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Ak Bars Kazan
4:3 (1:1, 1:1,2:1)
Amur Khabarovsk
Friday 07.12.2012, 15:00 • TatNeft Arena • KHL
     
    Amur put up a valiant fight throughout the seesaw game but the more talented Ak Bars prevailed. The team from Kazan made Khaborovsk pay dearly for a pair of third period penalties.

    Once Kazan grabbed the 4-3 lead, they put the clamps down defensively. Amur barely got a sniff at re-tying the game, even on a late power power play.

    Shots on goal in the third period were 11 for Amur (game total of 33) and 10 for Ak Bars (game total of 27). Attendance at the game was announced at 3,560 in the 10,000-plus seat venue.

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    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:50
    Ak Bars defense breaks up rush near the blueline and sends puck back into the other zone. Won't be a chance for Amur to make a final push.
     
    59:31
    Amur can't get out of its own zone. They are pinned in deep as time ticks away to the final half minute.
     
    59:00
    Ak Bars at full strength.
     
    58:30
    Tremendous penalty killing work by Pesonen. Killed about 15 seconds off the clock.
     
    57:00
    Ak Bars penalty. Obukhov off for tripping behind the net. Now Amur goes on the power play with a chance to tie.
     
    53:55
    Barulin mishandled a puck in close but Petruzhalek was not able to tuck it into the net. Still a 4-3 game.
     
    51:01
    Outstanding power play puck movement and the right point shot was drilled through partial screen to give the AK Bars the lead.
     
    51:01
    Goal for AK Bars!
    Scorer is KULYASH. Assistant Darzins, Medvedev.
     
    50:04
    Amur penalty. Tulupov off for holding. Ak Bars right back to the power play with a chance to take the lead.
     
    45:01
    Amur penalty. Jaakola flipped the puck over the glass in the defensive zone and gets a delay of game penalty.
     
    46:42
    On the power play, the puck was held in the zone by the Ak Bars and a one-time by Tereshchenko tied up the match at 3-3.
     
    46:42
    Goal for AK Bars!
    Scorer is TERESHCHENKO. Assistants Darzins, Medvedev.
     
    43:17
    Nearly a similar play to the last Amur goal. Lindgren stopped on this one.
     
    41:43
    Quick shot release by Orlov surprised the defense and Barulin.
     
    41:43
    Goal for Amur!
    Scorer is ORLOV. Assistant Shishkanov.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    A better period for Kazan than the opening stanza, but Amur is giving the first-place team a tough battle. Ak Bars scored a picturesque goal off the rush to re-tie the game shortly after Amur forged ahead. Even so, the Ak Bars need to generate more shifts in which they generate sustained pressure.

    Shots on goal in the second period were 12 for Amur (22 overall) and 7 for the Ak Bars (16 overall).
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    Commentary by

    Bill Meltzer

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 8. Morozov (Nikulin), 35. Petrov (Tereshchenko, Emelin), 47. Tereshchenko (Darzins, Medvedev), 52. Kulyash (Darzins, Medvedev) - 16. Poleshchuk (Loginov), 34. Gusev (Fisenko), 42. Orlov (Shishkanov)

    Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin (Garipov); Medvedev, Nikulin, Emelin, Korneyev, Kulyash, Khomitsky, Yarulin; Morozov, Zaripov, Obukhov, Pesonen, Immonen, N. Kapanen, Petrov, Tereshchenko, Darzins, Galubev, Lukoyanov, Skachkov, Sokolov.
    Amur Khabarovsk: Kuznetsov (Murygin); A. Loginov, V. Loginov, Osipov, Yaakola, Tulupov, Ozhiganov; Lindgren, Hytonen, Lahti, Petruzhalek, Gusev, Orlov, Karatkov, Tarasov, Fisenko, Shitikov, Shishkanov, Yunkov.
    Referees: Gashilov, Ravodin
    Attendance: 3560