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HC Slovan – Traktor 4:3 (after OT) | Lev – Metallurg M 2:5 (end)
final/OT
HC Slovan Bratislava
4:3 (1:0, 2:2, 0:1)
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Tuesday 08.01.2013, 18:00 • Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia • KHL
     
    Shots on goal 3rd period: SLO 7, TRA 11
    Shots on goal overtime (game): SLO 2 (33), TRA 1 (30)
    Faceoffs won overall: SLO 35, TRA 26
    Penalty minutes 3rd period (game): SLO 2 (6). TRA 0 (31)

    Thank you for following with us, until next time, goodbye! (21:28:21)
     
    After a thrilling matchup between those two teams, the home team walks away with 2 points (the amount earned in KHL after OT, in the regular time it's 3) and Traktor with huge comebacks wins a point before their trip back home to Chelyabinks.
     
    Game over.
     
    62:43
    Goal for Slovan!
    ROMAN KUKUMBERG blasts one home to finish this game!

    Without assistance.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    59:36
    Goal for Traktor!
    The visitors took advantage with extra man on the ice and KONSTANTIN PANOV is the scorer.

    Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov
     
    59:15
    Garnett is pulled, Traktor will try with the extra attacker.
     
    58:30
    Time-out Traktor.
     
    57:49
    Traktor back at full strength.
     
    55:49
    Olvecky is called for hooking. Powerplay for Traktor.
     
    52:31
    The visitor trying to get back at Slovan, Panov's shot was denied by Janus.
     
    48:19
    Bartovic with the shot, Garnett manages to deflect, the game is still in the offensive zone for Slovan.
     
    47:50
    Slovan holds tight lines, and the game changes from one side to the other constantly.
     
    44:20
    Slovan put Traktor under heavy pressure, maybe they even scored. The play is being reviewed.
     
    41:38
    The first faceoff goes to Slovan, they're on the attack.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Shots on goal: SLO 11 (24), TRA 13 (18)
    Faceoffs won: SLO 11 (26), TRA 11 (16)
    Penalty minutes: SLO 4 (4), TRA 0 (31)

    We will be back after the intermission, at around 20:50 CET, for the final period.
     
    The second period was better considering goals, we saw even 4! It's difficult to say who is the better team after such remarkable comeback by Traktor.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    Commentary by

    Alan Ilijic

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 12. Miklik (Hudacek, Visnovsky), 26. Kudrna (Visnovsky, Kukumberg), 35. Sigalet (Bakos, Janus), 63. Kukumberg - 31. Nichushkin, 34. Antipov (Panov), 60. Panov (Kuznetsov)

    HC Slovan Bratislava: Janus (Konrad) - Sigalet, Trska, Visnovsky, Datelinka, Michalik, Tabacek, Sersen - Mikus, Kukumberg, Miklik, Kudrna, Bliznak, Bartovic, Dano, Bakos, Olvecky, Kytnar, Hudacek, Lipiansky
    Traktor Chelyabinsk: Garnett (Mezin) - Quint, Ryabykin, Shinin, Katichev, Vasilchenko, Razin, Belov, Nesterov - Popov, Dugin, Chistov, Yakutsenya, Bulis, Nichushkin, Panov, Kostitsyn, Lemtyugov, Antpov, Kuznetsov, Karpov
    Referees: Vasilyev, Odins - Alyoshin, Ivanov
    Attendance: n/a