KHL
Lev – Neftekhimik 2:3 (after OT) | Lokomotiv – Metallurg M 1:5 (end)
final/OT
Lev Praha
2:3 (1:0, 0:1, 1:1)
HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Sunday 23.12.2012, 14:00 • Tipsport Arena, Prague • KHL
     
    In a game that lacked much excitement for 58 minutes, the last 2 minutes of regulation time plus overtime more than made up for it.

    With points crucial to both team's playoff fortunes in their respective conferences, Neftekhimik gets 2 and Lev gets 1. (17:13:36)
     
    62:32
    Game over.
     
    62:32
    Goal for Neftekhimik!
    After Rachunek's chance, Neftekhimik rushes back up the ice and the puck is fed to PIOTR KHOKHRYAKOV, who snaps it past Tomas Popperle for the game-winning goal. Assist: Yaroslav Alshevsky.
     
    62:15
    And now a breakway for Tomas Rachunekk of Lev but he's denied by Dalton, play continues . . .
     
    61:56
    At the tail end of the penalty, Popperle makes another save . . .
     
    61:17
    A couple of big shots by Pestushko and two big saves by Popperle.
     
    60:45
    Zdeno Chara ices as we approach the midway point of the penalty . . .
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    After a wild final two minutes of the third period in which the teams trade goals, both with Lev on the power play, this game is headed for overtime tied 2-2. Both teams get one point in the bank and will play for a second. First comes 5 minutes of 4-on-4 sudden death overtime followed by a shootout if noobody scores.

    Neftekhimik begins on the power play for 1:56.
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    59:56
    It appears we're headed for overtime, but Neftekhimik will start it on the power play as Erik Christensen gets assessed a minor for boarding.
     
    59:49
    Goal for Lev!
    Amazing last couple of minutes to this 3rd period. NICKLAS DANIELSSON blasts a perfectly teed up one-timer past Dalton to tie this game on the power play with 10.9 seconds left in regulation time. Assists: Jakub Klepis, Ondrej Nemec.
     
    59:41
    Play stopped as it gets covered by Nikolai Belov in the corner. Lev wants a delay-of-game penalty but it's not coming.
     
    58:55
    Lev goes back to the attack, now needing a power-play goal to send this game to overtime. Faceoff in the Neftekhimik zone with their net empty, giving them a 6-on-4 advantage.
     
    58:10
    Goal for Neftekhimik!
    Petr Koukal intercepts a pass in his own zone and feeds IGOR POLYGALOV on a shorthanded breakaway. Unbelievable. Assist: Petr Koukal.
     
    58:03
    Timeout Lev. Clearly, with a chance on the power-play, they want to seize this chance to take 3 points today.
     
    58:03
    Another Neftekhimik penalty, and Lev will once again finish the period on the power play unless they score, which they've failed to do on their previous attempts. Stanislav Alshevsky gets another penalty for tripping.
     
    57:28
    Back down in the Neftekhimik zone, Dalton again covers the puck for a faceoff.
     
    57:00
    On their last chance of the PP, Jakub Voracek took a weak-angle shot that Dalton caught and then quickly played, puck then iced to kill the rest of the penalty.
     
    56:22
    Juraj Mikus sends a low shot through traffic that gets to Dalton, and he holds on. :35 left in the penalty.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 8. Rachunek (Hossa, Hunkes), 60. Danielsson (Klepis, Nemec) - 30. S.Alshevsky (Khokhryakov, Y.Alshevsky), 59. Polygalov (Koukal), 63. Khokhryakov (Y.Alshevsky)

    Lev Praha: Pöpperle (Kocián) -- Hunkes, Němec (A) - Chára (C), Krejčík - Mikuš, Porseland - Oystrick -- Danielsson, Christensen, Voráček - Bartečko (A), Vrána, Klepiš - Surový, Svoboda, Hossa - Rachůnek, Karamnov, Řepík - Cingel.
    HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk: Dalton (Sokolov) -- Seluyanov, Mamashev (A) - Berezin, Plekhanov - Belov, Lukyanchikov - Kozin, Grot -- Polygalov, Koukal, Netík - Milovzorov, Cibák (A), Pestushko (C) - Y. Alshevsky, Khokhryakov, S. Alshevsky - Komaritsky, Ziazov, Galimov.
    Referees: Bulanov, Ravodin - Birin, Shelyanin