Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Knockout games are the most interesting thing in hockey. In the playoffs, matches are played in series, usually up to four wins by one of the teams. The Tashkent hockey team, Humo, took second place in the regular season and were matched against the team that took seventh place in the quarterfinals. This is “Saryarka” from Karaganda.

The first two games of each series are played at the home venue of the higher seeded team. So the Karaganda residents came to Tashkent to begin. On Tuesday, the rivals went head to head in the magnificent Humo Arena. After a colorful pre-match show, the Kazakh hockey players rushed to attack and scored two goals. However, the Tashkent team did not give up, and at the beginning of the second period they equalized the score - 2:2.

The teams played at high speeds, showed beautiful combinations, fought with strength - in general, the audience saw everything that we love hockey for. There were especially a lot of goals scored yesterday. “Saryarka” led 5:2 at the beginning of the third period, but the hockey players from the capital of Uzbekistan showed character and equalized the result. The main time of the match ended with the score 5:5.

In the playoffs, if the score is tied, extra time is assigned until the first goal of one of the teams is scored. One overtime was not enough, but at the beginning of the second the guests managed to score the winning goal. Gleb Zaitsev scored the goal.