JAR 0:3 LEV | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Lev Praha (KHL)

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Women's World Championship Divison I

Lokomotiv – Lev

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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

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Lev Praha

Sunday 06.04.2014, 15:00 • KHL

		Welcome. Game 3 of this Western Conference Final series starts at 17:00 MSK local time in Yaroslavl, 15:00 CEST in Prague, 09:00 EDT.
		Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage from today's game between Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and HC LEV Praha, live from Yaroslavl
		Lokomotiv come into this game desperate for a victory on home ice to salvage this series, as the Lions current hold a 2-0 lead following Games 1 and 2 at the o2 Arena in Prague.
		It's Sanford vs Vehanen in the battle of the netminders today. Vehanen has only allowed one goal in two games so far this series, and has impressed greatly.
	00:01	Game started.
	00:40	First chance comes for HC Lev. Novotny gets a shot away, Sanford makes the save and Ridderwall just can't reach the rebound
	02:20	Lokomotiv force Vehanen to make his first saves of the game
	03:38	Good effort by Staffan Kronwall who gained the zone on the left. Vehanen saves with no rebound coming.
	04:39	Lev ice the puck.
	05:15	Good zone time for Lev
	05:23	Sekac tries to cut in from behind the net but Gorokhov clears the safety
	06:17	Low shot by Egor Averin kicked away by Vehanen.
	06:29	Lev bring the puck up the other way. Kubalik forces a save from Sanford, who holds on for the whistle.
	06:57	Best chance of the game for Lev. Sanford gets the first save but the puck is worked to the point where Maenpaa fires a hard slapshot which Sanford takes high.
	07:43	It's all one way traffic directed towards Sanford at the moment. Another point shot, this time for Gragnani bobbles towards the net, Sekac gets a stick on it but Sanford manages to just hold on to the puck
	09:20	Backhand chance by Kapustin is stopped by Vehanen. Now Lokomotiv have the ascendancy
	09:36	Kasputin with another effort but a fantastic save by Vehanen on the Russian forward's one timer
	10:06	Great play at the point by Kronwall, dishing to his D partner Yakovlev, but Vehanen is there to make another save.
	10:26	Both teams are using the points well. Sevc with a hard rocket form the left point but Sanford makes a great glove save. Shots 7 a piece.
	11:48	First penalty of the game coming against HC Lev. It's Petr Vrana, two minutes for tripping. Poor offensive zone penalty.
	13:04	One timer from Kronwall from the right point goes straight into Vehanen's bread basket.
	13:20	Another heavy one timer from the point. Vehanen kicks it out back into the slot but Gragnani is the first to the puck and clears to safety
	13:48	Lev back to full strength
	14:46	Sanford covers the puck under pressure from Zackrisson,.
	15:30	Penalty against Lokomotiv. Alexei Vasiliev gets a holding the stick penalty.
	16:11	Another penalty coming against Lokomotiv. Pashnin for interference.
	16:16	1:16 of 5 on 3 PP for Lev.
	16:45	Nemec shoots wide from the point
	16:56	Kapanen looks for Azevedo ghosting in at the back post but the Finn can't thread the eye of a needle and Lokomotiv clear the danger
	17:30	Loko back to 4 skaters
	17:42	Sanford gets his glove on a deflected Thornberg shot and freezes it
	17:57	Goal for Lev! The Lions take a 1-0 lead pretty much directly off the face-off. A fantastic piece of play by Petr Vrána, who brings the puck around the back of the net and finds MARTIN THORNBERG lurking in the slot, and the Swede hammers a one timer which beats Sanford at the near post.
	19:30	After almost a minute with the delayed man advantage the Lions touch the puck. A penalty on the way against Lev captain Jiri Novotny for tripping.
	19:50	Vehanen freezes the puck in the dying seconds of the first period.
	19:59	A hammer of a one timer at the end from Kronwall, and Vehanen makes a fantastic save.
	20:00	All sorts of pushing and shoving breaks out as the klaxon goes to signify the end of the first period. There will be a few penalties for that.
	20:00	1st period finished.
		A great first period in Yaroslavl. Both teams have been getting pucks tot he net and Sanford and Vehanen have both been playing well. Lev have a slender one goal lead thanks to a Thornberg PPG.
	00:00	Nemec and Plotnikov have been handed roughing penalties.
		Shots on goal in the the first period: Loko 13 Lev 13 Penalty minutes: 6:6
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:22	A minute left of Lokomotiv PP. We're at 5 on 4 as both Nemec and Plonitkov's penalties are coincidental.
	21:18	Good save on a backhand chance by Vehanen as Novotny's penalty expires. Pashnin danced through the whole Lev defence. The Lions ice the puck.
	22:29	Lev ice the puck once more. Lokomotiv have started the second period the better of the two teams.
	23:27	Birner winds up and fires a huge slapshot from the left half-boards. Sanford sees it all the way and holds on.
	24:45	Shot on the turn by Thornberg is grabbed out the air by Sanford.
	25:37	Lev goes offside. The second period has been more muted than the run and gun first.
	26:00	And now the Lions ice the puck.
	27:19	Lokomotiv have their tails up after going close once more. A point shot by Yakovlev cannons off a defenceman and drops in the crease. Vehanen doesn't know where it it is but Lev manage to scramble it away
	29:20	Fantastic save by Sanford on Vrana
	29:36	Kapustin has looked the most likely of the Lokomotiv forwards to score so far. He gets a shot away on the rush which is saved.
	33:00	The puck is fired by a Lev defenceman into the Lokomotiv bench. Face off inside
	34:24	Thornberg with a deft pass to the near post. Vrana tries to deflect the puck over Sanford's shoulder but it goes just wide
	35:09	High sticking penalty against Ilya Lyubushkin of Lokomotiv. 2 min powerplay for Lev
	35:58	Great effort by Sergei Konkov, but his shorthanded chance is broken up by Oystrick
	37:09	Lokomotiv back to full strength
	37:17	Slapshot by Vasiliev goes high and wide.
	37:54	Loko just can't keep their sticks down. Mikhail Pashnin gets called for high sticking just after Vasiliev leaves the box.
	38:10	Lots of pushing and shoving after Egor Averin is felled and sits on the puck. Referees eventually break it up and call no penalties.
	39:27	Goal for Lev! The Lions make the man advantage count second time round, and it's MARTIN THORNBERG who looks to have scored his second of the game on the rebound. The play is being reviewed.
		Play is still being looked at...
	39:27	The goal is good. Lev lead 2-0. Thornberg has both of the goals
	39:35	Lokomotiv go offside. That goal has sucked all the energy out of the arena.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		40 minutes of play gone in Game 3 in Yaroslavl, and it's HC LEV Praha in the driver's seat. Martin Thornberg scores another late powerplay goal, his second of the game, batting the puck out of mid air to give the Lions a 2-0 lead.
		Almost ready to go for the final period here in Yaroslavl Shots on goal: Loko 15 (13, 2) Lev 23 (13, 10) Penalty minutes: 10:6 Powerplay goals: 0:2
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	42:01	Zackrisson with a heavy shot which goes just wide of the top corner.
	43:49	Goal for Lev! That should be game, set and match! It's now 3-0 Lev. From the left point, NATHAN OYSTRICK hammers a hard slapshot which goes through traffic in front and eludes the grasp of Sanford.
	47:57	Lev ice the puck. Lokomotiv look a truly beaten side at present.
	48:06	Michal Birner is the first to a loose puck and tries to cut across the goal and beat Sanford, but the puck is stopped.
	49:07	Penalty coming against HC LEV. Tripping minor for Azevedo
	49:43	Two point shots by Kronwall are both saved by Vehanen
	51:19	Lev back to full strength
	51:30	And now a penalty against Lokomotiv for too many men. Emil Galimov serves the penalty
	52:34	Great glove save Sanford on a Repik one timer
	53:32	Lokomotiv back to full strength
	53:59	Good stop by Vehanen to deny Janis Sprukts.
	54:28	Apalkov puts it wide on a backhand chance
	56:01	Penalty against Lev. Tomas Kubalik gets two minutes for interference.
	56:20	Play whistled up for a Lokomotiv forward in the crease.
	57:09	Good save by Vehanen on Holos' shot
	57:40	Lokomotiv have gone for six attackers
	57:51	Kronwall's one timer goes wide
	58:01	Kubalik back for Lev. Full strength
	58:16	Lokomotiv go offside. Less than two minutes remaining.
	58:51	Sanford is still out of the net.
	59:08	Repik tries to find the empty net from the neutral zone but a Lokomotiv defenceman intercepts.
	60:00	Game over.
		That's your lot in Yaroslavl. Petri Vehanen gets his second shutout in three games in the Western Conference Final, and Swedish forward Martin Thornberg bags a brace as HC LEV Praha put one foot in the Gagarin Cup Final with a 3-0 victory over Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
		Vehanen made 25 saves for his shutout.
		Join us next time for Game 4 coverage from Yaroslavl on EuroLiveScores. (17:14:16)

Commentary by

Jon Rowson

@jonrowson

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 18. Thörnberg (Vrána, Řepík), 40. Thörnberg, 44. Oystrick (Vrána)

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Kolesnik) – Kronwall, Yakovlev, Vasiliev, Lyubushkin, Vishnevsky, Holos, Pashnin, Gorokhov (C) – Averin, Apalkov, Plotnikov – Redlihs, Platt, Sprukts – Konkov, Galimov, Kartayev – Chernikov, Petrov, Kapustin
Coach: D. King

Lev Praha: Vehanen (Engren) – Ševc, Mäenpää, Oystrick, Němec, Gragnani, O'Byrne, Nakládal – Ridderwall, Novotný (C), Azevedo – Sekáč, Vrána, Thörnberg – Birner, Kapanen, Řepík – Matai, Zackrisson, Kubalík.
Coach: K. Jalonen

Referees: Kulakov, Ronn – Birin, Morozov

1st period
	11:48
	15:30
	16:11
	17:57
	19:30
1st intermission
	00:00
2nd period
	35:09
	37:54
	39:27
2nd intermission
3rd period
	43:49
	49:07
	51:30
	56:01
Final