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final
SKA St. Petersburg
4:0 (0:0, 2:0, 2:0)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Friday 04.01.2013, 13:30 • Ice Palace, Sankt Peterburg, Russian Federation • KHL
     
    This is it folks. Bobrovsky picks another shutout, I don't think he ever found it easier. The Railwaymen were extremely bad and undisciplined today and they couldn't find the way to the net. SKA on the contrary, were very good and effective, and managed to score four goals to secure themselves a win and new three points. they're safe at the top of the Eastern Conference and the KHL overall.

    Shots on goal: SKA 8 (27), YAR 16 (26)
    Faceoffs won (overall): SKA 35, YAR 18
    Penalty minutes: SKA 4 (10), YAR 2 (8)
    Most shifts: SKA Alexandrov, Dallman 26, YAR Kronwall 29

    Thank you for following the game with us, until next time, have a nice day. (16:42:10)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:50
    10 seconds to go, this is over.
     
    59:20
    Petr Prucha is called for tripping.
     
    59:00
    One minute left in the 3rd period.
     
    58:39
    Goal for SKA!
    Not long after Lokomotiv pulled the goalie have SKA scored, it was ILYA KOVALCHUK with a breakaway.
     
    58:11
    Lokomotiv pull Varlamov, they're playing with empty net.
     
    58:11
    Lokomotiv timeout.
     
    58:11
    Icing against SKA.
     
    57:39
    Lokomotiv in the offensive zone for quite some time now.
     
    56:42
    Icing against SKA.
     
    56:23
    A solo performance by Kalyuzhny to get the puck in the SKA end.
     
    55:40
    Huge save by Varlamov to give his team somewhat of a chance for a comeback.
     
    55:33
    Icing against Lokomotiv.
     
    54:29
    Guskov (YAR) fires one up, but Bobrovsky is there to save.
     
    53:15
    If Lokomotiv keep playing like this, Bobrovsky should get an easy shutout. They're sloppy offensively and shoot very seldom.
     
    52:26
    Lokomotiv are back at full strength.
     
    51:42
    SKA can't get in the offensive zone.
     
    50:59
    Kovalchuck's shot came wide.
     
    50:26
    Dmitry Kulikov got called for interference, powerplay for SKA. If they score now, it could be all over.
    Commentary by

    Alan Ilijic

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 24. Thoresen (Alexandrov, Martensson), 34. Kucheryavenko (Afinogenov), 42. Tarasenko (Kalinin), 59. Kovalchuck

    SKA St. Petersburg: Bobrovsky (Ivannikov) - Alexandrov, Kalinin, Dallman, Semenov, Chudinov, Pervyshin, Vorobyov, Berdyukov - Martensson, Tikhonov, Prucha, Nepryayev, Kucheryavenko, Kovalchuk, Fedorov, Makarov, Sigaryov, Rybin, Thoresen, Artyukhin, Afinogenov, Burdasov, Klimenko, Tarasenko
    Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Varlamov (Sanford) - Vishnevsky, Kulikov, Kronwall, Pashin, Flood, Yakovlev, Amirov, Guskov - Hagman, Plotnikov, Redlihs, Chernikov, Kozlov V., Petrov, Averin, Maltsev, Apalkov, Trunyov, Anisimov, Kalyuzhny, Galimov, Lyuduchin, Kartayev
    Referees: Anisimov, Sergeyev - Birin, Medvedev
    Attendance: 12100