KHL
Avangard – Traktor 0:4 (end) | Ak Bars – Salavat Yulaev 4:3 (after OT)
final/OT
Ak Bars Kazan
4:3 (1:1, 1:0, 1:2, 1:0)
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Saturday 16.03.2013, 14:15 • KHL
     
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    Thanks to an overtime strike by Alexei Morozov the favourites from Kazan won their third consecutive match of this Eastern Conference semifinal series to gain a 3-2 lead. They could already decide the series in match #6 in Ufa on Monday!

    Shots on goal: Ak Bars 6 (31) - Salavat Yulayev Ufa 7 (44)
     
    Game over.
     
    69:46
    Goal for AK Bars!


    The complete guest defense sleeps and ALEXEI MOROZOV appears alone in front of Tarkki who he dekes out to score the game winner into the right bottom corner!

    Assisted by Danis Zaripov.
     
    69:29
    Already the next counter - 3 on 2 - for Kazan but somehow Tarkki blocked the following deflected short-distance shot!
     
    68:48
    Counter chance for Ak Bars but in the last moment one of the guest defenders threw his body in the way and cleared the situation!
     
    66:50
    Fast attack by the guests over the left wing but the last cross-pass in front of Barulin was not precise enough.
     
    65:21
    Hard shot by Blatak from the left wing, no danger for Barulin but the guests from Ufa are increasing their efforts significantly.
     
    63:19
    Mirnov with a shot from the left wing but there was a very sharp angle and Ak Bars goalie Barulin made an easy save.
     
    62:38
    Barulin with a pad save against a back hander by Zinovyev.
     
    61:39
    One-timer by Ak Bars from a central position, save by Tarkki.
     
    61:13
    Wrap around try by the hosts but a defender was in between.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    In a completely open third period first Musatov scored the 2-2 after only a couple of seconds before Nikulin restored the lead for Kazan. In the end though the late equalizer by Ruzicka for the 3-3 extended the game to overtime.

    Shots on goal: Ak Bars 3 (25) - Salavat Yulayev 14 (37)
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    59:39
    A large crowd in front of the guest net but Tarkki stops a wrap-around try by Obukhov and covers the puck up before Golubev can take the rebound!
     
    58:38
    Igor Musatov with a shot from a central position after a fast attack of his team but he only hits the chest of Barulin!
     
    58:04
    A wrap-around try by the hosts almost went in! What an exciting end of this third period! Everything is completely open!
     
    57:29
    Pihlström with the next opportunity for the guests but against the shot from a short distance Barulin makes a pad save!
     
    56:16
    Huge triple chance for Ufa!! Suddenly the guests come with a lot of pressure!
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 13. Immonen (Pesonen, Obukhov), 39. Nikulin (Morozov, Korneyev), 48. Nikulin, 70. Morozov (Zaripov) – 18. Svitov (Trubachyov), 41. Musatov, 56. Ruzicka (Zinovyev, Blatak)

    Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin (Garipov) - Nikulin, Korneyev, Kulyash, Medvedev, Zakharchuk, Khomitsky, Yarullin - Zaripov, Kapanen, Morozov, Pesonen, Immonen, Obukhov, Tereshchenko, Lukoyanov, Petrov, Bodrov, Golubev, Zherdev
    Salavat Yulaev Ufa: Tarkki (Vasilevsky) - Atyushov, Sopel, Blatak, Proshkin, Zubarev, Koltsov, Isangulov - Musatov, Stepanov, Glukhov, Mirnov, Pihlström, Kaigorodov, Ruzicka, Filatov, Zinovyev, Trubachyov, Svitov, Slepyshev, Pankov
    Referees: Bulanov, Ravodin - Sivov, Shelyanin