December 9, 2017 - Spartak Moscow v Slovan Bratislava 8-2
For Spartak, the 1980s were dominated by European success. The Red-and-Whites won the Spengler Cup five times between 1980 and 1990. Fittingly, then, on a day of 80s-themed action in Moscow, the home team enjoyed an impressive win against European opposition.
This time, away from the retro entourage off the ice, the focus was on securing points to keep in the playoff places – and Spartak delivered in some style. Things started well – Vyacheslav Leshchenko opened the scoring in the fourth minute – and got better. Colby Genoway’s first-period equalizer for Slovan was a brief blip, but once Dmitry Kalinin reinstated the home lead just before the intermission, there was no looking back for the home team.
Alexander Osipov added two more in the middle frame, then the host cut loose in the final stanza. Two goals in a minute from Lukas Radil and Dmitry Chernykh ended any doubt about the outcome and ensured that Andrej Stastny’s major penalty for slashing yielded three goals in total. Ryan Stoa made it 7-1 midway through the third, and the teams traded late markers when Pavol Skalicky got one back for Slovan before Alexander Kuznetsov completed the rout. The win moves Spartak up to seventh
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