Torpedo, which does not have star names in the squad (looking ahead, I will say that Zhafyarov lured SKA to him), thanks to excellent team interactions, is having a very strong current season. With 68 points after 51 regular season games, they are ranked 4th in the west. “Avtozavodtsy” do not impress with goals in their matches, they scored 152 goals, preferring reliable play in defense over aggressiveness in attack, they conceded 120 goals in total, only 4 teams from the western conference have this number less…
… And one of these 4 more reliable defensive lines than the Torpedo has the same Lokomotiv. And to be absolutely precise, this line is the most reliable in the league, the team only conceded 100 goals in 53 games. At the same time, the Jarosław team is very modest in attack, they have 138 effective shots on their account. However, this does not prevent them from finishing third in the Western Conference. How Loco manages such performance metrics, 17 out of 20 extreme matches were played with a 5.5 TM score, but what the 5.5, in twelve of them more than three goals were scored, a mystery.