PET 2:3 DMS | SKA St. Petersburg - Dynamo Moscow (KHL)

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SKA St. Petersburg – Dynamo

2:3 (end)

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SKA St. Petersburg

2:3 (0:2, 0:1, 2:0)

Dynamo Moscow

Friday 22.03.2013, 16:30 • KHL

		Welcome. Game starts at 15:30 GMT / 16:30 CET.
		This is game #1 of the Western Conference finals between regular season winners SKA St. Petersburg and third placed Dynamo Moscow. Both teams had a relatively easy walk through the first two rounds. While SKA beat Atlant Mytishchi 4-1 and Severstal Cherepovets 4-0, today's guests Dynamo beat Slovan Bratislava 4-0 and CSKA Moscow 4-1. Both teams have excellent chances not only to reach the Gagarin Cup finals but also to win the title. Who gets the first win in this best of 7 series, we'll see soon!
		Starting lineups: SKA St. Petersburg: Ezhov (Kasutin) – Alexandrov, Dallman, Osipov, Chudinov, Kalinin, Semenov, Berdyukov – Martensson, Tikhonov, Thoresen, Panarin, Varnakov, Ramstedt, Kucheryavenko, Artyukhin, Afinogenov, Fedorov, Makarov, Sigaryov, Burdasov Dynamo Moscow: Yeryomenko (Sharychenkov) – Novak, Granak, Derlyuk, Jalasvaara, Gorokhov, Mironov, Barantsev – Soin, Babenko, Konkov, Tsvetkov, Kokarev, Petruzalek, Gorovikov, Sopin, Kasyanchuk, Shafigulin, Mosalyov, Kvapil, Lukin Referees: Gusev, Kadyrov – Gordenko, Tomilov
	00:01	Game started.
	00:31	Already the first big scoring opportunity of the match! After a blue line shot Dynamo goalie Yeryomenko cleared only with huge problems before a SKA forward would have been able to take the rebound!
	00:44	Goal for Dynamo! The guests take the very early lead! A shot from the left wing by Janne Jalasvaara was deflected by YURI BABENKO and went into the back of the net from short distance! The puck made a strange bounce just before Ezhov who was completely surprised! Assisted by Janne Jalasvaara.
	01:55	Dynamo continue with high pressure!
	02:13	Icing SKA.
	02:37	Tsvetkov with a nice solo inside the SKA zone, his back hander from short distance is blocked by Ezhov and the rebound by Granak went wide!
	03:33	Dangerous cross pass by Kvapil from the right wing, doesn't find a team colleague in front of the SKA net.
	04:48	Dynamo are taking over the initiative completely. They act like a home team in these first minutes!
	05:46	Another bouncing puck, this time fromt he right wing, but Ezhov gloves it.
	06:20	Semenov with a long pass to the right corner of the ice but his team colleagues lose the puck.
	06:27	Icing SKA.
	06:54	Kvapil's shot from just right to the SKA net is blocked by a defender in the last moment!
	07:29	Panarin with a terrible shot for SKA that went wide significantly.
	09:07	Next opportunity for the guests but the one-timer from the right wing went wide.
	09:22	Harmless shot by the hosts from the right circle directly into the gloves of Yeryomenko.
	09:38	Mikhail Varnakov with another shot into the gloves of the guest goalie, from inside the neutral zone.
	09:54	Kvapil wins the puck in the neutral zone and uses the turnover for a shot from a half right position that went wide past the left post.
	10:33	Soin wiht a shot from the right circle, save by Ezhov.
	10:41	3-on-2 counter by the home side but the very last cross-pass by Fyodor Fedorov was deflected by a Dynamo defender and went wide past the SKA forward who skated together with Fedorov!
	11:43	SKA are getting better now, create more chances.
	12:59	One-timer by the hosts, went just wide.
	14:49	Dynamo defend very well so far. They play the puck behind the SKA net to make a line change.
	16:42	Dynamo's Mosalyov won the puck in the neutral zone and almost had a break away but in the last moment he received a hard check by the last defender what made him lose the puck.
	17:37	Maxim Afinogenov (SKA) gets two minutes for tripping. It's the first penalty of the match.
	18:04	Pad save by Ezhov against a shot from short distance!
	18:42	Ilya Gorokhov with a shot from the blue line, goes just wide.
	19:12	Goal for Dynamo! Dominik Granak with a shot from the blue line that was deflected just in front of Ezhov by the stick of KONSTANTIN KASYANCHUK for the 2-0 Dynamo lead in power play! Assisted by Dominik Granak and Filip Novak.
	19:43	Icing Dynamo.
	20:00	1st period finished.
		Dynamo had an almost perfect start with the lead in the first minute through Babenko. They stayed the better side during most parts of the first period and with a deflection Kasyanchuk was able to even double this lead in power play at the end of the first 20 minutes. Shots on goal: SKA 11 – Dynamo 8
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	21:17	Jalasvaara with a clearance from behind the Dynamo net that went all the way for an icing.
	22:15	Pretty similar situation as during the first period. SKA have more puck possession but Dynamo make the more dangerous impression.
	23:11	Dynamo's Mosalyov comes from behind the net and is stopped by Ezhov from short distance!
	23:49	Blue line shot by the home side, blocked by Yeryomenko.
	24:12	Icing Dynamo.
	24:55	After Yeryomenko allowed a rebound against a blue line shot, it was Tony Martensson who tried it with a wrap-around that he had to break up due to a defender being in his way. The following shot from the right circle by Martensson was stopped by Yeryomenko!
	25:43	One-timer by Panarin from a half left position but the net gets removed out of its original position.
	26:26	Another icing by Dynamo. So far they had not much to fear despite SKA winning a lot of faceoffs.
	26:49	Really big opportunity for Dynamo's Kokarev whose one-timer from half a metre distance only with the net half open was stopped by Ezhov! The pass had come by Tsvetkov from behind the net!
	27:27	Ezhov with a block against a shot by Kvapil from the right circle!
	28:08	Blue line shot by the guests at height of the left wing, goes wide.
	28:41	Offside Dynamo.
	29:27	The hosts try it with a blue line shot at height of the right wign, goes wide.
	29:49	Afinogenov lost the puck inside the Dynamo zone and this almost left to a counter for the guests!
	30:00	Konstantin Gorovikov (Dynamo) gets two minutes for hooking. The hosts have their first power play.
	30:43	Soin with a shot from the right wing for the guests, easy save by Ezhov.
	31:37	Long clearance by Dynamo who show great penalty killing.
	32:00	The guests are back at full strength.
	32:08	Gorovikov with the break away for Dynamo just after leaving the penalty box. While trying to deke out Ezhov he was stopped by the SKA goalie with a pad save!
	33:26	Fast attack by the guests over Granak but he had to break it up and skate towards the right corner!
	34:19	Next opportunity for Dynamo. The slapshot from the right wing was no danger for Ezhov though.
	34:39	Maxim Chudinov (SKA) gets two minutes for hooking.
	35:00	One-timer by Jalasvaara from the right wing, into the gloves of Ezhov.
	35:10	Konstantin Kasyanchuk (Dynamo) gets two minutes for high-sticking – a long 4 on 4 now.
	35:44	Fast attack by the hosts but the last cross-pass in front of Yeryomenko was too long for Dallman!
	36:48	The guests keep the puck behind the SKA net, get time to take a deep breath.
	37:10	Both teams are back at full strength.
	37:23	Just another icing by Dynamo. That's more or less their tactics whenever the pressure by the hosts gets too high.
	37:39	Jalasvaara with a harmless shot from inside the neutral zone into the gloves of Ezhov – but it earns them a faceoff next to the SKA net.
	37:51	Goal for Dynamo! Alexei Sopin with a pass from the left circle to KONSTANTIN KASYANCHUK whose shot from short distance found its way into the right top corner past Ezhov for the 3-0 Dynamo lead! Assisted by Alexei Sopin.
	38:45	Fedorov completely alone in front of Yeryomenko fails to deke him out as the guest goalie made a spectacular pad save! What a chance for SKA to get onto the scoreboard!
	39:33	Alexei Semenov (SKA) gets two minutes for roughing.
	39:35	Sergei Soin (Dynamo) gets two minutes for hooking – a very long 4 on 4 will follow now.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		Dynamo defended well during the second period and stayed dangerous in offense all the time. One of their chances was used by Kasyanchuk for his second of the day that gives the guests a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes! SKA need a 110% better performance during the third period if they want to force overtime. Shots on goal: SKA 8 (19) – Dynamo 12 (20)
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	41:35	Both teams are back at full strenght and couldn't use the additional space on the ice during the long 4 on 4.
	42:07	Semenov with a slapshot from a central position that ends up in the gloves of Yeryomenko.
	43:23	Pad save by Ezhov against a shot from the left wing. Dynamo stay the more active side.
	43:30	Fyodor Fedorov (SKA) gets 5+10+20 for a check against the head and neck area. That's it for him today and SKA will be shorthanded for the next five minutes. Excellent opportunity for Dynamo to make everything clear with the man advantage!
	44:28	Shot by the guests from the blue line, deflected in front of Ezhov but the SKA goalie made the save.
	45:05	Gorovikov with a shot from a central position, blocked to the side by Ezhov.
	46:11	Konstantin Gorovikov (Dynamo) gets two minutes for high-sticking – 4 on 4 now.
	47:26	Two dangerous shots by the home side but Yeryomenko had them both!
	47:26	Evgeny Artyukhin (SKA) gets two minutes for roughing. A lot of frustration in the match now what's the hosts concerned.
	48:34	Tsvetkov with a shot from right to the SKA net, stopped by Ezhov.
	49:26	The hosts are back at full strength.
	50:32	Dmitry Kalinin with a shot from the left side of the blue line towards the right top corner, stopped by Yeryomenko with a glove save!
	53:00	The guests continue to controll the match completely. Hard to believe that SKA could tied this match in the remaining minutes.
	54:40	Icing Dynamo. Time is running out for SKA.
	55:10	Goal for SKA! Out of the blue the home side get their first goal in this series! ALEXANDER KUCHERYAVENKO deflected a shot from the right wing by Igor Makarov into the net from short distance! He stood right to the net and his deflection went in with a lob into the left top corner! What a beauty! Assisted by Igor Makarov and Anton Burdasov.
	55:55	Tikhonov loses the puck inside the guests' zone after taking a hi by Kvapil.
	56:13	Another icing by the guests.
	56:13	Timeout Dynamo!
	56:36	Yuri Babenko (Dynamo) gets two minutes for hooking. A huge chance for SKA now to further cut the guest lead!
	57:35	Long clearance by the guests after SKA weren't able to get a shot on goal.
	58:01	Timeout SKA!
	58:01	Ezhov stays on the bench. 6 on 4 advantage on the ice now for SKA who take the full risk!
	58:20	Thoresen with a shot from the right wing that is deflected by Derlyuk!
	58:42	The puck lay just in front of the guest net uncovered but nobody of the hosts were able to react fast enough!
	59:08	Goal for SKA! Out of a large crowd in front of the guest net, ALEXANDER KUCHERYAVENKO made it 2-3!!! Without assist.
	59:40	Huge save by Yeryomenko from short distance!
	59:56	Dynamo miss the empty net!
	60:00	Game over.
		Dynamo also showed a great team effort during most of the third period. With two late goals though SKA cut the guest lead to just one and the home side even had a really big opportunity to score the equalizer with just 20 seconds left on the clock! in the end Dynamo saved the 3-2 and won game #1 of this series! Game #2 is played tomorrow at 14.00 CET, again in St. Petersburg! We cover this one for you aswell! Stay tuned! Shots on goal: SKA 11 (30) – Dynamo 7 (27) (18:58:54)

Commentary by

Dennis Mende

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 56. Kucheryavenko (Makarov, Burdasov), 60. Kucheryavenko – 1. Babenko (Jalasvaara), 20. Kasyanchuk (Granak, Novak), 38. Kasyanchuk (Sopin)

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

Dynamo Moscow: Yeryomenko (Sharychenkov) – Novak, Granak, Derlyuk, Jalasvaara, Gorokhov, Mironov, Barantsev – Soin, Babenko, Konkov, Tsvetkov, Kokarev, Petruzalek, Gorovikov, Sopin, Kasyanchuk, Shafigulin, Mosalyov, Kvapil, Lukin

Referees: Gusev, Kadyrov – Gordenko, Tomilov

1st period
	00:44
	17:37
	19:12
1st intermission
2nd period
	30:00
	34:39
	35:10
	37:51
	39:33
	39:35
2nd intermission
3rd period
	43:30
	46:11
	47:26
	55:10
	56:36
	59:08
Final