Salavat Yulaev – Ak Bars 4:3 (after OT)
final/OT
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
4:3 (1:0, 1:2, 1:1, 1:0)
Ak Bars Kazan
Monday 18.03.2013, 14:00 • KHL
     
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    With his game winner at 95:54 Ufa's Brent Sopel saved the day for his team and forced a decisive game #7 that will take place in Kazan so that the Eastern Conference finals opponents of Traktor Chelyabinsk are still unknown!
     
    Game over.
     
    95:54
    Goal for Salavat Yulaev!


    With a shot from the left circle into the left bottom corner BRENT SOPEL earns the game winner for Ufa in overtime!

    Assisted by Stefan Ruzicka and Sergei Zinovyev.
     
    95:28
    Kazan's Ilya Nikulin was hit in the face by a high stick in the neutral zone but no penalty.
     
    93:45
    The hosts are back at full strength.
     
    93:37
    Blue line shot by Nikulin, stopped by Tarkki.
     
    92:12
    After a break that lasted several minutes the game continues. Tarkki had a problem with his skates and pads that was fixed by the team staff on the bench.
     
    91:45
    Stefan Ruzicka (Salavat Yulayev) gets two minutes for tripping.
     
    89:22
    Artyom Lukoyanov with a shot from short distance but Tarkki makes the pad save.
     
    88:00
    Both teams don't risk anything in overtime. Few shots on goal.
     
    86:48
    Back hand shot by the guests from the right wing, easy glove save for Tarkki.
     
    86:20
    Ufa with hockey into one direction currently.
     
    85:11
    Vitaly Proshkin with a shot from a half right position that hits the pads of Barulin and from there almost bonces over the goalie! In the last moment he stopped the puck!
     
    83:03
    Brent Sopel with a shot from short distance from a position left to the guest net after the puck came back from the boards.
     
    82:30
    Ufa with more puck possession in the second overtime so far but without getting a real scoring opportunity.
     
    80:01
    Start of the second overtime.
     
    80:00
    End of the first overtime.
     
    78:19
    Shot by Korneyev for the guests from the left wing with a very sharp angle and Tarkki gloves it in the last moment.
     
    77:03
    Big opportunity for the hosts from short distance and also the rebound is stopped by Barulin.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 6. Svitov (Proshkin), 26. Stepanov (Svitov), 44. Stepanov (Musatov), 96. Sopel (Ruzicka, Zinovyev) – 31. Petrov (Tereshchenko), 35. Immonen (Pesonen, Obukhov), 55. Obukhov (Pesonen)

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