The first match is for "Torpedo".

      Nizhny Novgorod won the first match of the series against Cherepovets' Severstal - 4:1 (0:0, 2:0, 2:1). In the debut, the Torpedo players had to defend, but gradually the Nizhny Novgorod team leveled the game and began creating dangerous moments at the hosts' goal. Overall, the first period was even and ended with a score of 0-0. The start of the 2nd period mostly took place in the Torpedo zone. But the Nizhny Novgorod team withstood the pressure again, leveled the game, and opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Sergey Goncharuk, who fought for the puck in the corner of the rink, along with Maxim Letunov and Vladislav Firstov, executed a great combination. Five minutes later, Anton Silaev passed the puck to Nikita Shavin, who doubled the score with a powerful shot. The hosts' activity at the beginning of the third period was predictable. The Nizhny Novgorod team took advantage of the moment for a counterattack: Yegor Vinogradov, in a battle with the guests' defender, moved from the boards to the center and did not delay with the shot - 3:0. The Nizhny Novgorod team tried to act pragmatically in defense, but in the closing moments, Adam Lishka managed to score one puck back: the situation took on new colors. The steelworkers changed the goalkeeper for an extra field player, took a timeout, but with 23 seconds left in regulation time, Andrey Belevich intercepted the puck in the neutral zone and hit the empty net, setting the final score.

      More news about the event:

      Torpedo crushed Severstal 4:1 in the opening match of the Gagarin Cup

      23:27 March 23

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      Hockey Club "Torpedo" from Nizhny Novgorod defeated the team "Severstal" with a score of 4:1. 23:39 23.03.2026 ProGorodNN.Ru - Nizhny Novgorod

      The first match - for Torpedo

      Nizhny Novgorod won the first meeting of the series against Cherepovets' Severstal - 4:1 (0:0, 2:0, 2:1). 23:34 23.03.2026 HC Torpedo - Nizhny Novgorod

      HC Torpedo won the first match in the playoff series

      HC Torpedo defeated Severstal with a score of 4:1. The first match of the 1/8 finals of the Gagarin Cup - 2026 Western Conference of the KHL took place on March 23 in Cherepovets. 22:18 23.03.2026 vGorodeN.Ru - Nizhny Novgorod

      Nizhny Novgorod's Torpedo started the KHL playoffs with a victory over Severstal

      Photo: HC "Torpedo"

      Nizhny Novgorod's Torpedo started the Gagarin Cup with a victory. 22:14 23.03.2026 NIA Nizhny Novgorod - Nizhny Novgorod

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      NIA Nizhny Novgorod

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      CBS of Vyksa