KHL
Lev – Novokuznetsk 2:3 (after OT)
final/OT
Lev Praha
2:3 (2:0, 0:2, 0:0)
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Monday 29.10.2012, 19:00 • Tipsport Arena, Prague • KHL
     
    Game over.
     
    Shots on goal in the game were 42-21 for Lev; Lazushin stopped all 30 shots he faced after entering the game with his team down 2-0. (21:17:24)
     
    After a thoroughly dominating effort, Lev Praha will be devastated to come out of this with only 1 point, but they were beaten almost single-handedly by goaltender Alexander Lazushin.
     
    61:54
    Goal for Novokuznetsk!
    After all kinds of pressure, an airborne puck hits FILIPP METLYUK in front of the net and bounces in for the game-winning power-play goal.
     
    61:01
    Shot from the point stopped and held by Popperle.
     
    60:37
    Offside Lev, Brent Sopel couldn't hold it in at the point. Klepis gets 4:00 for high sticking, so it will last almost the rest of the period.
     
    They are 4-on-3 on the ice.
     
    Timeout Metallurg.
     
    60:33
    Jakub Klepis has been penalised, for what exactly has not been announced.
     
    60:20
    Brilliant save by Lazushin, robbing Petr Vrana who appeared to have the game-winner on his stick.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    Shots on goal after regulation time is 41-18 for Lev.
     
    Both teams get 1 point in the standings. A 5-minute sudden-death overtime period will begin shortly. If nobody scores, there will be a shootout. The winner will get another point.
     
    Lev was the dominant team in the 3rd period, as they have been the whole game, but Metallurg goaltender Alexander Lazushin has been perfect since entering the game with his team down 2-0.
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    58:15
    Erik Christensen a shot from top of the slot, then Jakub Klepis on the rebound, both stopped by Lazushin . . .
     
    57:19
    Back the other way, another chance for Novotny and Bartecko, but another save by Lazushin, who holds on.
     
    57:00
    Weak shot from the point from Metlyuk easily turned aside by Popperle . . .
     
    56:20
    Shot from Chernykh its Popperle in the shoulder and goes high, first Metallurg shot for some time . . .
     
    54:52
    Repik's shot from the boards hits Lazushin square, play continues .. .
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Hossa (Surovy), 18. Chara (Nemec, Vrana) - 26. Yefimov (Mereskin, Lazarev), 39. Robitaille (Metlyuk, Kagarlitsky), 62. Metlyuk

    Lev Praha: Goaltenders:

    42 Tomáš Pöpperle (2 Ondřej Kocián)

    Defence Pairings:

    74 Nathan Oystrick - 63 Ondřej Němec (A)
    33 Zdeno Chára - 91 Jakub Krejčík
    8 Michal Sersen - 9 Jiří Hunkes
    25 Mathias Porseland

    Forward Lines:

    61 Erik Christensen - 20 Petr Vrána - 21 Jakub Klepiš
    43 Tomáš Surový - 71 Juraj Mikúš - 81 Marcel Hossa
    23 Ľuboš Bartečko (A) - 12 Jiří Novotný (C) - 26 Michal Řepík
    64 Jiří Sekáč - 14 Jaroslav Svoboda - 16 Michal Birner
    Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Goaltenders:

    34 Tyson Sexsmith (40 Alexander Lazushin)

    Defence Pairings:

    28 Filipp Metlyuk - 77 Dmitri Megalinsky
    24 Stanislav Romanov - 82 Mikhail Kuklev (A)
    42 Zakhar Arzamastsev - 55 Brent Sopel (A)
    93 Alexei Grishin - 30 Anton Kapotov

    Forward Lines:

    11 Dmitri Kagarlitsky - 16 Randy Robitaille - 27 Alexander Islamov
    95 Alexei Efimov - 25 Alexander Mereskin (C) - 9 Anton Lazarev
    20 Nikita Vyglazov - 10 Dmitri Chernykh - 88 Damir Zhafyarov
    14 Chris Simon - 51 Konstantin Turukin - 74 Yuri Nazarov
    Referees: Yakov Deyev, Sergei Karabanov. Linesmen: Sergei Mikhayevich, Alexander Nesterov.