MOS 3:2 LEV | CSKA Moscow - Lev Praha (KHL)

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final/OT

CSKA Moscow

3:2 (1:0, 0:1, 1:1)

Lev Praha

Wednesday 20.02.2013, 16:30 • CSKA Sports Palace, Moscow • KHL

		What to say about that game. What a battle between these two teams. A valliant effort from Lev trying to shut down CSKA's top line, who just seemed to be on the ice all the time. The two teams go back at it again tomorrow, and EuroLiveScores will have live commentary again, as well as other KHL playoff games. See you then! (19:28:14)
		Game over.
	74:42	Goal for CSKA! CSKA score their 3rd power play goal of the night, as Alexander Radulov circled the net and fed YAKOV RYLOV in front, who went upstairs quickly on Popperle, who had little chance to react. Assist: Alexander Radulov.
	74:05	Lev ices to relieve some pressure on the PK . . .
	73:18	Lev doing all they can to neutralize CSKA's top line, and Nathan Oystrick trips A. Radulov behind the net. CSKA to the power play in OT again.
	73:10	Niklas Persson the low wrister, great kick save by Popperle.
	72:13	Puck hits the netting above the glass. Faceoff in the CSKA zone.
	71:40	A shot from the p oint by Ondrej Nemec tipped off a CSKA defender and Repik tried to get a stick on it. It hit Stana, whom I don't think saw it.
	71:32	Icing CSKA.
	71:17	Offside Lev.
	70:50	Lev back at full strength, they momentarily clear, but now it comes back into their end again.
	70:09	With a big crowd in front, Alexander Radulov takes a shot that hits Popperle, who is finally able to cover it amid all the bodies around him. :34 left in the penalty.
	69:25	Niklas Persson rips a shot just wide.
	68:43	But now in the corner Lepisto grabs onto Radulov and pulls him down, which is a penalty. CSKA to the power play in overtime.
	68:25	Alexander Radulov tried to make a move on Lepisto, who catches him with a big hip check. He's been a defensive force this game.
	67:57	Shot from the right wing by Zharkov is caught and held by Popperle.
	67:20	A couple of shot attempts by Prokhorin, the first blocked and second is deflected high by Popperle.
	67:16	Offside CSKA.
	66:50	Icing Lev.
	51:34	Long shap shot by Surovy is knocked down by Stana, who covers it.
	50:50	Prokhorkin with a long shot, kicked out by Popperle.
	50:15	Another offside against CSKA, this time on the pass. Faceoff at their own blueline.
	49:46	Offside CSKA.
	48:48	Igor Radulov with another chance, winds and fires on a rush but it misses wide.
	48:00	Zherkov tries to break through the Lev defence on a rush and shoots, Popperle hangs on for a faceoff.
	47:22	Rastislav Stana covers a loose puck at the side of the net.
	46:45	One-time slap shot from Igor Radulov, Tomas Popperle kicks it out with the pad.
	45:32	Icing Lev.
	45:10	Lev goes down right away and Danielsson backhands in front to Novotny, who re-directs it just wide.
	60:01	Overtime began.
		Teams are back on the ice and the first overtime period will begin shortly. For Lev, Marcel Hossa will be unavailable for the first 9 minutes or so as he is serving a misconduct penalty.
		The first game of this best-of-seven series is so much fun, why not play a bit more? Teams leaving the ice to be re-surfaced--just as in the NHL, teams will play 20-minute sudden-victory overtime periods until a goal is scored. Shots on goal in the 3rd period (and game): CSKA 3 (24), Lev 9 (34). Overtime begins at 19:00 CET, 13:00 EST.
	60:00	3rd period finished.
	58:30	Penalty killed off without much threat and now the play is in the CSKA zone.
	57:30	CSKA was passing around the perimeter but finally the puck is chipped out into the neutral zone.
	56:20	Marcel Hossa is getting called for checking from behind as he pushes Yevgeni Ryasensky hard into the end boards. This will be 2+10, with Nicklas Danielsson serving the minor. After giving Lev the tying goal, CSKA will try to get the lead back now.
	56:16	Goal for Lev! Just as I spoke about CSKA tightening up defensively, some miscommunication allows MICHAL REPIK to sneak behind the D in alone and he beats Stana with a wrister low to the glove side. Assists: Michal Birner, Nathan Oystrick.
	56:01	Offside Lev.
	55:43	Shot from Tomas Surovy, Stana catches and holds on again.
	54:48	A CSKA shoot-in caroms off the boards toward the net and Popperle freezes it for a faceoff in the Lev zone.
		CSKA has noticeably tried to tighten up defensively since taking the lead, which shouldn't be a surprise. Most Lev shots are coming from a distance, which doesn't pose much of a problem for Stana.
	54:18	Repik with another long shot, Stana catches and hangs on.
	53:39	Offside Lev.
	52:50	Jakub Klepis with a wrist shot on a Lev rush, kicked out by Stana.
	52:07	Offside CSKA.
	51:27	Michal Birner with a long shot that Stana juggled, play continues.
	50:50	Icing CSKA.
	50:00	CSKA back to full strength, but play continues in their zone.
	49:09	Offside Lev. :38 left in the penalty.
	48:45	Slap shot by Mikko Maenpaa, pad save Stana, then the puck is cleared.
	47:48	Lev now going to the power play as Oleg Kvasha, the latest goal scorer is called for putting a hold on Jiri Novotny. With all goals so far scored with the man advantage, this is a huge chance for Lev.
	47:15	Offside CSKA.
	47:11	Breakaway for Alexander Radulov, who tried to deke Tomas Popperle to the backhand but the Lev goalie stretched out the toe and kicked it away.
	46:02	Goal for CSKA! Popperle stopped the shot from the point by Denisov, but the rebound was lying loose and OLEG KVASHA finally backhanded it in for the game's third power-play goal. Assist: Denis Denisov, Sheon Morrisonn.
	45:28	After a lengthy delay, CSKA is going to the power play as Michal Repik is called for hauling down Igor Radulov in front of the net, who was trying to receive a pass from his brother.
	44:15	Nemec knocks down Zharkov with a hit behind the net.
	43:44	Icing Lev.
	43:11	Offside Lev.
	42:10	Pass from the corner intended for Prokhorkin, but he can't get his stick on it or he might have had an open side of the net to shoot at.
	40:32	Alexander Radulov nearly gets a breakaway as he uses his speed to get to a loose puck in the neutral zone, but Sami Lepisto again comes up big defensively knocking the puck off his stick before he can shoot and sending the CSKA star tumbling into the boards. Popperle covers in the meantime.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		Teams are back on the ice and the 3rd period will begin shortly.
		Both teams had parts of that period where they dominated. Lev for the first 8 minutes or so and they managed to tie the game on the power play. Then CSKA for the next 5 or so minutes but Popperle stood tall, and then some more late pressure from Lev but Stana was solid. Both goalies have played well so far, should not surprise anyone. Shots on goal in the 2nd period (and game): CSKA 10(21), Lev 16(25). Lev has had the advantage in the faceoff circle, going 23/41 so far. Petr Vrana is an amazing 13/16, while Niklas Persson leads CSKA at 7/11. Amazingly, CSKA winger Alexander Radulov leads all players in ice time this game at 14:57, with linemate Persson not far behind. Nathan Oystrick leads Lev at 14:17. 3rd period begins at 18:12 CET, 12:12 EST.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:38	Repik with a shot into the mid-section of Stana and he holds onto that one.
	39:20	Jiri Novotny with a wrister from the point, not sure if Stana stopped it or it was blocked in front.
	38:19	Play is stopped as CSKA's Dmitri Monya is down in the neutral zone. Marcel Hossa hit him into the boards but there didn't appear to be anything wrong with the hit. CSKA fans whistle the non-call nonetheless.
	37:35	Offside Lev.
	37:30	After some early pressure, Lev not able to get much going o that power play, and CSKA is now back to full strength.
	36:00	Nathan Oystrick with a high shot from the point, Stana knocks it away to the corner.
	35:25	Patrick Davis runs Lev's Juraj Mikus into the boards with a high hit and is getting 2+10 for checking to the head. Mikus went off favouring his knee, interestingly. Igor Radulov is serving the minor.
	35:00	Blocked shot results in a partial break for Vladimir Zharkov, but Sami Lepisto makes a great defensive play to prevent him from getting a shot away.
	34:30	Lev rush, Tomas Surovy goes wide and feeds Marcel Hossa in front, but Rastislav Stana catches and holds his one-timer.
	33:30	Nice effort from Oleg Kvasha, who beats a Lev defenceman, but he doesn't have much left to beat Popperle and his backhander is easily turned away.
	32:45	Alexander Radulov with the shot from the point, might have been tipped in front by Persson, but Popperle sends it to the corner.
	32:04	Offside CSKA.
	31:50	Patrick Davis gets one shot, then regains the puck behind the net and feeds Sprukts, save Popperle.
	31:15	On the rush, top NHL prospect Igor Grigorenko takes a wrister that Popperle stops and freezes.
	31:00	Lev back to full strength, play in the CSKA zone but they're breaking out.
	30:20	Finally they do get a shot through, blocker save Popperle and the puck is iced.
	29:50	Unit featuring the Radulovs and Persson looking dangerous but not getting shots.
	28:50	Marcel Hossa gets a somewhat suspect call for a slash on the stick. It looked like just a stick check to me. CSKA to the power play.
	28:33	Then a chance for Shirokov but Popperle makes a great save, the rebound is loose for a while and if finally iced. Faceoff coming back into the Lev zone.
	28:10	2-on-1 CSKA, Persson passes to A. Radulov, but his one-timer is fired wide.
	27:54	Michal Repik with a slap shot from the wing, pad save Stana.
	27:24	Lev has been all over CSKA since tying the game, chances by Klepis and Vrana, finally it ends up under a defenceman in front and play is stopped.
	25:40	4th line continues to buzz, a shot by Karamnov in close, pad save Stana in the butterfly.
	25:10	Lev's 4th line to the attack, Sekac with a couple of chances, but netiehr got through.
	24:28	Coming down the right wing, Marcel Hossa takes a shot, pad save Stana.
	24:05	Goal for Lev! After some great concentrated pressure on the power play, Stana ened up out of position and the puck came to PETR VRANA, who just had to shoot it into the unguarded cage. Assists: Michal Řepík, Michal Birner.
	23:47	Now Ondrej Nemec with a shot that hits Stana in the chest, play continues.
	23:40	Slap shot from the point by Birner, glove save Stana, who hangs on.
	23:31	Lev going back to the power play as Igor Radulov trips Jakub Klepis as the Lev sniper tries to enter the zone.
	22:08	The puck hits the netting above the glass and play is stopped. Faceoff in the CSKA zone.
	21:40	CSKA back at full strength, but Lev putting on pressure in their zone.
	21:36	But Vrana with a wrist shot from the top of the slot. Stana catches and holds on with :09 left in the penalty.
	21:15	CSKA has iced twice on the kill, Lev without a shot so far.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		Teams are on the ice and the 2nd period will begin shortly. Lev still has 1:24 left in their power play.
		CSKA held a slight edge in play in the first period and scored the only goal courtesy the Radulov brothers on the power play, but Lev came on a bit late. Shots on goal: CSKA 11, Lev 9. 2nd period begins at 17:19 CET, 11:19 EST.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:35	Igor Radulov is called for slashing in his own zone, with a chop on the hands of Jakub Klepis. Lev goes to the power play.
	19:05	Marcel Hossa picks the pocket of Patrick Davis at the blueline and goes in on a breakaway, but Stana kicks it out.
	18:55	Puck out of play in the CSKA zone, faceoff outside.
	18:40	Offside CSKA.
	18:10	Sami Lepisto with a shot from the point, turned aside by Stana.
	17:15	Collision in the neutral zone between the two #74s, Nikolai Prokhorkin and Nathan Oystrick.
	16:40	Scramble for the puck at the side of the CSKA net, finally it's cleared.
	16:02	Lev gets a shot off the draw, then the puck goes out of play in the neutral zone. Faceoff at the CSKA blueline.
	15:55	Icing CSKA.
	15:40	And finally Popperle dives out of his crease onto the puck to force a stoppage.
	15:20	Shirokov a wrist shot ffom a tight angle, deflected into the corner by Popperle.
	12:20	Michal Repik gets set up in the slot but fires wide.
	12:05	Righ off a faceoff in the CSKA zone, Rastislav Stana makes a glove save and hangs on.
	11:32	Goal for CSKA! On the power play, the Radulov brothers work a beautiful give-and-go, with Alexander feeding in front to IGOR RADULOV for the quick shot from in close. Assist: Alexander Radulov.
	10:51	Michal Repik of Lev is getting the first penalty for a hook along the boards. CSKA to the power play
	10:21	Michal Birner takes a shot that Stana stops, then we have some pushing and shoving as Petr Vrana goes hard to the net for the rebound. Faceoff in the CSKA zone.
	09:40	Wrister from the point by Persson caught and held by Popperle.
	09:20	Bodycheck by Alex Radulov on Sami Lepisto in the corner in the Lev zone.
	08:22	Offside CSKA.
	08:10	Turnover just inside the Lev blueline, Sergei Shirokin winds and fires a slapper that hits Popperle in the arm.
	07:52	Icing CSKA.
	07:33	Icing Lev.
	07:05	Nicklas Danielsson with a shot for Lev, pad save Stana.
	06:30	A couple of great chances for CSKA, first Prokhorkin skates through the whole Lev team but Popperle stymies him, then the puck goes back to the point and he makes another save.
		IIHF President Rene Fasel and former CSKA and Soviet national team coach Vitkor Tikhonov in attendance at this game.
	06:08	and the puck comes to Tomas Popperle, who covers it for a faceoff.
	05:30	A couple of shots by Lev, one of them deflected by Martins Cipulis, Stana turns them both aside.
	04:37	Icing Lev.
	04:29	Puck deflected out of play in the Lev zone, faceoff inside.
	04:13	Jakub Klepis with a big slap shot from the top of the circle. He was Lev's leading scorer this year but missed the last 6 games of the regular season.
	03:25	Alexander Radulov with another shot streaking down the wing, then play moves the other way . . .
	02:38	Nikolai Prokhorkin's shot from the boards is caught and held by Popperle for the game's first whistle.
	00:30	Alexander Radulov of CSKA gets the game's first shot from a weak angle.
	00:10	Jiri Novotny attempts the first shot but rips it wide.
	00:01	Game started.
		CSKA is dressed in their home reds with blue and white trim, red pants and helmets. Lev is dressed in their road whites trimmed in blue and red with blue pants and white helmets.
		The national anthems of the Czech Republic and Russian Federation have been played and the opening faceoff is moments away.
		Not surprisingly, the starting goaltenders are Rastislav Staňa for CSKA and Tomáš Pöpperle for Lev. Staňa led the league with a 1.76 goals-against average, while Pöpperle was second in shutouts with 6. Lev has top scorer Jakub Klepiš back in the lineup after a 6-game absence. He'll start on the top line with captain Jiří Novotný and Nicklas Danielsson. CSKA's captain and leading scorer is Alexander Radulov, who was second in the league with 68 points. He starts on a line with brother Igor and Niklas Persson.
		Starting Lineups: CSKA Moscow: Staňa (Proskurjakov) - Ryasensky, Rylov, Morrisonn, Denisov, Markov, Ozhiganov, Kondratiev, Marchenko - A. Radulov, Persson, I. Radulov - Shirokov, Grigorenko, Kvasha - Davis, Zharkov, Sprukts - Prokhorkin, Lyubimov, Monya. Lev Praha: Pöpperle (Štěpánek) - Oystrick, Nakládal, Němec, Lepistö, Mäenpää, Mikuš, Krejčík - Klepiš, Novotný, Danielsson - Řepík, Vrána, Birner - Hossa, Surový, Cipulis - Rachůnek, Karamnov, Sekáč - Cingel. Officials: Odinš, Ryonn - Balodis, Dedyulya.
		This series features the conference's #2 seed, CSKA Moscow against #7 Lev Praha. The teams met twice in October, with CSKA winning both, 3-0 in Moscow on October 19 and 3-2 in Prague on October 25.
		Welcome. Game 1 of this Western Conference Quarterfinal starts at 19:30 MSK local time in Moscow, 16:30 CET in Prague, 15:30 GMT, and 10:30 EST/07:30 PST in North America.

Commentary by

Derek OBrien

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 12. I.Radulov (A.Radulov), 47. Kvasha (Denisov, Morrisonn), 75. Rylov (A.Radulov) - 25. Vrana (Repik, Birner), 57. Repik (Birner, Oystrick)

CSKA Moscow: Staňa (Proskurjakov) - Ryasensky, Rylov, Morrisonn, Denisov, Markov, Ozhiganov, Kondratiev, Marchenko - A. Radulov, Persson, I. Radulov - Shirokov, Grigorenko, Kvasha - Davis, Zharkov, Sprukts - Prokhorkin, Lyubimov, Monya.

Lev Praha: Pöpperle (Štěpánek) - Oystrick, Nakládal, Němec, Lepistö, Mäenpää, Mikuš, Krejčík - Klepiš, Novotný, Danielsson - Řepík, Vrána, Birner - Hossa, Surový, Cipulis - Rachůnek, Karamnov, Sekáč - Cingel.

Referees: Odinš, Ryonn - Balodis, Dedyulya.

1st period
	10:51
	11:32
	19:35
1st intermission
2nd period
	23:31
	24:05
	28:50
	35:25
2nd intermission
3rd period
	45:28
	46:02
	47:48
	56:16
	56:20
After 3rd period
Overtime
	68:43
	73:18
	74:42
Final/OT