KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Mytishchi 7:0 (end)
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SKA St. Petersburg
7:0 (1:0, 4:0, 2:0)
Atlant Mytishchi
Thursday 28.02.2013, 16:30 • KHL
     
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    SKA showed little mercy with their opponents in the last 20 minutes and instead they added another two goals to make it 7-0!! It was the third time in this series that Atlant where thrashed heavily! For SKA this win means the entry to the second round of the playoffs where they will face either Lokomotiv Yaroslavl or Severstal Cherepovets, depending on who makes it to the next round (Severstal leads this series 3-2).

    Shots on goal: SKA 16 (45) - Atlant 4 (13)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:34
    Dangerous shot by the guests through Alexei Mikhnov but it goes wide past the second post after Kasutin blocked it.
     
    59:08
    Fyodor Fedorov (SKA) gets two minutes for cross-checking.
     
    58:38
    Delayed penalty against SKA and Kasutin left his net.
     
    58:05
    After an Atlant shot was deflected Kasutin made a huge glove save!
     
    56:33
    Goal for SKA!


    The result gets worse and worse for the guests!! After a won face off MIKHAIL VARNAKOV scores alone in front of Galimov to make it 7-0!!

    Assisted by Teemu Ramstedt.
     
    56:05
    Goal for SKA!


    Just a few seconds after the start of their power play the home side already scores!! From a short distance PATRICK THORESEN makes half a dozen full!

    Assisted by Tony Martensson.
     
    55:43
    Rafael Batyrshin (Atlant) gets two minutes for tripping. The guests have a lot of problems recently to stop their opponents with fair methods.
     
    54:41
    A SKA blue line shot is blocked and almost leads to a break away for Atlant but the defender paid attention.
     
    53:51
    The guests can clear the puck and SKA have to restart their attack behind their own net.
     
    53:18
    Alexei Petrov (Atlant) gets two minutes for roughing.
     
    52:46
    Harmless shot by a guest player.
     
    52:32
    Nepryayev with a shot from short distance but Galimov makes the save before he covers up the rebound.
     
    51:21
    Ivan Vishnevsky (Atlant) gets two minutes for slashing.
     
    50:29
    The guests are back at full strength.
     
    50:24
    Large crowd in front of the Atlant net but somehow the guests keep the puck outside.
     
    49:24
    Panarin with a shot from a central position, misses the net!
     
    48:29
    Alexei Mikhnov (Atlant) gets two minutes for hooking.
     
    48:29
    Double chance for Panarin for SKA!!
     
    47:30
    Atlant barely make it out of their own zone. They lack motivation now but who can really blame them for it.
     
    45:00
    The home fans are celebrating a lot. They know their team is in the next round with this result.
     
    43:00
    SKA now leave the guests a little more room to breath. Only questions that remains in this period is if Atlant get a consolation goal or not.
     
    41:29
    A player of the hosts lost his helmet behind the guest net and SKA broke up their attack.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    The hosts also dominated the second period and this time they showed a lot of effiicency by getting another four goals for a very comfortable 5-0 lead after 40 minutes.

    Shots on goal: SKA 10 (27) - Atlant 7 (9)
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    38:43
    SKA continue with a lot of pressure.
     
    36:41
    The guests are back at full strength.
     
    36:36
    For a moment Galimov was out of position and the net was open but SKA failed to get a shot on goal!
     
    34:41
    Jonas Frogen (Atlant) gets two minutes for throwing the puck out of the playing area.
     
    33:33
    Goal for SKA!


    After a shot from the blue line the puck made a strange bounce back from the boards and at the second post ALEXANDER KUCHERYAVENKO had no problems to score into the wide open net! 5-0! Now it's getting bitter for Atlant!

    Assisted by Alexander Osipov and Maxim Chudinov.
     
    33:05
    Goal for SKA!


    Fast attack by the home side over the right wing. A perfect cross pass by Patrick Thoresen found TONY MARTENSSON at the second post and the foward only needed to hold his stick into the right direction to deflect the puck into the net!

    Assisted by Patrick Thoresen and Viktor Tikhonov.
     
    30:58
    The hosts are back at full strength.
     
    30:24
    After a pass back to the blue line the puck leaves the SKA defensive zone and Atlant have to restart their attack.
     
    30:15
    Finally the guests have a shot on goal in this power play but no danger for Kasutin.
     
    28:58
    Teemu Ramstedt (SKA) gets two minutes for tripping. First penalty of the game.
     
    28:07
    Timeout Atlant.
     
    28:07
    Goal for SKA!


    From behind the net Viktor Tikhonov gave a pass to TONY MARTENSSON whose shot from the right side of the goal went into the wide open net after it hit the back of Galimov! 3-0 SKA and that might already be the decision!

    Assisted by Viktor Tikhonov.
     
    27:20
    The hosts stay more active and they want the next goal.
     
    25:48
    Goal for SKA!


    MIKHAIL VARNAKOV conquered the puck at the right wing, skated towards the net and in the 1-on-1 with guest goalie Galimov he stayed the winner to fire the puck into the right corner for the 2-0 lead!

    Assisted by Artemy Panarin.
     
    25:18
    Long pass by the guests and almost a break away but a defender is in between.
     
    23:29
    Kasutin wasn't able to clear the puck after a blue line shot by Ozolins and the rebound landed in front of the feet of the Latvian Atlant forward who then missed the wide open net!
     
    22:37
    Dangerous cross pass in front of the guest net, no SKA player gets the puck.
     
    20:43
    Patrick Thoresen with the first shot in the second period but from the blue line he missed the net!
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    SKA were the dominating side in the first period. They created many shots on goal but after their first-minute lead through Panarin they only had one major chance through Afinogenov during a break away.

    Shots on goal: SKA 16 - Atlant 2
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:20
    Atlant make quite a harmless impression. Most times they enter the SKA zone they lose the puck immidiately.
     
    18:44
    Blue line shot by the hosts at height of the right wing, no danger.
     
    17:01
    SKA with a shot from the left wing, pad save by Galimov.
     
    15:48
    Next easy save for the guest goalie. SKA controll the game without many big scoring opportunites.
     
    14:26
    Shot by Nepryayev from the left wing, blocked by Galimov.
     
    12:20
    Fast counter attack by the guests but the last pass was intercepted by a defender.
     
    11:51
    Shot by the hosts from a half left position, pad save to the side by Galimov.
     
    11:14
    Two dangerous passes in front of the SKA net but both times the Atlant strikers missed the puck!
     
    09:43
    At the second post Ivan Nepryayev wasn't able to controll the puck and his shot ended in the gloves of Galimov who had no problems at all to make a save here.
     
    09:41
    Break away for Afinogenov but the SKA forward was stopped in the 1-on-1 by Galimov!
     
    08:48
    Short distance shot by the hosts, goes wide.
     
    07:30
    The hosts start to take over the initiative. They controll the game completely.
     
    05:49
    Ivan Nepryayev tries it with a shot from the blue line as no team colleague followed him into the Atlant zone, no danger for Galimov.
     
    04:45
    Icing Atlant.
     
    03:45
    Dangerous situation in front of Galimov but with his stick he kept the puck outside of his net!
     
    03:00
    A very open game is developing in St. Petersburg with chances on both sides.
     
    00:53
    Goal for SKA!


    What a perfect start for the home side!! After a blue line shot by Alexander Osipov it was ARTEMY PANARIN who deflected the puck into the net, standing at the left post!!

    Assisted by Alexander Osipov and Mikhail Varnakov.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    SKA St. Petersburg: Kasutin (Ezhov) - Alexandrov, Dallman, Osipov, Chudinov, Kalinin, Semenov, Berdyukov - Martensson, Tikhonov, Thoresen, Panarin, Varnakov, Ramstedt, Kucheryavenko, Artyukhin, Afinogenov, Nepryayev, Fedorov, Burdasov

    Atlant Mytishchi: Galimov (Davydov) - Batyrshin, Rukavishnikov, Vishnvesky, Ozolins, Kosmachyov, Petrov, Frogren, Dyblenko - Mikhnov, Kablukov, Koltsov, Klimenko, Mayorov, Glukhov, Ignatushkin, Yashin, Shmelyov, Kadeikin, Shevchenko, Tochitsky

    Referees: Anisimov, Olenin - Putulin, Morozov
     
    SKA St. Petersburg receive Atlant Mytishchi for game #5 of their first round series of this year's Gagarin Cup playoffs. After Atlant sruprised SKA with a 3-1 in their first home match, the favourites from St. Petersburg came back with an easy 6-1 on the road.

    Today SKA are in a comfortable position where they can throw Atlant out of competition.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 15:30 GMT / 16:30 CET.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 1. Panarin (Osipov, Varnakov), 26. Varnakov (Panarin), 29. Martensson (Tikhonov), 34. Martensson (Thoresen, Tikhonov), 34. Kucheryavenko (Osipov, Chudinov), 57. Thoresen (Martensson), 57. Varnakov (Ramstedt)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Kasutin (Ezhov) - Alexandrov, Dallman, Osipov, Chudinov, Kalinin, Semenov, Berdyukov - Martensson, Tikhonov, Thoresen, Panarin, Varnakov, Ramstedt, Kucheryavenko, Artyukhin, Afinogenov, Nepryayev, Fedorov, Burdasov
    Atlant Mytishchi: Galimov (Davydov) - Batyrshin, Rukavishnikov, Vishnvesky, Ozolins, Kosmachyov, Petrov, Frogren, Dyblenko - Mikhnov, Kablukov, Koltsov, Klimenko, Mayorov, Glukhov, Ignatushkin, Yashin, Shmelyov, Kadeikin, Shevchenko, Tochitsky
    Referees: Anisimov, Olenin - Putulin, Morozov