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Metallurg Novokuznetsk
1:3 (0:0, 0:1, 1:2)
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Wednesday 23.10.2013, 14:00 • Kuznetsk Metallurgists Sports Palace • KHL
     
    Although Metallurg managed to score early in the period tying the game 1:1, Avtomobilist proved to be the superior team today with Yemeleyev scoring the game winning goal half way through the third and Chernov putting the finishing touch with an empty netter with just seconds to go.

    SOG: 13 (35) – 14 (36)
    PIM: 16 (18) – 6 (10) (16:20:39)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:58
    Goal for Avtomobilist!

    ARTYOM CHERNOV scores in the empty net.
     
    59:32
    Metallurg has pulled their goalie.
     
    59:13
    Puck is behind the net of Metallurg.
     
    58:41
    Tuukka Mantyla (Metallurg) receives a call for highsticking.
     
    58:01
    Malykhin was hurt bad after blocking a shot but remained on the ice for another 30 seconds.
     
    57:26
    Metallurg controlling the puck in the offensive end, but can't find much of action.
     
    56:35
    Nikita Tryamkin receives a penalty for tripping. A crucial powerplay for the home team.
     
    56:26
    Metallurg continuing to build pressure.
     
    54:22
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    54:08
    Metallurg building pressure. Fans are nearly exploding, but there isn't a goal so far.
     
    53:14
    Kurtis McLean was left all alone in front of the net, received a pass and made a backhand shot that was stopped by Kovar.
     
    52:40
    A good chance for Metallurg as Kovar's sight was blocked.
     
    52:22
    Captain of Avtomobilist Sergei Gusev receives two minutes for tripping.
     
    52:01
    Another chance for Avtomobilist on the counterattack.
     
    50:46
    Metallurg on the attack. The game is getting tense.
     
    50:04
    Goal for Avtomobilist!

    Yekaterinburg managed to build pressure, which ultimately lead to a goal as Alexei Simakov passed the puck to IGOR YEMELEYEV who made it 2:1 half way through the third.
     
    50:00
    Both teams are on full strength.
     
    49:20
    The third time tonight Metallurg is saved by a post.
     
    49:06
    Lepisto steals the puck near the center of the ice, passes to Malykhin who takes two successive shots on Sorokin's net.
     
    48:23
    30 seconds to play four on three.
     
    48:12
    Metallurg clears the puck.
     
    48:00
    Another penalty is called. Evgeny Lapenkov receives 2+10 minutes.
     
    47:46
    Avto waste their chance – Alexei Simakov gets a penalty for tripping. Both teams with four players on ice.
     
    46:50
    Avtomobilist will have a chance to play on a powerplay as Yury Nazarov gets sent to the box for hooking.
     
    44:15
    Andre Deveaux was ready to drop the gloves after a dirty hit, but Aksyonenko chose to stay away after all.
     
    44:14
    Icing by Metallurg.
     
    44:02
    Avtomobilist on the attack.
     
    41:46
    The early goal has made the game way more active.
     
    40:50
    Goal for Novokuznetsk!

    Rafael Akhmetov takes a shot on Kovar's net, and KURTIS MCLEAN is the first to acquire the rebound and put the puck in the net tying the game.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Early in the second period Avtomobilist managed to open the score with Fyodor Malykhin scoring on a penalty shot. The second twenty minutes didn't see as much of offensive hockey as the first one did, and despite the home team pushing for a tie, both teams played a close game.

    SOG: 7 (22) – 11 (22)
    PIM: 2 (2) – 2 (4)
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    36:33
    Puck hits the post of Metallurg's net.
     
    Today's attendance is 3368.
     
    34:52
    Metallurg pushing hard on the attack.
     
    32:10
    Avto on a lengthy attack, Sorokin has to stop a handful of shots.
     
    31:37
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    31:14
    Yekaterinburg controlling the puck.
     
    30:37
    A nice cross ice tic-tac-toe by Metallurg, but Kovar stops the puck.
     
    29:37
    Vladislav Yegin (Avto) receives a penalty for cross-checking.
     
    29:37
    Sergei Yemelin tries to go for the wraparound, but gets illegally stopped.
     
    27:38
    Metallurg storming opponent's defensive end.
     
    24:04
    Home team at full strength.
     
    23:28
    A slap shot by Lepisto gets deflected by Sorokin's pads.
     
    23:01
    Avtomobilist has so far failed to find any success in staying in the offensive zone.
     
    22:04
    Yegor Martynov (Novokuznetsk) heads to the box for two minutes. This will be the first powerplay for the visiting team.
     
    20:47
    Goal for Avtomobilist!

    FYODOR MALYKHIN easily dekes past Ilya Sorokin and scores on a penalty shot giving Avtomobilist the lead early in the second period.
     
    20:47
    Malykhin on a breakaway, but gets stopped by a slash. He will have a chance to beat Kovar on a penalty shot.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    During the first twenty minutes of the game both teams managed to create plenty of good scoring chances, however neither of them managed to open the score. Metallurg was the slightly more successful team mainly due to the solid play of their defenders.

    SOG: 15 – 11
    PIM: 0 – 2
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:45
    Home team at full strength.
     
    19:30
    Both teams battling for the puck near half boards.
     
    19:04
    Active forechecking by Avto keeps Metallurg from starting an attack.
     
    18:22
    Avto clears the puck.
     
    17:45
    Vasily Streltsov (Avto) heads to the box. Metallurg will play the first powerplay of the day.
     
    15:45
    A major hit by Anthony Stewart leaves Aksyonenko on opposing team's bench.
     
    13:15
    Nikita Tryamkin receives the puck on the blue line, takes two steps and shoots. Sorokin struggles to catch the puck.
     
    10:43
    Alexei Yefimov steals the puck in the offensive zone, dekes and tries to go for the fivehole, but gets denied by Ilya Sorokin.
     
    10:02
    Rafael Akhmetov with a big slap shot from the right, Kovar holds on to the puck.
     
    08:27
    Tobias Viklund takes a shot from the middle of the zone, Sorokin leaves the crease too far, and Viklund reaches for the rebound, hitting the post.
     
    06:57
    Zhafyarov storming Avto's defensive end, but his shot on goal gets blocked.
     
    05:27
    So far Avtomobilist has been the more active team offensively, however Metallurg has efficiently managed to create some decent scoring chances on their counterattacks.
     
    04:58
    Damir Zhafyarov received a cross ice pass and shoots a one-timer, who is caught in the glove by Kovar.
     
    04:10
    Avtomobilist on the attack. One of the defenders shoots, but the shot deflects in the traffic.
     
    03:05
    Kurtis McLean takes a hard slap shot on Kovar's net.
     
    01:40
    A long pass reaches Kosourov, who is on a breakaway, dekes, but fails to beat Jakub Kovar.
     
    01:11
    Both teams have started the game cautiously. Only one shot on goal so far.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Sorokin (Lozhkin) – Giroux, Mantyla, Aksyonenko, Kanarsky, Dydykin, Skutar, Martynov, Arzamastev – Kurepanov, Akhmetov, McLean, Vyglazov, Yemelin, Lapenkov, Turukin, Mitryakov, Nazarov, Nurtdinov, Kosourov, Zhafyarov

    Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg: Kovar (Farafanov) – Gusev, Antonovsky, Viklund, Lepisto, Yegin, Teterin, Antonov, Tryamkin – Lazarev, Fyodorov, Lewandowski, Simakov, Chernov, Stewart, Streltsov, Deveaux, Arkalov, Yefimov, Yemeleyev, Malykhin

    Referees: Ravodin, Ronn – Birin, Medvedev.
     
    Today two of the Eastern Conference outsiders will meet each other in a tough battle for three desperately needed points. While today's host Metallurg Novokuznetsk is ranked last in the whole league, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg is currently positioned 12th in the East.

    While the top scorer of Avtomobilist is Fyodor Malykhin has earned 13 points, leading scorer of Metallurg Novokuznetsk Rafael Akhmetov has amassed only a total of 7 points.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 14:00.
    Commentary by

    Didzis Rudmanis

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 41. McLean (Akhmetov) – 21. Malykhin (p.s.), 51. Yemeleyev (Simakov), 60. Chernov

    Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Sorokin (Lozhkin) – Giroux, Mantyla, Aksyonenko, Kanarsky, Dydykin, Skutar, Martynov, Arzamastev – Kurepanov, Akhmetov, McLean, Vyglazov, Yemelin, Lapenkov, Turukin, Mitryakov, Nazarov, Nurtdinov, Kosourov, Zhafyarov
    Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg: Kovar (Farafanov) – Gusev, Antonovsky, Viklund, Lepisto, Yegin, Teterin, Antonov, Tryamkin – Lazarev, Fyodorov, Lewandowski, Simakov, Chernov, Stewart, Streltsov, Deveaux, Arkalov, Yefimov, Yemeleyev, Malykhin
    Referees: Ravodin, Ronn – Birin, Medvedev
    Attendance: 3368