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Lev Praha
0:2 (0:2, 0:0, 0:0)
Ak Bars Kazan
Monday 24.12.2012, 12:00 • Tipsport Arena, Prague • KHL
     
    Ak Bars Kazan got two power-play goals in the first period, and that's all they needed. Both Yemil Garipov and Jakub Stepanek were perfect after that. Garipov, in just his 6th start of the season, gets his first shutout. He was especially good in the 2nd period when Lev put on all kinds of pressure. In the third, his team was strong defensively in front of him, and he mostly only had to face long shots. (15:13:53)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:30
    Lev comes up ice, Stepanek goes back to the bench . . .
     
    59:20
    Icing Lev.

    Stepanek comes back in. Down 2 goals, he'll probably stay there now.
     
    58:40
    Voracek feeds Danielsson, whose one-timer sails high.
     
    58:22
    Stepanek is indeed on the bench as we're set for this faceoff, Lev 6-on-5.
     
    58:22
    Timeout Lev.

    We might see Stepanek leave the net soon.
     
    58:22
    Puck bounces to Garipov, who covers.
     
    57:25
    Kilill Petrov with a great chance to put this game away, tried to deke Stepenek on the forehand but the puck slid off his stick.
     
    56:53
    Marcel Hossa with the long shot, Garipov catches it high. Unlike the pressure they brought in the second period, Lev having a hard time penetrating the slot in the 3rd as Ak Bars has really tightened up defensively.
     
    55:43
    Icing Lev.
     
    54:17
    Back at full strength, Lubos Bartecko led a Lev rush and fired the puck wide.
     
    53:35
    Now Immonen with a shot, Stepanek covers. :41 left in the penalty.
     
    53:20
    Janne Pesonen circled the net and shot wide from the slot.
     
    52:46
    Puck winds up on the back of the net, faceoff outside. 1:30 left in the penalty.
     
    52:16
    Ondrej Nemec getting a penalty for holding his opponent too long in the corner.
     
    51:55
    Offside Lev.
     
    51:38
    Lev shoot-in attempt gets deflected out. Faceoff in the Ak Bars zone.
     
    51:16
    Shot from Alexei Morozov hits Stepanek's stick and goes over the glass. Faceoff inside.
     
    50:35
    Penalty over and play now in the Lev zone.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 11. Darzins (Nikolin, Morozov), 12. Pesonen (Immonen, Medvedev)

    Lev Praha: Štěpánek (Kocián) -- Škoula, Němec (A) - Chára (C), Krejčík - Mikuš, Porseland - Oystrick -- Danielsson, Christensen, Voráček - Rachůnek, Vrána, Klepiš - Bartečko (A), Surový, Hossa - Cingel.
    Ak Bars Kazan: Garipov (Barulin) -- Korneyev, Nikulin (A) - Medvedev, Kulyash - Yemelin, Panin -- Darzinš, Kapanen, Morozov (C) - Pesonen, Immonen, Obukov - Luboyanov, Tereschenko (A), Petrov - Abdullin, Bodrov, Golubov - Sokolov, Khomitsky.
    Referees: Zakharov, Karabanov - Birin, Shelyanin