KHL
Avangard – CSKA 4:3 (end) | Riga – SKA St. Petersburg 1:2 (end)
final
Dinamo Riga
1:2 (1:0, 0:1, 0:1)
SKA St. Petersburg
Wednesday 16.01.2013, 17:30 • Riga Arena • KHL
     
    After scoring the first goal of the game, Riga failed to find the back of the net again as SKA scored two unanswered goals. The game winner came late in the third as newly acquired Ramstedt finally found chemistry with his linemantes and notched his first assist with his new club, setting up Tikhonov.

    Riga's goalie Jucers was sound, for the most part, all game and turned away 24 shots. After giving up that shaky first goal to Riga's Karsums, Ezhov put up a wall turning away 18 Riga shots.

    With that win, SKA remains atop the KHL league standings. SKA faces Minsk on Saturday while Riga continues their quest for a win in 2013 against Torpedo on Friday. All games can be followed here on EuroLiveScores.com.

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    (20:41:03)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    Puck cleared by SKA
     
    Faceoff won by Riga
     
    Riga is pulling Jucers for extra attacker
     
    Shot by Skvorcovs is directed out of play. faceoff to Ezhov right
     
    59:00
    one minute left in play
     
    Riga attacking now, as SKA is now playing conservatively
     
    58:00
    two minutes left
     
    Home team timeout.
     
    56:18
    Goal for SKA!
    Scorer is TIKHONOV. Assistant Ramstedt. Ramstedt notches his first point in his first game for SKA giving Tikhonov the puck as he broke into the Riga zone. Tikhonov then deked around the defence and let a shot go that beat Jucers high. Even Strength goal
     
    Perimeter shot by Purcha, turned away by Ezhov
     
    55:00
    five minutes left in play
     
    Ramstedt line starting to find their chemistry, working the puck well in Riga's zone getting a shot off and controlling play
     
    Riga on the attack now
     
    Riga swarming SKA net now, puck loose out front, but it is cleared away before anyone could jump on it and get a shot on Ezhov
     
    no penalties come out of the dust up in front of Jucers
     
    Riga is now full strength
     
    Martensson crashing the net with a chance, then falls on top of Jucers. All the players gather a brief conversation about how to punch properly
     
    Dallman behind the net pass out front to Thoresen, shot wide
    Commentary by

    Tyler Bilton

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 8. KARSUMS (Szczechura) - 31. THORESEN (Martensson, Kalinin), 57. TIKHONOV (Ramstedt)

    Dinamo Riga: Jucers (Tellqvist) - Rodrigo, Arvids, Krisjanis, Sotnieks, Redihs, Cibulskis, Porejs - Giroux, Marsums, Dzerins, Szczechura, Ivanans, Indrasis, Skvorcovs, Johnson, Ankipans, Mekja, Bicevskis, Biezais
    SKA St. Petersburg: Ezhov (Ivannikov) - Alexandrov, Kalinin, Dallman, Semenov, Pervyshin, Berdyukov - Martensson, Tikhonov, Purcha, Nepryayev, Kucheryavenko, Federov, Makarov, Thoreson, Artyukhin, Ramstedt, AFinogenov, Burdasov, Klimenko
    Referees: Ravodin, Naumov - Pavlov, Morozov
    Attendance: 5350