DON 6:4 VTZ | HC Donbass Donetsk - Vityaz Podolsk (KHL)

KHL

Donbass – Vityaz

6:4 (end)

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HC Donbass Donetsk

6:4 (1:1, 1:2, 4:1)

Vityaz Podolsk

Tuesday 25.12.2012, 18:00 • Druzhba Palace of Sports • KHL

		Thanks for following the game with us ! (20:08:24)
		Donbass dominated the game clearly in the last 20 minutes and with four consecutive goals grabbed a deserved home win in the end !
	60:00	Game over.
	59:48	Goal for Vityaz! Triple chance for the guests and suddenly the puck is in the net ! NIKITA DVURECHENSKY touched the puck with his stick while jumping to the ground while Laco was already beaten ! Assisted by Pavel Chernov and Artemy Panarin.
	58:31	Clay Wilson (Donbass) gets two minutes for hooking.
	58:12	Kasutin is pushed a bit and this almost allows another one for Donbass.
	58:00	Last two minutes.
	57:37	Timkin with the big chance for Vityaz but he misses the net by inches !
	56:00	No real tension left in this game. Donbass is looking for another one while Vityaz wants to keep the result as low as possible.
	53:57	Goal for Donbass! Wirtanen gets a rebound to make it 6-3 from a short distance. Game over Vityaz ! Assisted by Lukas Kaspar and Peter Podhradsky.
	52:37	Goal for Donbass! Clay Wilson gives the puck back to RUSLAN FEDOTENKO who again scores with a one-time into the right corner ! Kasutin doesn't make the best impression today. And there is still a 5 on 4 power play left for the hosts ! Assisted by Clay Wilson.
	52:10	Alexander Korolyuk (Vityaz) gets two minutes for slashing - 5 on 3 now for Donbass.
	51:30	Anton Korolyov (Vityaz) gets two minutes for hooking.
	49:14	Goal for Donbass! RUSLAN FEDOTENKO received a pass from Fredrik Pettersson at the second post after Alexei Ponikarovsky conquered the puck in the Vityaz zone. Fedotenkos one-time finds the way into the top right corner after Kasutin was out of position ! Donbass has the lead for the first time in this match ! Assisted by Alexei Ponikarovsky and Fredrik Pettersson.
	48:37	Fast attack by Vityaz but the shot was blocked to the side by Laco.
	47:00	Only one team is playing in the third period so far - home side Donbass Donetsk ! Vityaz has to be careful if they want to take points with them this evening.
	45:54	Goal for Donbass! Vacalv Nedorost skated into the Vityaz zone, couldn't really controll the puck but it came to his team colleague EVGENY DADONOV who from a short distance fired the puck into the right corner for the equalizer ! Assisted by Vaclav Nedorost.
	42:07	Good chance for Lukas Kaspar but guest goalie Kasutin stays the winner in this duel.
	41:38	Both teams are back at full strength.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		Vityaz grrabed a two-goal in the first half of the second period before Peter Podrahdsky brought hope back for Donbass.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:54	Panarin with a blue line shot but not very well placed.
	39:38	Jani Tuppurainen (Donbass) gets two minutes for slashing - 4 on 3 now for Vityaz.
	38:48	Nikita Dvurechensky (Vityaz) gets two minutes for roughing.
	38:48	Jan Kolar (Donbass) gets two minutes for roughing.
	37:44	Vityaz again with a wrap-around try but no danger there.
	34:53	Goal for Donbass! Lukas Kaspar finds PETER PODHRADSKY with a cross-pass and from the second post the Slovak forward has an easy job to get the puck past Kasutin - 2:3 only now ! Assisted by Lukas Kaspar and Evgeny Dadonov.
	33:53	Denis Sergeyev (Vityaz) gets 2+10 minutes for a check against the head and neck area.
	33:53	Wirtanen with the back hander but Kasutin is in between !
	33:30	On the other side a good chance for Donbass in the counter attack !
	33:20	And almost the next one for Vityaz ! A rebound comes to a forward whose shot goes wide despite the half-open net !
	32:17	Goal for Vityaz! ARTEMY PANARIN comes from behind the net, turns around and fires the puck past Laco into the left corner ! There was almost no space left between the goalie and the goal post ! Without assist.
	32:03	Out of nowhere almost the next goal for Vityaz ! A shot went wide but came back from the boards just to bounce behind Laco - in the last moment the Donbass defense could get the puck away !
	30:47	Double chance for Dadonov but twice Kasutin can clear the situation.
	30:20	Back hander by Pettersson into the gloves of Kasutin. There was no power behind the shot and the puck landed in the gloves of the goalie.
	28:30	Donbass is trying to increase the pressure on the Vityaz defense. By now it is not working too well for them.
	26:49	Shot from a sharp angle by a Donbass forward hits the chest of Kasutin only...
	24:53	Both teams back at full strength by now.
	24:40	Podhradsky with a shot from the blue line. Neither it was very hard nor well-placed.
	22:53	Dinar Khafizullin (Vityaz) gets two minutes for holding - 4 on 4 now.
	22:49	Blue line shot by Vityaz is no real danger for Laco.
	22:08	Oskars Bartulis (Donbass) gets two minutes for boarding.
	20:54	Goal for Vityaz! The guests had still a lot of time left in their power play and they used it ! JOSH HENNESSY restored the lead for Vityaz ! Assisted by Alexei Troshchinsky.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		Vityaz had an early lead in the first period but this didn't help them much. Donbass took over the initiative immediately and created several good opportunities that led to the equalizer. In the later part of the period an even game developed.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:52	Sergei Peretyagin (Donbass) gets two minutes for interference.
	19:46	No-look shot by a Vityaz forward. Didn't look to dangerous at first but it hit the oudside of the left post of the Donbass goal!
	18:49	Alexei Badyukov gets the puck in the Donbass zone. His first shot is stopped by Laco and then he tries it with a wrap-around which is also blocked by the Donbass goalie.
	18:17	Pettersson with a shot from a half right position but Kasutin has no problems to get it.
	17:58	Easy job for the Donbass pk. Vityaz couldn't use the men advantage at all.
	15:58	Oskars Bartulis (Donbass) gets two minutes for hooking.
	15:55	A wrap-around try by a Vityaz forward almost finds the way into the net but Laco was pushed out of position and so the referees stopped the play.
	13:16	No look shot by Donbass, blocker save by Kasutin.
	11:32	Goal for Donbass! Very nice combination by the hosts for the deserved equalizer ! Lukas Kaspar skates over the right wing, gives a long cross-pass in front of the guest net to JAN KOLAR whose one-timer finds the back of the net - Kasutin was out of position after the pass ! Assisted by Lukas Kaspar and Jani Tuppurainen.
	10:53	Dadonov doesn't find a team colleague in a better position than heself was in and fires the puck from a half right position - easy save for Kasutin.
	10:15	A back hander by Vaclav Nedorost out of the crowd is cleared with a pad save by Kasutin.
	09:08	Denis Sergeyev (Vityaz) gets two minutes for high-sticking.
	08:54	A hard shot from the left side is just stopped by Kasutin and the following rebound almost reaches the stick of a Donbass forward ! What a chance !
	07:59	Vityaz back at full strength.
	05:59	Georgy Belousov (Vityaz) gets two minutes for stick holding.
	03:44	Goal for Vityaz! JOSH HENNESSY gets the early lead for the guests with their first chance of the match ! He deflected a shot by Alexander Korolyuk into the bottom corner ! Assisted by Alexander Korolyuk.
	02:30	Both teams don't hide but no big chances so far.
	01:02	Vaclav Nedorost has the first shot on goal for the hosts but good save by Kasutin in the Vityaz net.
	00:01	Game started.
		Starting lineups: Donbass Donetsk: Laco (Berezin) - Babchuk, Peretyagin, Wilson, Podhradsky, Bartulis, Kolar, Silnitsky - Ponikarovsky, Fedotenko, Varlamov, Nedorost, Kiiskinen, Dadonov, Tuppurainen, Wirtanen, Kaspar, Pettersson, Donika, Nikiforov Vityaz Chekhov: Kasutin (Saprykin) - Markov, Troshchinsky, Golovkov, Markov, Khafizullin, Seleznyov, Fahey, Kudinov - Hennessy, Korolyov, Korolyuk, Chernov, Dvurechensky, Panarin, Timkin, Belousov, Badyukov, Sergeyev, Lesnukhin, Tikhomirov Referees: Belyayev, Nalivaiko - Golyak, Dedyula
		Donbass Donetsk are 9th in Western Conference with 49 games in 37 games. Today's opponents Vityaz Chekhov have only collected 38 points so far but also they had played three games less. Donbass had a good run in recent weeks before they experienced a setback with two consecutive losses on home ice against Barys Astana (2-4) and Avangard Omsk (0-2). For Vityaz the situation is very similar only that they lost away against Avangard Omsk (2-4) and at home against Severstal Cherepovets (0-1). Donbass' topscorers are Evgeny Dadonov (27 pts) and Vaclav Nedorost (23 pts) - on the other side Alexander Korolyuk (22 pts) and Evgeny Timkin (18 pts) are the point leaders. With a win today Donbass could enter the playoff positions while Vityaz could cut the deficit towards them at least a bit.
		Welcome. Game starts at 17:00 GMT / 18:00 CET.

Commentary by

Dennis Mende

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 12. Kolar (Kaspar, Tuppurainen), 35. Podhradsky (Kaspar, Dadonov), 46. Dadonov (Nedorost), 50. Fedotenko (Ponikarovsky, Pettersson), 53. Fedotenko (Wilson), 54. Wirtanen (Kaspar, Podhradsky) - 4. Hennessy (Korolyuk), 21. Hennessy (Troshchinsky), 33. Panarin, 60. Dvurechensky (Chernov, Panarin)

HC Donbass Donetsk: Laco (Berezin) - Babchuk, Peretyagin, Wilson, Podhradsky, Bartulis, Kolar, Silnitsky - Ponikarovsky, Fedotenko, Varlamov, Nedorost, Kiiskinen, Dadonov, Tuppurainen, Wirtanen, Kaspar, Pettersson, Donika, Nikiforov

Vityaz Podolsk: Kasutin (Saprykin) - Markov, Troshchinsky, Golovkov, Markov, Khafizullin, Seleznyov, Fahey, Kudinov - Hennessy, Korolyov, Korolyuk, Chernov, Dvurechensky, Panarin, Timkin, Belousov, Badyukov, Sergeyev, Lesnukhin, Tikhomirov

Referees: Belyayev, Nalivaiko - Golyak, Dedyula

1st period
	03:44
	05:59
	09:08
	11:32
	15:58
	19:52
1st intermission
2nd period
	20:54
	22:08
	22:53
	32:17
	33:53
	34:53
	38:48
	38:48
	39:38
2nd intermission
3rd period
	45:54
	49:14
	51:30
	52:10
	52:37
	53:57
	58:31
	59:48
Final