JAR 1:2 CER | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Severstal Cherepovets (KHL)

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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

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

Severstal Cherepovets

Wednesday 20.02.2013, 16:00 • KHL

		Thank you for watching this amazingly surprising game! The tactical battle is decided by Shipachov´s goal from the 55th minute and Severstal gets into 1-0 lead in the serie! Have a nice rest of Wednesday! (18:27:39)
	60:00	Game over.
	59:58	Home off-side. It is clear!
	59:36	The puck in the neutral zone.
	59:16	The home team calls off Sanford and tries the luck in 6 players on field.
	59:00	A great, great opportunity for Hagman! Swedish forward finds himself in front of the goalie alone but he can send the puck into the net.
	58:40	Kovyrshin´s shot from the neutral zone. Lokomotiv can not get on puck, neither to the zone.
	58:24	Bergfors is saving time in Yaroslavl´s zone.
	58:18	Home team at full strength.
	56:44	Home players on four.
	56:18	A power play 5 on 3 for Severstal! Hagman (YAR) gets a minor penalty for cross-checking.
	55:47	A great shot by Rjazancev! Sanford has to face to two rebounds and he is successful. It could be decided!
	54:44	A power play for Cherepovets. Guskov (YAR) gets a minor penalty.
	54:25	Goal for Severstal! Everything from nothing! Severstal is one goal ahead! Stoljarov fires, Sanford only deflects it and VADIM SHIPACHOV beat him for the second time!
	53:24	Home off-side.
	52:37	Visiting team at full strength.
	51:28	Lokomotiv is deeply in the offensive zone. Kalyuzhny was looking by cross-pass one of their defenders but without success. The next shot is saved by Koshechkin.
	50:37	Rjazancev (CRP) gets a minor penalty plus 10 minutes personal penalty.
	49:09	Severstal in off-side.
	48:23	Guschov loses the puck but there was no danger for Sanford. Caslava passing from their zone.
	46:40	Guskov fires from a circle.
	46:11	Dixon was stopped in the neutral zone.
	44:55	Kronwall doesn´t hold the zone and Shipachov is skating forward. However, he can not get into a good position.
	43:52	The picture of this game is still the same. We watch a tactical battle mostly in the neutral zone, maybe some time in corners.
	43:03	The second line of Cherepovets was for a while in offensive zone and now home players are moving to the other side. But no shots were fired.
	41:09	Dixon´s off-side.
	40:49	The home effort is stopped by Caslava on the blue line.
	40:32	Home team at full strength.
	40:12	The game is interrupted because of Malcev´s injury. There will be no penalty in spite of big anger from home bench.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		During the second period, visiting team made a game tied and also the score. Genady Stoljarov proved the calmest nerves in front of net a nd beat Sanford. We´ll see if the decision will be brought by the third period or overtime... maybe s-o?
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:32	Rjazancev´s shot is blocked.
	38:53	Stoljarov fires to Sanford after a turnover.
	38:31	A non-confident performance of home players ends by another minor penalty, this time for Galimov for hooking.
	36:48	Two dangerous shot-passes. After that the first line of Lokomotiv gets into attack and Dixon tries his luck by shot practically from the zero ankle.
	36:05	Berdnikov loses a puck in the neutral zone, Flood and Kronwall setting another attack.
	35:25	Sanford covers the puck. In last minutes on the ice was pretty hot. After a commercial break - a face-off in home zone.
	35:13	Petrov heading to attack, but he doesn´t get through a defender of Severstal.
	34:59	Home team at full strength.
	33:50	Home players in four.
	33:22	A great shot by Jegorshev!
	32:59	A big complication for home players who getting to three. A minor penalty also for Oleg Petrov (YAR).
	32:34	Rjazancev wanted a pass to the blue line, but the puck didn´t get through.
	31:50	Niklas Hagman (YAR) gets a minor penalty.
	30:14	Andersen passes unprecise but the same situation on the other side.
	30:05	An off-side by Oleg Petrov.
	29:01	An opportunity for Kruchinin, who has a lot of time to aim, but Koshechkin was attentive.
	28:31	Although Berdnikov won the face-off, Severstal loses the puck.
	28:19	Another face-off in front of Sanford after Lokomotiv´s icing.
	26:30	Goal for Severstal! Cherepovets doesn´t need a power play to make the game tied! The puck gets to the middle to GENADY STOLJAROV who scores even when he falls!
	26:13	Home team at full strength.
	25:26	Redlihs is saving time in the zone of Severstal. After that another shot by Rjazancev. Sanford catches in his glove.
	24:49	Caslava passes to Rjazancev but also his shot misses the target.
	24:37	A hard shot by Caslava was blocked.
	24:13	The first power play fr Severstal. Oleg Petrov (YAR) gets a minor penalty for tripping.
	23:09	A little fighting between Ketov and Semenov on Sanford´s left hand. There will be no penalties.
	22:40	Shipachov wins a face-off and visitors shot from the blue line. Sanford saves.
	22:23	The attack of Severstal doesn´t take long. Apalkov gets the puck quickly for home colours.
	21:21	Kruchinin does well attacking forcheking. The reward comes in a fast counter-attack, but the defence of Cherepovets is better this time.
	20:48	The game mostly continues in the neutral zone.
	20:34	Visiting team at full strength.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		In the very first minute of this game, home centre of the first line Kazjonov got a major penalty to the end of this game and in the next power-play, the score was openet by Kalyuzhny. After 20 minutes home players are one goal ahead.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:19	Redlish has a chance after a back-pass, but he strikes only Koshechkin.
	18:34	Another power play for home players. Teemu Laakso (CRP) gets a minor penalty when he was defending his goalie.
	18:01	A very huge opportunity for Dixon. The forward of Lokomotiv gets to a break-away thanks to lucky bounce of puck but doesn´t beat Koshechkin!
	17:27	Flood fails in setting the action, visitors play.
	16:14	Kiselevich takes part in the game in a while and sends the puck away from the zone. When Trunjov loses the puck, visitors can get into attacking, but they aren´t able to cross the red line.
	15:45	Visiting team at full strength.
	14:48	Players in red don´t play this power play well.
	13:45	Kiselevich (CRP) fouled Petrov - two minutes for elbowing.
	12:48	Redlihs fights for a puck in the Cherepovets´s zone, but he loses it immediately. The opportunity also continues, but home defence stay careful.
	11:12	Kiselevich starts an action of visitors and the same act will be repeated in little while. Home players don´t let their opponent to cross blue line.
	10:10	Hagman with team-mates made a real mess in front of Koshechkin but without shooting.
	09:14	Laakso starts an offensive move of visitors. However, it doesn´t take long. The puck is on home sticks.
	08:02	Yaroslavl is more active and it looked like that home players will play another power play. However, the hard attack of one of defence of Severstal stayed unpunished.
	07:00	The very first opportunity for Severstal, but Anisin didn´t get the puck. Icing of Severstal.
	06:01	For the very first time, Cherepovets getting into offensive zone. The action was started by Andersen.
	05:31	Visiting team at full strength.
	04:15	Yaroslavl is still in attacking zone. Visitors were saved by a great move by defender Kiselevich.
	03:29	Lokomotiv continues in its power-play...
	01:24	Goal for Lokomotiv! This a start like from the dream land! ALEXANDER KALYUZHNY got a pass from the place between circles and opens the score! Assisted by Guskov and Kronwall.
	01:03	Lokomotiv immediately set up power-play scheme. Big pressure on Koschechkin´s net.
	00:31	And at the very beginning, there is the first penalty - for the very hard hit behind home net Kazjonov is getting a major penalty - Kazjonov will not take a part in this game anymore!
	00:01	The first face-off was won by Kazjonov.
	00:01	Game started.
		The game is about to start. Players are heading to ice. Cherepovets in white, home Lokomotiv in red.
		The home net will be guarded by Canadian Curtis Sanford, on the opposite side will be Vasilij Kochechkin.
		Starting lineups: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Kolesnik) - Flood, Kronwall, Vischnevski, Pashnin, Semjonov, Guskov, Jakovlev - Dixon, Hagman, Kalyuzhny - Redlihs, Apalkov, Trunjov - Chernikov, Petrov Y., Petrov O. - Kruchinin, Galimov, Malcev - Kartajev. Severstal Cherepovets: Koshechkin(Peretjagin) - Laakso, Kiselevich, Caslava, Rjazancev, Jegorshev, Andersen, Popov N. - Ketov, Kazjonov, Shipachov - Berdnikov, Videll, Anisin - Bergfors, Medvedev, Stoljarov - Kovyrshin, Alexejev, Buchnevich - Zemchenko. Referees: Anisimov, Bulanov - Strelcov, Tarasov .
		Welcome! The play-offs of KHL is about to start! As the first battle will begin "Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Severstal Cherepovets" drama - the 4th and the 5th team of the Western Conference. Yaroslavl collected 7 points more than its todays opponent, what isn´t so much more. Mutual games were even very tough. In the last game Lokomotiv won 3-2 after penalty shout-out. Before that Severstal won 3-1. We except very tough game either, hopefully with more goals.
		Welcome. Game starts at 16:00.

Commentary by

Lucie Mužíková

@LMuzikova

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 2. Kalyuzhny (Kronwall) - 27. Stoljarov, 55. Shipachov (Stoljarov)

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Kolesnik) - Flood, Kronwall, Vischnevski, Pashnin, Semjonov, Guskov, Jakovlev - Dixon, Hagman, Kalyuzhny - Redlihs, Apalkov, Trunjov - Chernikov, Petrov Y., Petrov O. - Kruchinin, Galimov, Malcev - Kartajev.

Severstal Cherepovets: Koshechkin (Peretjagin) - Laakso, Kiselevich, Caslava, Rjazancev, Jegorshev, Andersen, Popov N. - Ketov, Kazjonov, Shipachov - Berdnikov, Videll, Anisin - Bergfors, Medvedev, Stoljarov - Kovyrshin, Alexejev, Buchnevich - Zemchenko.

Referees: Anisimov, Bulanov - Strelcov, Tarasov

1st period
	00:31
	01:24
	13:45
	18:34
1st intermission
2nd period
	24:13
	26:30
	31:50
	32:59
	38:31
2nd intermission
3rd period
	50:37
	54:25
	54:44
	56:18
Final