis Yan on the third goal. Voronin is still earning points: he scored against Spartak and Avangard last week and provided an assist in Tuesday's match against the same Avangard. An excellent result for a third-line forward! Statistically, "Torpedo" is not an easy opponent for "Avto" - the Yekaterinburg team has not defeated the Nizhny Novgorod team in regulation time in 11 of the last 12 KHL head-to-head meetings.
Head-to-head statistics Avtomobilist - Torpedo
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Team Overview
The team led by Nikolai Zavarukhin is currently in fifth place in the Eastern Conference and still has 5 matches to play, with the opportunity to earn 10 points and climb higher in the standings. Recently, the team from Yekaterinburg lost to the Western leaders - CSKA Moscow and Dynamo, as well as direct competitors from the East - Ak Bars and Metallurg. The Ural team needs to regroup, as starting the playoffs at the new home arena is much more preferable than immediately heading to face tough neighbors from nearby cities. The situation for the team is complicated by the loss of Curtis Valk and Jesse Blacker. According to the coach, Blacker's recovery time is short, but Valk has ended his season prematurely.
Match Results: Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Torpedo N. Novgorod Team Overview
The regular failures of Kunlun allowed the Nizhny Novgorod team to advance to the Gagarin Cup playoffs ahead of schedule. However, the "Torpedo" team also made considerable efforts to secure a spot among the top eight: last week, they defeated Spartak (3:0) and in a tough battle overcame the resilient Vityaz (4:3). Omsk Avangard, currently in impressive form, recently defeated the Nizhny Novgorod team twice, complicating their progress up the standings. Igor Larionov's squad has 4 more games to play, and theoretically, they can still climb to the sixth spot in the Western Conference. The situation is complicated by the loss of Vasily Atanasov, Bobby Lynch, and other forwards who were an integral part of Professor Larionov's attacking philosophy.
Match Results: Torpedo N. Novgorod
🏒 Projected Lineups
Avtomobilist: Galkin - Tryamkin, Ebert - Golyashev, Da Costa, Macek
Torpedo: Kulbakov - Voynov, Phillips - Tertyshny, Letunov, Artamonov
🥅 Goalkeepers
It is possible that 24-year-old Vladimir Galkin will once again appear at the last line of defense for Avtomobilist, as he replaced his colleague Evgeny Alikin by the decision of the coaching staff after the latter conceded 4 goals from CSKA. In the match against the Moscow team, Galkin played for almost half an hour and made 16 saves. The goalkeeper has decent statistics for the season: a goals-against average of 2.25, with 3 shutouts.
The Nizhny Novgorod goaltender Ivan Kulbakov recently had a standout performance against Spartak (3:0), but conceded 4 goals from Avangard, which slightly tarnished his personal statistics. Before the match with the "Hawks," Kulbakov was solid on the last line of defense, allowing 3 or fewer goals in five consecutive games.
Editorial Prediction
The match against CSKA was Avtomobilist's first at the new arena, and the Yekaterinburg team failed to delight their fans. The Nizhny Novgorod team also suffered a disappointing loss to Avangard and will be eager to secure a victory in Yekaterinburg. Matches between "Avto" and "Torpedo" up until 2024 often turned out to be high-scoring, and now is the moment when this trend might repeat itself. The desire of the Yekaterinburg team to redeem themselves in front of their fans and please them with scored pucks, combined with a share of tournament motivation for both clubs, provides reason to believe that the match will see a total goals over 4.5.No comments
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