KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Dynamo 2:4 (end) | Ak Bars – Traktor 2:1 (after OT)
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SKA St. Petersburg
2:4 (1:3, 1:1, 0:0)
Dynamo Moscow
Saturday 23.03.2013, 14:00 • KHL
     
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    Dynamo had few problems to defend their 4-2 lead during the last 20 minutes. SKA just were not able to create enough danger to cut the two-goal deficit once more so that Dynamo take a 2-0 lead after the two matches in St. Petersburg. The series continues on Tuesday in Moscow where Dynamo could already make a huge step towards the Gagarin Cup finals!

    Shots on goal: SKA 13 (43) – Dynamo 6 (21)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:58
    A last distance shot by Dallman that goes wide...
     
    59:47
    Kalinin with a hard shot from a central position, blocked by Yeryomenko.
     
    59:38
    Lots of traffic in front of Yeryomenko. First one of the referees was checked to the ground and then two players crashed into Yeryomenko for another break.
     
    59:00
    A minute is left on the clock. SKA aren't able to create any danger while Dynamo don't get the puck for the decision.
     
    58:15
    Ezhov skated towards the bench. SKA play without a goalie now but with an additional attacker!
     
    58:11
    SKA's Varnakov with a shot from the left wing into the glovesof Yeryomenko.
     
    57:42
    Dallman with a shot from a half left position, goes wide.
     
    56:29
    2-on-1 counter for Dynamo and Mosalyov tries it himself with a shot from short distance that is blocked by Ezhov!
     
    54:56
    Dynamo's Kokarev with a nice move against his opponent, fires the puck from the right wing into the gloves of Ezhov.
     
    54:23
    Blue line shot by Dallman, goes wide.
     
    54:08
    Andrei Pervyshin with a blue line shot at height of the left wing, into the gloves of Yeryomenko.
     
    53:48
    Big opportunity for the guests! Kokarev made a nice move past his opponent and then found Tsvetkov with a long cross-pass from the blue line towards the right circle but Tsvetkov didn't hit the puck well with his stick and Ezhov was able to cover the puck up!
     
    53:09
    Dangerous pass by Varnakov but guest goalie Yeryomenko had his stick in between.
     
    51:48
    The guests are back at full strength.
     
    51:17
    Thoresen with a shot from just left to the guest net but Yeryomenko made an easy pad save.
     
    50:53
    The hosts are again pushed out of the Dynamo zone.
     
    50:22
    Panarin loses the puck at the Dynamo blue line which costs the home side valuable seconds in their power play.
     
    49:48
    Sergei Soin (Dynamo) gets two minutes for hooking.
     
    49:13
    Tikhonov with a shot from a central position but no team colleague was there to take the rebound.
     
    48:30
    So far the home side barely has a chance in this third period. Dynamo with little offense which is enough for them to defend their two-goal lead.
     
    46:00
    The home fans are getting impatient with their team. Currently Dynamo have the initiative.
     
    44:03
    Afinogenov with a good opportunity from short distance but the SKA forward fired the puck over the crossbar!
     
    43:15
    The guests just wait for counter attacks and concentrate on their defense. It's simple tactics but it works very well for Dynamo in this series by now.
     
    41:47
    Icing Dynamo.
     
    41:15
    Dynamo start with a lot of pressure into the period.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    The hosts once more were the more active side and came back with the 2-3 in a 5 on 3 power play but Dynamo answered already two minutes later to restore their two-goal lead! The efficiency of the guests makes the difference so far in this series.

    Shots on goal: SKA 17 (30) – Dynamo 6 (15)
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:00
    You only hear the Dynamo fans inside the arena. They are celebrating the performance of their team while the home fans have all reason in the world to worry for the qualification to the Gagarin Cup finals.
     
    38:23
    Big hit against Dallman inside the Dynamo zone but no penalty follows.
     
    36:30
    Blue line shot at height of the right wing into the gloves of Ezhov.
     
    35:07
    Kokarev with a bad shot from the left circle as he was pushed by his opponent.
     
    34:24
    Kokarev alone in the SKA zone together with the last defender, skates past him but his shot goes wide past the right post!
     
    33:59
    Tsvetkov twisting and turning right to the SKA net but his shot is gloved by Ezhov! The guests have the momentum now!
     
    32:22
    Goal for Dynamo!


    With a shot from the right circle MAREK KVAPIL made it 4-2 for Dynamo! What a fast answer by the guests! The shot went through the five hole of Ezhov and went over the goal line extremly slowly! Very unlucky!

    Assisted by Alexei Sopin.
     
    31:30
    The guests are back at full strength.
     
    30:02
    Goal for SKA!


    After Yeryomenko cleared the first try it was VIKTOR TIKHONOV who battled for the puck and fired it in from left to the guest net for the 2-3 in the 5 on 3, so that means SKA will stay in power play a little longer!

    Assisted by Kevin Dallman and Tony Martensson.
     
    29:30
    Ilya Gorokhov (Dynamo) gets two minutes for tripping – 5 on 3 power play now for SKA.
     
    28:55
    Double save by Yeryomenko against shots from short distance out of the crowd!
     
    28:45
    Dallman with a blue line shot, goes wide.
     
    28:17
    Sergei Soin (Dynamo) gets two minutes for holding the stick.
     
    28:10
    Delayed penalty against Dynamo.
     
    28:03
    Icing Dynamo.
     
    27:07
    Almost the break away but two defensemen skated faster than him and Semenov stopped him in the last moment!
     
    26:56
    Tsvetkov slipped and the Dynamo net was moved out of its original position.
     
    26:42
    SKA's Mikhail Varnakov dekes out a defender and then fires a blast towards the net from short distance that is stopped by Yeryomenko!
     
    26:33
    Ramstedt found no team colleague for a pass and tried it him self with a shot from the right wing that was blocked...
     
    25:02
    Maxim Afinogenov with a shot from the right wing that ends in a pad save by Yeryomenko but he was called back anyway for offside.
     
    24:44
    Konkov skated from the left circle towards the net but he was stopped by Afinogenov.
     
    24:31
    Blue line shot by the guests at height of the right wing but Ezhov makes the save!
     
    22:30
    By the way. Ezhov is in the SKA net for Kasutin since the start of the second period.
     
    22:23
    The guests are back at full strength.
     
    21:30
    The hosts had several good scoring opportunities already during their current power play but they failed to use one of them yet!
     
    20:23
    Sergei Konkov (Dynamo) gets two minutes for slashing. It's the first penalty of the game.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    SKA had the better start with several good scoring opportunities but Dynamo played extremely effective and took a 2-0 lead after just 12 minutes. After a mistake by the guest goalie SKA was back in the match but just a minute before the end of the period Sopin made it a lucky but not undeserved 3-1 lead for Dynamo after 20 minutes!

    Shots on goal: SKA 13 – Dynamo 9
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    18:47
    Goal for Dynamo!


    One-timer by ALEXEI SOPIN from the right circle into the right top corner! What a beauty to restore the two-goal lead for Dynamo!

    Assisted by Denis Kokarev.
     
    18:23
    What a save by the Dynamo goalie! The puck lay free in front of the net and the following blast from one metre distance he blocked!
     
    17:45
    Next shot by the hosts from short distance but Yeryomenko has it.
     
    16:42
    Blue line shot by the hosts, made it through the crowd but was blocked by Yeryomenko.
     
    15:20
    Goal for SKA!


    ANDREI PERVYSHIN just tried it with a shot from the neutral zone that went into the right corner to cut the guest lead to the half!! Yeryomenko didn't look good in this situation! The shot didn't look too dangerous!

    Assisted by Patrick Thoresen and Viktor Tikhonov.
     
    15:11
    Martensson with a long pass for Thoresen but he failed to score from short distance!
     
    13:30
    2-on-1 attack for SKA but when Burdasov tried to find his team colleague with a last cross-pass just in front of Yeryomenko the Dynamo goalie made a jump and blocked it in the last moment!
     
    11:34
    Goal for Dynamo!


    Incredible work by Denis Kokarev who won the puck in the SKA zone, went past two defensemen and skated behind the net from where he found DENIS MOSALYOV who scored into the right corner with a hard one-timer from short distance! This goal is 80% the work of Kokarev!

    Assisted by Denis Kokarev and Alexei Tsvetkov.
     
    09:40
    Kasyanchuk appeared completely alone in front of Kasutin but this time the goalie won the duel!
     
    09:14
    A shot by the guests from the right wing was deflected just in front of Kasutin but in the last moment the SKA goalie made a pad save!
     
    08:32
    Double chance for the home side! First Igor Makarov tried it with a wrap-around which was blocked by Yeryomenko and then Anton Burdasov tried to use the rebound to score into the left bottom corner but the Dynamo goalie made a save from short distance!
     
    07:23
    Goal for Dynamo!


    From a half left position KONSTANTIN KASYANCHUK tried it with a back hander that was blocked by Kasutin but with the rebound the Dynamo forward scored the lead for his team – completely out of the blue!

    Assisted by Konstantin Gorovikov and Filip Novak.
     
    06:30
    The hosts continue to controll the match while Dynamo concentrate on their defense.
     
    05:23
    Next good scoring opportunity for the home side but the shot from a central position goes wide.
     
    04:55
    Triple chance for SKA who had several rebounds but the hosts failed to get the puck into the back of the net!
     
    04:04
    Chudinov with a long distance shot from inside the neutral zone that goes wide.
     
    02:30
    Far better start by the hosts than yesterday. They play very aggressively with early pressing.
     
    01:19
    After a long pass Varnakov received the puck on the left wing but his shot from a sharp angle went wide!
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

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

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

    Referees: Gofman, Odins – Gordenko, Tomilov
     
    In game #1 of the Western Conference final series regular season winners SKA St. Petersburg lost at home 2-3 against Dynamo Moscow after a disappointing performance during most parts of the match. Only in the lats five minutes SKA played with the expected pressure and cut a 0-3 deficit to just one goal. Today they have the chance to make everything better in game #2. If they do so, we'll see soon!
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 13:00 GMT / 14:00 CET.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 16. Pervyshin (Thoresen, Tikhonov), 31. Tikhonov (Dallman, Martensson) – 8. Kasyanchuk (Gorovikov, Novak), 12. Mosalyov (Kokarev, Tsvetkov), 19. Sopin (Kokarev), 33. Kvapil (Sopin)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Kasutin (Ezhov) – Alexandrov, Dallman, Kalinin, Chudinov, Semenov, Pervyshin, Vorobyov, Berdyukov – Martensson, Tikhonov, Thoresen, Panarin, Varnakov, Ramstedt, Kucheryavenko, Makarov, Burdasov, Sigaryov, Artyukhin, Afinogenov
    Dynamo Moscow: Yeryomenko (Sharychenkov) – Novak, Granak, Jalasvaara, Vishnevsky, Derlyuk, Gorokhov, Barantsev, Mironov – Soin, Babenko, Konkov, Tsvetkov, Kokarev, Lukin, Gorovikov, Sopin, Kasyanchuk, Shafigulin, Mosalyov, Kvapil
    Referees: Gofman, Odins – Gordenko, Tomilov