KHL
Dynamo – Donbass 4:2 (end) | Lev – Khabarovsk 5:2 (end)
final
Dynamo Moscow
4:2 (2:0,1:1,0:1)
HC Donbass Donetsk
Wednesday 31.10.2012, 16:30 • Megasport Arena • KHL
     
    Donbass outshot Dynamo in the final period, 10-5. For game, Donbass had 29 shots to 19 for Dynamo.

    In terms of actual gameplay, however, Dynamo was the superior team for most of the game. Donbass put up a valiant fight, but was not really able to get much sustained offensive attack for lengthy stretches of play. Most of the Donbass shots were of the routine variety, and the total scoring chances were actually slightly in Dynamo's favor.

    (18:37:28)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    58:35
    Tupparainen and Novak grappled near Dynamo net. No penalties.
     
    56:30
    Dynamo has been shutting down the passing lanes, and Donbass has been unable to get any forechecking pressure.
     
    51:43
    Goal for Dynamo!

    Dynamo controlled an offensive zone faceoff and the play moved in deep. Tsvetkov scored from a sharp angle with Kovarkov on the doorstep of the crease in front.
     
    50:02
    Nice concentration by Volkov to make a save with Wirtanen right in front of him to screen.
     
    45:31
    Goal for Donbass!


    Donbass got a 2-on-1 rush moments after the expiration of the Belukhin penalty. He received the puck as he exited the box, broke into the offensive zone and fed Pettersson. The Swede blasted home a one-timer.
     
    45:21
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    43:21
    Now Dynamo to the power play. Belukhin flipped the puck over the glass in the defensive zone and got a delay of game penalty.
     
    42:46
    Home team at full strength. Not much doing for Donbass on their second power play of the game.
     
    40:46
    Tsvetkov off for hooking. Crucial power play coming up for Donbass.
     
    40:01
    3rd period began.
     
    Dynamo outshot Donbass in 2nd period by a 10-7 margin; Donbass leading in total shots, 19-14.

    While anything can happen in hockey and a two-goal lead can disappear in a hurry, Dynamo seems to have this game pretty much under control. They've had the better of the play for the majority of the game, despite the shot total disadvantage.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    37:21
    Dynamo tried similar play to its last goal; pass missed connections this time.
     
    23:07
    Donbass gets the game's first power play. Kirill Knyazev goes off for an elbow.
     
    32:14
    Bäckström just finished his best shift of the game so far. No goal scored but he had the Donbass defense running around in their defensive zone.
     
    27:47
    Visiting team at full strength. Lots of pressure for Dynamo in the earlier part of the power play.
     
    25:47
    Dynamo to the power play. Puistola off for cross-checking.
     
    24:40
    Goal for Donbass!


    Podhradsky with a nice shot upstairs. Much needed power play goal for Donbass to stay somewhat close in the game.
     
    22:02
    Goal for Dynamo!
    Scorer is K. VOLKOV. Assistant Boikov.

    Another point-blank goal for Dynamo.
     
    20:01
    2nd period began.
     
    Donbass actually outshot Dynamo 12-4 in the first period but trail 2-0 on the scoreboard. Hard to blame Ersberg for either Dynamo goal. That goal in the final 16 seconds of the period is a potential backbreaker for Donbass.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:44
    Goal for Dynamo!


    A perfectly-executed rush for a 2-0 Dynamo lead. Volkov, got open, received the cross ice feed and tapped it into the net before Ersberg could get over to the other side.
     
    15:30
    Play has settled down again after a couple of strong shifts for Donbass. No sustained offensive pressure for either team since.
     
    13:59
    Volov with a stick save on Nedorost rebound attempt.
     
    13:34
    Best chance for Donbass in the period. Volkov denies Tuppurainen from the slot.
     
    10:10
    Ersberg had to come up with a point shot through traffic. A second shot attempt went wide.
     
    8:49
    Icing on Dynamo. Faceoff coming back to the left of Volkov.
     
    6:27
    Goal for Dynamo!


    Kasyanchuk one-timed home a shot from the left circle. Ersberg didn't have much of a chance to stop it.
     
    4:05
    Chance in front for Wirtanen; save made by Volkov.
     
    3:01
    Net came off the moorings in the Dynamo zone. Faceoff to the right circle.
     
    0:17
    Scoring chance right off the bat for Dynamo, but no harm done.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Neither Alexander Ovechkin (Dynamo) nor Ruslan Fedotenko (Donbass) are in the lineup today for their respective teams.
     
    Defending Gagarin Cup champion Dynamo Moscow. is off to another strong start in 2012-13. Boasting a KHL-best 45 points, Dynamo is especially formidable on its home.

    As dangerous as the team was even before the NHL lockout, the team is even more so now with the likes of Alexander Ovechkin and Nicklas Bäckström. Other standouts include Richard Gynge (last year's top goal-scorer in Sweden's Elitserien) and veteran defenseman Filip Novak.

    Today, Dynamo hosts Ukraine-based Donbass Donetsk. The club features some names of it own that should be familiar to many North American fans: forwards Ruslan Fedotenko, Evgeny Dadonov, Alexei Ponikarovsky and Vaclav Nedorost; defensemen Clay Wilson, Oskars Bartulis and Jaroslav Obsut and goaltender Erik Ersberg.

    Fedotenko, who leads the team's forwards in ice time, is officially day-to-day with an injury suffered in the first period Donbass' last game. The injury came one match after Fedotenko scored a hat trick and dominated in the faceoff circle going head-to-head against Evgeni Malkin.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 16:30.
    Commentary by

    Bill Meltzer

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 7. Kasyanchuk (Knyazev), 20. K. Volkov (Barantsev, Tsvetkov), 23. K. Volkov (Boikov), 52. Tsvetkov (K. Volkov) - 25. Podhradsky (Nedorost), 46. Pettersson (Belukhin, Dadonov)

    Dynamo Moscow: FORWARDS: 6 Sergei Soin; 9 Alexei Tsvetkov; 10 Konstantin Volkov; 11 Richard Gynge; 12 Yuri Babenko; 19 Denis Kokarov; 24 Dmitry Pestunov; 70 Konstantin Kasyanchuk; 72 Sergei Konkov; 83 Kirill Knyazev; 91 Marek Kvapil; 99 Nicklas Bäckström. DEFENSE: 4 Alexander Boikov; 8 Denis Barantsev; 14 Filip Novak; 46 Janne Jalasvaara; 50 Maxim Solovyov; 77 Ilya Gorokhov; 94 Andrei Mironov. GOALTENDER: 30 Alexei Volkov; [39 Alexander Sharychenkov].
    HC Donbass Donetsk: FORWARDS: 9 Alexei Ponikarovsky; 10 Fredrik Pettersson; 12 Jani Tuppurainen; 14 Vaclav Nedorost; 15 Petteri Wirtanen; 27 Denis Kochetkov; 34 Evgeny Belukhin; 63 Evgeny Dadonov Evgeny; 86 Tomas Matousek; 90 Maxim Kvitchenko. DEFENSEMEN: 4 Yuri Silnitsky; 5 Clay Wilson; 33 Anton Babchuk; 37 Peter Podhradsky; 41 Pasi Puistola; 43 Jaroslav Obsut; 92 Karel Pilar. GOALTENDER: 40 Erik Ersberg; [42 Dmitry Berezin].
    Referees: Roman Gofman, Rafael Kadyrov; Alexander Zakharenkov (L), Sergei Morozov (L)