KHL
Ak Bars – Traktor 3:1 (end)
final
Ak Bars Kazan
3:1 (0:0, 2:0, 1:1)
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Sunday 24.03.2013, 14:00 • KHL
     
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    Ak Bars had few problems to defend their 2-0 lead for most of the third period. Only when Bulis scored for Traktor out of the blue, the situation changed. A stupid penalty by Kostitsyn though led to the 3-1 for the hosts in power play which made everything clear for Ak Bars who now have a 2-0 lead in this series which continues in Chelyabinsk on Wednesday.

    Shots on goal: Ak Bars 16 (34) – Traktor 7 (22)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:29
    Stanislav Chistov (Traktor) gets four minutes for roughing.
     
    59:29
    Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars) gets four minutes for roughing.
     
    57:59
    Alexei Vasilchenko (Traktor) gets two minutes for hooking. He had lost the puck against Evgeny Medvedev in the Ak Bars zone and didn't know how to stop his counter attack otherwise in the neutral zone.
     
    57:05
    Evgeny Kuznetsov with a shot from left to the Ak Bars net that goes wide.
     
    55:21
    Goal for AK Bars!


    With a pass from the blue line Medvedev found Pesonen on the right circle who gave the puck towards the middle from where JARKKO IMMONEN fired a shot into the right bottom corner for the 3-1 Ak Bars lead in power play!

    Assisted by Janne Pesonen and Evgeny Medvedev.
     
    55:01
    Dangerous cross-pass by the hosts in front of the Traktor net but it was deflected wide.
     
    53:57
    Andrei Kostitsyn (Traktor) gets two minutes for tripping. Very stupid penalty inside the Ak Bars zone which could mean the end of their race to catch up for the guests!
     
    53:29
    The hosts win a face off in their own zone and clear the situation for a while.
     
    52:36
    Goal for Traktor!


    Evgeny Kuznetsov won the puck in the neutral zone, went past two opponents and made a pass towards the right circle from where JAN BULIS found the left top corner with a well-placed shot! Traktor cut the deficit to the half!

    Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov and Vyacheslav Belov.
     
    52:09
    With a nice solo Evgeny Kuznetsov went past two defensemen but from a half left position his shot went wide past the right post.
     
    51:00
    There is not much time left in this match for Traktor but they are increasing their efforts.
     
    49:36
    Traktor's Chistov had to break up an attack at the Ak Bars blue line and skated back towards his own zone where he lost the puck to an opponent but his team colleagues reconquered the puck immidiately!
     
    47:30
    Kazan are dominating the third period completely without letting Traktor a chance to come back into this match.
     
    47:18
    Another long distance shot by the guets from the right wing that goes wide without danger...
     
    46:34
    Ak Bars with a shot from short distance, blocked over the crossbar by the once more strong Garnett!
     
    44:48
    Long distance shot by the guests, no danger for Barulin.
     
    43:05
    Wrap around by the hosts through Zherdev, stopped by Garnett.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 33. Kulyash (Medvedev, Pesonen), 39. Zaripov (Morozov, Kapanen), 56. Immonen (Pesonen, Medvedev) – 53. Bulis (Kuznetsov, Belov)

    Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin (Garipov) – Nikulin, Korneyev, Kulyash, Medvedev, Zakharchuk, Khomitsky, Yarullin – Zaripov, Kapanen, Morozov, Pesonen, Immonen, Obukhov, Tereshchenko, Lukoyanov, Petrov, Bodrov, Golubev, Zherdev
    Traktor Chelyabinsk: Garnett (Mezin) – Quint, Ryabykin, Vasilchenko, Belov, Katichev, Razin, Shinin, Nesterov – Chistov, Bulis, Kuznetsov, Kontiola, Yakutsenya, Kostitsyn, Popov, Glinkin, Antipov, Lemtyugov, Nichushkin, Karpov
    Referees: Anisimov, Gashilov – Birin, Medvedev