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Ak Bars Kazan
3:0 (0:0, 0:0, 3:0)
HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Friday 22.02.2013, 16:00 • KHL
     
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    It was not a convincing performance by Ak Bars Kazan but in the end they won it like a top team. Two deflected passes - one into his own net by Mamashev - and an empty netter not only made a 3-0 win for Kazan possible but also a 2-0 lead in this playoff series.

    Shots on goal: Ak Bars 9 (24) - Neftekhimik 16 (30)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    58:52
    The hosts are back at full strength.
     
    57:34
    Goal for AK Bars!


    After a big opportunity for the guests, ILYA NIKULIN tried it with a long clearance next to the Ak Bars goal and he scored into the empty net for the decision - shorthanded!!

    Assisted by Konstantin Barulin.
     
    57:16
    With the net empty an Ak Bars forward's shot was stopped by the stick of a defender.
     
    56:52
    Time out Neftekhimik and Sokolov leaves his net.
     
    56:52
    Stepan Zakharchuk (Ak Bars) gets two minutes for slashing.
     
    55:59
    Lukoyanov with a fast attack over the left wing, nobody helped him out and he tried it with a direct shot but it was an easy save for Sokolov.
     
    55:05
    Dangerous shot by the guests, pad save by Barulin.
     
    54:49
    Evgeny Bodrov (Neftekhimik) gets two minutes for stick holding.
     
    53:58
    Goal for AK Bars!


    NIKOLAI ZHERDEV with a pass from behind the net towards Niko Kapanen but his team colleague didn't get the puck as Mamashev deflected the puck into his own net with his skates - 2:0 for the home side in power play!
     
    53:03
    Counter for the guests but one forward alone wasn't able to create any danger.
     
    51:59
    Oskar Osala (Neftekhimik) gets two minutes for high-sticking.
     
    51:23
    Terrible power play by the home side. First they didn't get a shot on goal and then they lost the puck after a misdirected pass.
     
    50:32
    Alexander Seluyanov (Neftekhimik) gets two minutes for tripping.
     
    50:17
    Delayed penalty. Barulin left his net already.
     
    49:02
    Roman Lyuduchin with a solo run into the Ak Bars zone but his shot was blocked easily by Barulin.
     
    48:43
    Both teams are back at full strength. There were no dangerous shots on any side.
     
    46:43
    Oskar Osala (Neftekhimik) gets two minutes for playing the puck with his hands - 4 on 4 now.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 45. Kapanen (Zherdev), 54. Zherdev, 58. Nikulin (Barulin)

    Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin (Garipov) - Nikulin, Korneyev, Kulyash, Medvedev, Zakharchuk, Khomitsky, Yarullin - Kapanen, Zherdev, Morozov, Pesonen, Immonen, Obukhov, Darzins, Tereshchenko, Petrov, Bodrov, Golubev, Lukoyanov
    HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk: Dalton (Sokolov) - Berezin, Shulakov, Seluyanov, Mamashev, Lukyanchikov, Belov, Grot, Yefremov - Cibak, Osala, Milovzorov, Netik, Pestushko, Koukal, Khokhryakov, S. Alshevsky, Y. Alshevsky, Lewandowski, Ziazov, Lyuduchin
    Referees: Gusev, Ravodin - Medvedev, Birin