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SKA St. Petersburg
3:2 (1:0, 0:0, 2:2)
Severstal Cherepovets
Wednesday 21.11.2012, 16:30 • KHL
     
    For wide parts of the game you couldn't see a huge difference between the two teams, with Severstal even having the better chances in the first two periods while SKA scored with one of their first real chances in a until then not so eventful game. A lot of emotion and scoring chances on both sides, plus a nice comeback by Severstal made the third period very interesting but in the end the pressure of the favourites was too high, giving them the revenge for the loss against Severstal three days ago. (18:46:15)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:15
    Koshechkin leaves his goal but SKA fails to score into the wide open net!
     
    58:45
    GOAL FOR SKA!

    And there is the very bitter end for Severstal. SKA with another attack and IVAN NEPRYAYEV stands on the second post to get the puck past the already beaten Koshechkin.

    Assisted by Vladimir Tarasenko and Dmitry Kalinin.
     
    57:09
    Timeout Severstal. The pressure on their goal is really high now and they have to react !
     
    57:00
    SKA with intense efforts. They want to decide the game in regulation.
     
    55:20
    Ilya Kovalchuk in a nice shooting position but he doesn't hit the puck. You don't see that very often from the Russian super star.
     
    50:00
    The game is getting emotional now !!
     
    50:00
    Patrick Thoresen (SKA) gets five minutes for roughing.
     
    50:00
    Alexander Fedoseyev (Severstal) gets five minutes for roughing.
     
    51:28
    Goal for Severstal!


    Wow that was a fast reaction by Severstal. The guests tie the game through TOM WANDELL who makes it from a short distance.

    Assisted by Nikolai Stasenko and Niclas Bergfors.
     
    49:50
    Goal for Severstal!


    Break away for Severstal and VADIM BERDNIKOV scores a very important one for the guests who are back into the match.

    Assisted by Bogdan Kiselevich.
     
    47:43
    Can Severstal come back from the two-goal deficit? It doesn't look this way. The team seems shocked.
     
    44:48
    GOAL FOR SKA!

    The captain ILYA KOVALCHUK receives the puck from Tarasenko one metre in front of the Severstal net and fires it past Koshechkin. No chance at all for the Severstal goalie.

    Assisted by Vladimir Tarasenko.
     
    44:00
    Wow! Koshechkin blocks a huge blast. He has a really good day.
     
    42:40
    First SKA chance of the second period, nothing special for Koshechkin.
     
    40:01
    3rd period began.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:07
    Ilya Kovalchuk with a chance himself but the SKA captain can't get enough power into his shot.
     
    37:45
    Severstal forwards with a couple of nice shooting positions but they don't create a single opportunity. SKA denfence doesn't look too good today.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 16. Chudinov (Burdasov, Kucheryavenko), 45. Kovalchuk (Tarasenko), 59. Nepryayev (Tarasenko, Kalinin) - 50. Berdnikov (Kiselevich), 52. Wandell (Stasenko, Bergfors)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Ezhov (Bobrovsky) - Alexandrov, Dallman, Kalinin, Chudinov, Semenov, Vorobyov, Berdyukov - Martensson, Kovalchuk, Tarasenko, Rybin, Thoresen, Afinogenov, Nepryayev, Artyukhin, Burdasov, Kucheryavenko, Makarov, Sigaryov, Klimenko
    Severstal Cherepovets: Koshechkin (Grigoryev) - Kiselevich, Ryazantsev, Andersen, Laakso, Yegorshev, Stasenko, Popov - Ketov, Stolyarov, Shipachyov, Bergfors, Lehtonen, Wandell, Kazakovtsev, Medvedev, Zemchenko, Berdnikov, Nurtdinov, Fedoseyev, Alexeyev
    Referees: Bondar, Sergeyev - Kuchava, Novikov