CLJ 5:6 KZN | Traktor Chelyabinsk - Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)

KHL

Traktor – Ak Bars

5:6 (after OT)

final/OT

Traktor Chelyabinsk

5:6 (2:1, 2:2, 1:2, 0:1)

Ak Bars Kazan

Thursday 28.03.2013, 14:00 • KHL

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		What a huge setback for Traktor Chelyabinsk! In game #4 they had a 2-0 and 5-3 lead but ended losing 5-6 in overtime to lay 1-3 behind in the best of seven series against Ak Bars Kazan! Shots on goal: Traktor 13 (39) – Ak Bars 6 (30)
		Game over.
	76:48	Goal for AK Bars! Completely out of the blue DANIS ZARIPOV scores the game winner for the guests!!! He received the puck right to the net and fired a shot into the wide open net past Garnett who was out of position for a moment! Assisted by Evgeny Medvedev.
	76:18	Yakutsenya with the next opportunity for the home side, into the gloves of Barulin.
	74:41	Belov with the attempt of a wrap-around but Barulin was in the corner on time.
	73:12	Maxim Yakutsenya with a try from right to the guest net, blocked by the goalie.
	72:35	Again a shot by Kuznetsov but this time a defender is in between.
	71:59	Great solo run by Evgeny Kuznetsov but the Traktor forward missed the net from a sharp angle!
	69:07	The hosts win the faceoff and hit the left goal post! What a chance!
	69:05	Harmless shot by Chistov into the gloves of Barulin.
	68:37	A Traktor forward waited very long behind the guest net. As he found no team colleague to pass the puck to he tried it with a wrap-around that was blocked by Barulin.
	67:24	The match has calmed down significantly in the last minutes. It looks like none of the teams want to risk more than necessary.
	65:07	Shot by Kostitsyn from the right circle, easy save for Barulin.
	64:34	Obukhov with a shot from short distance but he missed the net!
	63:31	The guests finally try it themselves with some offense but the angle during the shot from the left wing was a bit too sharp.
	61:49	Popov with the next shot on goal for Traktor from a half left position!
	61:20	Next good opportunity for the home side but the shot out of the air from short distance was blocked in the last moment!
	60:57	First really big chance of the overtime when Traktor hit the crossbar with a shot from a half left position.
	60:01	Overtime began.
		Hosts Traktor controlled the third period mostly and were rewarded with a 5-3 lead but after they failed to use a four minute power play the guests from Kazan saw their chance coming and scored a double within 30 seconds of the 56th minute to get this crazy match into overtime! It's already the 3rd overtime in the 4th match of this series. Shots on goal: Traktor 6 (26) – Ak Bars 7 (24)
	60:00	3rd period finished.
	59:19	After the guests won the face off at the right circle Garnett made another glove save before he was attacked by an opponent.
	59:13	Very hard shot by Kazan's Denis Kulyash from the right wing, glove save by Garnett.
	58:00	Two minutes left in regulation. Do we see overtime or does one of the teams get a lucky punch?
	56:21	Yakutsensya with a shot from a half right position that goes wide.
	56:15	Traktor make an extremly shaky impression now!
	55:35	Goal for AK Bars! And there it is!!! Ak Bars get the equalizer! LAURIS DARZINS received a brilliant pass by Alexei Tereshchenko just in front of Garnett, stopped the puck with his skates and fired a back hander into the right bottom corner for the 5-5!!! Double for the guests within just 30 seconds! Assisted by Alexei Tereshchenko.
	55:05	Goal for AK Bars! Out of the blue ALEXEI MOROZOV brings Ak Bars back into fighting distance with a well-placed shot into the right top corner from a central position! That will be five very tough minutes for Traktor! Assisted by Evgeny Medvedev.
	54:00	The guests are back at full strength.
	53:13	Blue line shot by the hosts, goes wide. It almost looks like they rather want to take the time off the clock than to go for the next goal.
	52:00	The first half of the Ak Bars penalty is over without Traktor having been able to create any danger.
	50:00	Danis Zaripov (Ak Bars) gets four minutes for high-sticking. The big opporunity now for the home side to decide this match.
	49:36	Goal for Traktor! Fast attack by the home side and they make it 5-3!!! Maxim Yakutsenya with a run over the middel lane, stops close to the Ak Bars net, and gives a perfect pass to his team colleague PETRI KONTIOLA whose shot from short distance went past Barulin who had absolutely no chance to stop this one! Assisted by Maxim Yakutsenya.
	47:45	It's more or less the same picture on both ends of the ice. The teams are able to get the puck into the corners but then they lose it...
	46:15	Traktor have a lot of puck possession but aren't able to create any danger mos recently.
	44:29	Strong penalty killing by the hosts who barely allowed a shot on goal and now are back at full strength.
	42:29	Gennady Razin (Traktor) gets two minutes for holding.
	41:17	On the other side of the ice Petri Kontiola's shot from just right to the guest net was stopped from short distance by Barulin.
	41:06	Dmitry Obukhov tries it with a wrap-around at the left post but is stopped by a Traktor defender!
	40:40	A first dangerous shot on goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov in this third period but Barulin deflects the puck over the crossbar.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		The guests from Kazan started very aggressively into the second period and were rewarded with two fast goals to turn the match around completely into their favour. Afterwards an open match with good opportunities on both sides developed and two late power play goals by Jan Bulis gave Traktor the lead back! Shots on goal: Traktor 9 (20) – Ak Bars 8 (17)
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:04	Goal for Traktor! After an excellent pass from left to the Ak Bars net it was JAN BULIS who fired the puck in from short distance to make it 4-3 for the home side, again in power play! Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov and Stanislav Chistov.
	38:01	Stepan Zakharchuk (Ak Bars) gets two minutes for slashing.
	37:24	One-timer by Obukhov from a central position, big save by Garnett!
	36:52	Goal for Traktor! After a shot by Dmitry Ryabykin from the right wing JAN BULIS deflected the puck into the net from short distance for the 3-3 early in this power play!!! What a game! Assisted by Dmitry Ryabykin and Deron Quint.
	36:39	One-timer by Bulis from short distance but he didn't hit the puck well...
	36:08	Vadim Khomitsky (Ak Bars) gets two minutes for holding.
	35:50	Big opportunity for Traktor's Evgeny Kuznetsov who went past two defensemen before he was stopped by guest goalie Barulin when he tried to deke him out!
	34:50	Ak Bars win the face off but the following shot is gloved by Garnett.
	34:47	High risk by Michael Garnett who allowed a rebound after a short distance shot and then left his net uncovered to block the next try by the guests!
	34:24	Anton Glinkin with the next opportunity for Traktor but his shot from a central position went wide.
	33:10	After a won face off at the right circle one of the guest defenders had a blue line shot but it went wide.
	32:39	Stanislav Chistov with a shot for Traktor from left to the guest net but he is stopped easily by Barulin.
	32:12	Long pass by the guests towards the blue line at the Traktor zone but their forward wasn't able to controll the puck.
	30:30	Traktor look completely shocked after receiving three goals against in such a short time but slowly they are trying to find back into the match.
	27:19	Wrap-around try by the guests, pad save by Garnett. Ak Bars are closer to the next goal than Traktor!
	26:19	Goal for AK Bars! Fast attack by the guests over the left wing and ARTYOM LUKOYANOV scores from a sharp angle – the puck was also deflected from the back of Garnett into the net – to make it 3-2 for Ak Bars and to turn the match around completely! Assisted by Denis Golubev and Denis Kulyash.
	25:25	On the other side of the ice Barulin made a huge pad save against a shot from the left circle.
	25:01	Dangerous shot by the guests from the right circle but Garnett made a brilliant save and crashed into the net by doing so!
	24:33	Goal for AK Bars! DENIS KULYASH received the puck inside the neutral zone, skated over the left wing and his powerful shot from the left circle find its way into the right bottom corner for the equalizer for Kazan! It looked like Garnett was a bit out of position. Without assist.
	23:15	Ak Bary try to take over the initiatve but the Traktor defense stands well.
	21:30	Traktor are the more active side in this period so far without getting a huge chance.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		In an even first period with few scoring chances the home side Traktor took an early lead after a nice solo run by Nichushkin that was later doubled by the hosts with a blue line shot. With a very lucky power play goal where a clearance hit the skates of Morozov the guests made it 2-1. Shots on goal: Traktor 11 – Ak Bars 9
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:35	Chances on both sides. First Barulin allowed a rebound but the following shot by a Traktor forward with the wide open net in front of him was deflected by a defender. On the other side of the ice Garnett stopped a break away!
	18:44	Goal for AK Bars! With a strange goal the guests cut the deficit to the half! A Traktor defender wanted to clear a puck left to the home net but his clearance was deflected in by the skates of ALEXEI MOROZOV in power play for the 2-1! Without assist.
	18:32	Evgeny Kuznetsov (Traktor) gets two minutes for hooking.
	18:13	Doule chance for the guests – first a shot from short distance, then a wrap-around – but both times Garnett made the save!
	15:44	Goal for Traktor! Suddenly the puck is in for the 2-0 lead for Traktor!!! Alexei Vasilchenko received the puck at the blue line, at height of the right wing, and tried it with a fast shot that went in past Barulin who barely was able to see the puck with two players standing in front of him! It looks like MAXIM YAKUTSENYA gave the puck the decisive deflection! The Ak Bars goalie did not look good here though. Assisted by Alexei Vasilchenko and Petrio Kontiola.
	14:33	Shot by Kuznetsov from a half right position, goes just wide!
	14:23	Finally some offense again but the Traktor forward missed a pass from the right circle just in front of Barulin...
	13:10	At the moment the puck stays mostly in the neutral zone and the teams fail to create any major danger.
	11:52	Close distance shot by the hosts, stopped by Barulin.
	11:19	Dangerous shot by Ak Bars' Petrov from the blue line that went straight towards the left top corner but Garnett made a stick save!
	09:48	Wrap-around try by the hosts but Barulin covered the corner up in time.
	08:35	Obukhov loses the puck on the left wing and almost causes a Traktor counter...
	07:52	Misdirected pass by the hosts in the neutral zone but the Ak Bars forward had to break up the attack as he was all alone.
	06:02	Lukoyanov with a shot from the left circle, pad save by Garnett. Ak Bars are taking over the initiative now.
	05:28	Danis Zaripov with a short distance shot for the guests, blocked by Garnett.
	04:45	The guests from Kazan weren't able to keep the puck inside the Traktor zone and when they went back in there was an offside call.
	04:07	A first "attack" by the guests but the shot from a central position was blocked by a defender.
	02:57	Goal for Traktor! With the first dangerous shot in this match VALERY NICHUSHKIN scores the early lead for the home side! He received the puck at the right circle, left two opponents behind and then fired the puck into the right corner from short distance with the last defender coming too late! What a start by Traktor! Assisted by Nikita Nesterov.
	01:45	Offensive start by the home side with Ak Bars concentrating on their defense.
	00:01	Game started.
		Starting lineups: Traktor Chelyabinsk: Garnett (Mezin) – Katichev, Razin, Quint, Ryabykin, Vasilchenko, Belov, Shinin, Nesterov – Popov, Glinkin, Antipov, Chistov, Bulis, Kuznetsov, Kontiola, Yakutsenya, Kostitsyn, Nichushkin, Osnovin, Karpov Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin (Garipov) – Nikulin, Korneyev, Kulyash, Medvedev, Zakharchuk, Khomitsky, Yarullin – Zaripov, Kapanen, Morozov, Pesonen, Immonen, Obukhov, Darzins, Tereshchenko, Petrov, Golubev, Lukoyanov, Zherdev Referees: Bulanov, Gusev – Zakharenkov, Sadovnikov
		After two away losses at the start of this Eastern Conference final series Traktor Chelyabinsk beat Ak Bars Kazan with 1-0 OT in game #3 to cut their deficit in the series to 1-2. Today in game #4 Traktor have the chance to improve their situation even more. If they manage to do so or if Ak Bars make a huge step towards KHL's Gagarin Cup finals, 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: 3. Nichushkin (Nesterov), 16. Yakutsenya (Vasilchenko, Kontiola), 37. Bulis (Ryabykin, Quint), 40. Bulis (Kuznetsov, Chistov), 50. Kontiola (Yakutsenya) – 19. Morozov, 25. Kulyash, 27. Lukoyanov (Golubev, Kulyash), 56. Morozov (Medvedev), 56. Darzins (Tereshchenko), 77. Zaripov (Medvedev)

Traktor Chelyabinsk: Garnett (Mezin) – Katichev, Razin, Quint, Ryabykin, Vasilchenko, Belov, Shinin, Nesterov – Popov, Glinkin, Antipov, Chistov, Bulis, Kuznetsov, Kontiola, Yakutsenya, Kostitsyn, Nichushkin, Osnovin, Karpov

Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin (Garipov) – Nikulin, Korneyev, Kulyash, Medvedev, Zakharchuk, Khomitsky, Yarullin – Zaripov, Kapanen, Morozov, Pesonen, Immonen, Obukhov, Darzins, Tereshchenko, Petrov, Golubev, Lukoyanov, Zherdev

Referees: Bulanov, Gusev – Zakharenkov, Sadovnikov

1st period
	02:57
	15:44
	18:32
	18:44
1st intermission
2nd period
	24:33
	26:19
	36:08
	36:52
	38:01
	39:04
2nd intermission
3rd period
	42:29
	49:36
	50:00
	55:05
	55:35
After 3rd period
Overtime
	76:48
Final/OT