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final
Ak Bars Kazan
3:1 (0:0, 2:0, 1:1)
SKA St. Petersburg
Tuesday 08.01.2013, 13:30 • KHL
     
    Despite shooting dominance by SKA (45 to 25 shots on goal), AkBars comes out of the game as a winner thanks to a great second period and a solid goalkeeping performance by Barulin. (17:26:28)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:14
    Kazan dumps the puck out of the zone.
     
    58:35
    Icing against Kazan. Ezhov pulled out of the net again.
     
    55:01
    Ezhov back in the net, SKA pushing forward.
     
    54:31
    Goal for SKA!
    PATRICK THORESEN is a winner of a scramble in front of the net as the puck bounces over the line deflected via his skate. Video review had to be used to confirm the goal. Unassisted.
     
    53:10
    Ezhov is pulled from the net.
     
    53:10
    Khomitsky (AKB) called for interference.
     
    52:29
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    50:28
    Alexandrov (SKA) called for high sticking.
     
    50:23
    Zaripov misses alone in front of the net and squanders his chance for a hat-trick.
     
    47:09
    Barulin makes some good saves to stop SKA´s attack.
     
    45:09
    Minor penalty against Petrov (AKB).
     
    43:35
    Goal for AK Bars!
    Nice goal by DENIS ZARIPOV, skating down the right flank. Despite being pushed behind the net, he managed to squeeze the puck under Ezhov´s pads and into the net. Assisted by Alexei Morozov.
     
    42:08
    SKA trying hard to get back to the game.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    37:48
    Difficult times for SKA. They are having trouble putting passes together.
     
    35:06
    Minor penalty against Tereshchenko (AKB).
     
    32:59
    Goal for AK Bars!
    Bit of a lucky goal for the home side as a deflected pass finds its way to KIRILL PETROV who scores from point blank range. Assisted by: Alexei Tereshchenko, Lauris Darzins.
    Commentary by

    Brandon Contratto

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 24. Zaripov (Korneyev, Nikulin), 33. Petrov (Tereshchenko, Darzins), 44. Zaripov (Morozov) - 55. Thoresen

    Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin (Garipov) - Nikulin, Korneyev, Kulyash, Medvedev, Zakharchuk, Khomitsky - Morozov, Zaripov, Kapanen - Pesonen, Obuchov, Immonen - Darzins, Tereshchenko, Petrov - Bodrov, Sokolov, Golubev - Lukoyanov.
    SKA St. Petersburg: Ezhov (Ivannikov) - Alexandrov, Dallman, Kalinin, Berdyukov, Semyonov, Chudinov, Vorobyov - Prucha, Mårtensson, Thoresen - Afinogenov, Tichonov, Kovalchuk - Kucheryavenko, Artyukhin, Makarov - Nepryayev, Fedorov, Burdasov - Sigaryov.
    Referees: Bulanov, Olenin - Maitak, Pronskikh