KHL
Dinamo Minsk – Spartak 3:0 (end)
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HC Dinamo Minsk
3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0)
Spartak Moscow
Saturday 29.12.2012, 17:00 • KHL
     
    An early third-period goal by Janne Niskala has decided the match. In the end the only question was whether or not Lars Haugen would earn the shutout and the Norwegian Dinamo goalie did. (19:14:45)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:28
    Leg save by Haugen who still has to fear for his shutout.
     
    59:00
    Last minute of regulation has started.
     
    58:05
    Cory Murphy (Dinamo) gets two minutes for tripping.
     
    57:26
    Shot from the left wing by Dinamo, goes wide.
     
    56:41
    Break away chance for Dinamo but the shot is saved by Yakhin.
     
    55:57
    Yakhin with a save after a fast attack by the hosts and the following shot by Irgl.
     
    54:39
    Shot from a half right position, easy save for Haugen.
     
    54:37
    Both teams back at full strength.
     
    52:37
    Vladimir Denisov (Dinamo) gets two minutes for hooking.
     
    51:42
    Dinamo receives a team penalty for too many players on the ice and Libor Pivko takes a seat in the penalty box.
     
    51:32
    Just before the end of their power play a Dinamo player breaks his stick in a good scoring position.
     
    51:06
    Easy glove save for Haugen when he faced a shot from the left wing.
     
    49:12
    At the second post a Dinamo forward gets the puck in a good scoring position but his shot goes wide !
     
    48:10
    Dinamo already with several chances in their five-minute powerplay.
     
    46:36
    Stefan Ruzicka (Spartak) gets 2+5+10+20 and Dinamo now has a five-minute powerplay.
     
    46:36
    And another fist fight - this time between Niskala and Ruzicka. The Spartak player had provoked his opponent with a hard check and then several hits...
     
    46:08
    Ruzicka comes from behind the net, turns around and fires the puck into the gloves of Haugen !
     
    45:32
    A hard blue line shot by Dinamo goes just wide.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 18. Platt (pen.), 34. Irgl (Pivko), 44. Niskala (Pivko, Laine)

    HC Dinamo Minsk: Haugen (Shelepynov) - Denisov, Niskala, Krajicek, Goroshko, Murphy, Chernook, Nogachyov - Irgl, Pivko, Laine, Platt, Stapleton, Stas, Kulakov, Meleshko, Kitarov, Lopachuk, Mikhalyov, Drozd, Khuzeyev
    Spartak Moscow: Yakhin (Suchkov) - Bodrov, Obsut, Shefer, Shchitov, Mamkin, Morrisonn, Vasilyev, Zheldakov - Yunkov, Suglobov, Radivojevic, Nikontsev, Ruzicka, Bushuyev, Zhukov, Petrov, Ankudinov, Gubin, Romanovsky, Medvedev
    Referees: Kadyrov, Komarov - Parfyonov, Sysuyev