Severstal vs CSKA prediction
Severstal
Severstal is now on the decline. In the last six matches, they have lost five times with one victory. Moreover, they beat Vityaz quite confidently — 6:2, but objectively, in the third twenty—minute, the hockey players from Moscow just fell apart, missing 4 goals, but the next day the Cherepovets flew to the same Vityaz - 3:5, so there is no question of overcoming the decline yet.
CSKA
After three defeats in a row, CSKA scored a good move, won three victories in a row, but in the last match they interrupted this series, losing in the SKA army derby — 1:2. In these matches, I will note the game of the Moscow army in defense, only SKA could throw more than one puck to them. However, Sergei Fedorov's wards themselves were not very effective, and they scored three goals once, one in another meeting, and two each twice.
Prediction
I will have a rather ambiguous bid. If you take the last eight games of CSKA, they scored more than three goals only once, but now Severstal is on the decline, and they are not playing the best way defensively. Of the three matches with Vityaz, they conceded five goals twice, and received the same amount from SKA, four more goals were from Barys and Avangard, and with the latter, they also missed the fifth in overtime. Therefore, this time I expect that the army men with their attacking potential will play more effectively, and score at least four goals.
