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final/OT
Spartak Moscow
3:4 (0:0, 2:3, 1:0)
HC Slovan Bratislava
Wednesday 13.02.2013, 16:30 • KHL
     
    We´ve seen an interesting game tonight that ended with win for HC Slovan Bratislava. Slovak team thanks to this results will almost for sure play in the play-offs. See you soon on eurolivescores.com! (18:55:47)
     
    Game over.
     
    61:19
    Goal for Slovan!
    MILAN BARTOVIĆ scores the game-winning goal for Slovan. Assisted by Mário Bližňák and Tomáš Mojžiš.
     
    60:59
    Sigalet´s shot went above the net...
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    58:33
    Coach of Slovan Rostislav Čada called time-out to give his team some last-minute advice. Bratislava has 87 seconds to score the goal meaning play-offs for the new team in KHL.
     
    58:33
    Ankudinov gets minor penalty for high sticking. Big opportunity for Slovan to win this game.
     
    56:00
    Home team timeout.
     
    56:00
    We´ve seen lots of chances in the past several minutes but neither of the teams managed to score a deciding goal. It´s starting to look like that we will see an overtime here...
     
    55:41
    Medvedev´s wrist shot went wide...
     
    54:12
    Kytnár shot the puck from the left wing trying to send the puck into the net in between the legs of Jan Lašák but the home goalie anticipated his intention and that´s why it´s no goal.
     
    53:00
    Less than 7 minutes to go in the third period. Who will be the hero for Slovan and scores the winning goal securing the play-offs? We will see, Spartak Moscow is putting up a tremendous fight defending at least the tie...
     
    51:33
    Jan Tabaček´s slap shot from the blue line ended up in the Lašak´s glove. Face-off...
     
    50:01
    Olvecký fires again but Lašák managed to make a save.
     
    49:49
    Zheldakov now managed to get the puck in the net but referee says it´s no goal as the net was moved before the puck crossed the line.
     
    48:29
    Puglovkin now tried to beat Janus by shot from the left wing from behind one of the Slovan´s defenders but he wasn´t successful.
     
    47:23
    Olvecký´s shot just went wide...
     
    46:44
    We can see attack after attack now. Radivojevič´s shot from the blue line was blocked by Ivan Švarný.
     
    45:14
    Slovan in the attacking zone again. Michal Vondrka´s shot bounced off Lašák but no Slovan Bratislava player was ther to get a rebound.
     
    44:44
    Michel Miklík now tried the attention of Ján Lašák by tricky shot from the left wing but Ján Lašák made a quick glove save.
     
    44:06
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    42:59
    Great pressure by Spartak Moscow. Jaroslav Obšut fired from the blue line but couldn´t get the puck past Janus so no change of score.
     
    42:06
    Minor penalty for Mario Bližňák and Spartak has a chance to take the lead for the first time in this match.
     
    40:49
    Goal for Spartak!
    The match is tied 3:3 now! VYACHESLAV KOZLOV scores the goal. Assisted by Branko Radivojevič and Grigory Zheldakov.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Shots on goal after the second period 14:14.
    Face-offs 11:8 for the home team.
     
    The second period was really wide. The teams opened up their zones and that´s why we´ve seen five goals. Slovan leads 3:2 and needs to keep it for another 20 minutes to secure the play-offs in the first season of playing KHL.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:22
    Motivated Obšut fires again. Now from the left wing, his shot went centimeters above Slovan´s net!
     
    38:01
    Jaroslav Obšut tried to surprise Janus from the middle zone but the shot wasn´t hard enough to get in the net.
     
    36:25
    Goal for Slovan!
    JURAJ MIKÚŠ scores his first one for HC Slovan in the most convenient time of the season and Slovan takes the lead again. Assisted by Martin Štajnoch and Ivan Švarný.
     
    36:19
    Spartak more active now Shefer and Zheldakov now tried to beat Janus but with no success so the game is still tied.
     
    35:00
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    33:44
    Vasilev fired a slap shot from the blue line and Kozlov tried to get a rebound but excellent Janus prevented the home team from scoring this time.
     
    32:59
    Slovan had too meny players on the ice so 2 minutes penalty for visitor´s team.
     
    31:00
    Now the game calmed down a little bit after the four goals we´ve seen in the past minutes.
     
    29:33
    Goal for Spartak!
    And another goal and game is tied 2:2. ANATOLY NIKONTSEV scores an equalizer for Spartak Moscow. Assisted by Andrey Ankudinov.
     
    28:58
    Goal for Slovan!
    Slovan takes the one-goal lead again! MILAN BARTOVIČ managed to beat Lašák now to make it 2:1 for the visitor´s team. Assisted by Ján Tabaček.
     
    28:28
    Home team is now the more active one. Mihailov´s shot just went wide.
     
    27:10
    Goal for Spartak!
    ALEXANDER SUGLOBOV took advantage of the powerplay to score an equalizer. Assisted by Branko Radivojevič and Vyacheslav Kozlov.
     
    25:57
    Milan Kytnár gets two minutes for hooking. Opportunity to tie the game for Spartak Moscow.
     
    23:46
    Vondrka passed the puck to Michel Miklík who coudln´t beat Lašák with a well-aimed shot from the left wing.
     
    22:50
    Goal in Lašák´s net woke up the home team. Now Spartak had a chance to tie the game. Mihailov passed the puck to Kozlov who failed to score.
     
    21:03
    Goal for Slovan!
    ROMAN KUKUMBERG takes the 1:0 lead for Slovan Bratislava. Assisted by Ján Tabaček.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Face-offs 12:5 for the home team.
     
    Next period begins at 17:28.
     
    Shots on goal in the first period 5:9.
     
    We´ve seen very good goalkeeping in the first period of Spartak - Slovan game and that´s why it´s still a scoreless tie. Hopefully for the fans that´ve come the watch the game at stadium, there will be some goals in the second part to make the things a litlle bit more interesting for them.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:22
    In the last minute of the first period, Švarný got into the attacking zone and shot from the right wing, but Jan Lašák made a good save preventing him from scoring.
     
    18:48
    Kulik fired a dangerous slap shot from the blue line but couldn´t beat Jaroslav Janus.
     
    17:01
    Bakoš tried to surprise home goalie with a shot right after a face-off but still we´ve seen no goal so far.
     
    16:27
    Kozlov shoots from the left wing but Janus was ready to make a save.
     
    15:12
    Michal Vondrka has a big opportunity to take the 1-0 lead in the game. He tried to push the deflected puck through Ján Lašák but he wasn´t successful.
     
    13:22
    Now we´ve seen some action in front of Jaroslav Janus. First Michailov, then Shefer fired a shot on the visitor´s team net but with no goal.
     
    11:02
    Suglobov got the puck on the right wing and made shot but it was blocked by one of the Slovan´s defensemen.
     
    09:38
    Slovan with another chance. Roman Kukumberg fired from the slot but Lašák´s glove was at the right time at the right place.
     
    07:12
    Slovan with the pressure in this phase of the game. First Tomáš Mikúš and then Milan Kytnár couldn´t beat the home goalie Ján Lašák.
     
    05:39
    And now we´ve seen an opportunity on the other side of the ice. Puglovkin´s attack was stopped by good defensive play from Tomáš Mojžíš.
     
    04:44
    Juraj Mikúš was preparing for the action, but Zheldakov stole the puck on his way to the Spartak´s defensive zone.
     
    04:15
    Now Obšut tried to think something up in the attacking zone but he had no team mates to help him...
     
    02:26
    Home team at full strength.
     
    01:44
    Shefer´s show from the blue line went straight into Janus´ glove.
     
    00:26
    Just 26 seconds to go into the first period, Czech Michal Vondrka gets 2 minutes for tripping. Powerplay for home team...
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    In this match, we will see the battle of two Slovak goalies Ján Lašák on the home side and Jaroslav Janus in the visitor´s net.
     
    Slovan takes on Spartak Moscow tonight in the Russian capital city. The home team has no chance to be a part of play-offs this year, while Slovak squad needs just 3 points in 3 remaining matches to secure the spot in TOP8 of Western conference in their premiere season in KHL.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 16:30.
    Commentary by

    Valerián Lukačko

    CZ@vlukacko

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 28. Suglobov (Radivojevič, Kozlov), 30. Nikontsev (Ankudinov), 41. Kozlov (Radivojevic, Zheldakov) - 22. Kukumberg (Tabaček), 29. Bartovič (Tabaček), 37. Mikúš (Štajnoch, Švarný), 62. Bartovič (Mojžíš, Bližňák)

    Spartak Moscow: Lašák - Vasiljev, Obšut, Shefer, Zheldakov, Mamkin, Kulik, Demidov - Suglobov, Kozlov, Radivojevič - Nikoncev, Bushujev, Zheldakov - Mihailov, Bobrov, Medvedev - Pugolovkin, Denezhkin, Voronin - Jerdakov.
    HC Slovan Bratislava: Janus - Sersen, Sigalet, J. Tabaček, Mojžíš, Švarný, Štajnoch - Miklík, J. Mikúš, Vondrka - Kukumberg, Bližňák, Bartovič - Bakoš, Kytnár, L. Hudáček - M. Daňo, Ölvecký, T. Mikúš - Preisinger, A. Šťastný