KHL
Traktor – Ak Bars 3:2 (end)
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Traktor Chelyabinsk
3:2 (2:0, 0:1, 1:1)
Ak Bars Kazan
Tuesday 02.04.2013, 15:00 • KHL
     
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    Traktor Chelyabinsk looked very nervous after Morozov scored the second goal for Ak Bars but in the end they survived the pressure and won with 3-2 to force a 7th and last game in this Eastern Conference final series against Ak Bars Kazan!

    Shots on goal: Traktor 6 (23) – Ak Bars 9 (26)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    60:00
    Evgeny Kuznetsov (Traktor) gets a 10 minute misconduct penalty.
     
    59:38
    Deron Quint won the puck for Traktor in the neutral zone but lost it at the blue line! That was not yet the decisiion!
     
    58:45
    Timeout by Ak Bars and they continue without their goalie but with an additional attacker!
     
    58:40
    Amazing save by Garnett against a one-timer from one metre distance by Zaripov!!!
     
    57:49
    In the following counter attack Kostitsyn was stopped in the 1-on-1 by Barulin!
     
    57:39
    Dmitry Obukhov with a shot from the left circle towards the left bottom corner but Garnett makes the save!
     
    57:14
    After the guests won a faceoff at the left circle Garnett made an easy glove save.
     
    56:15
    Not much time left in regulation for Ak Bars to force the equalizer but they are taking over the iniative!
     
    54:35
    Goal for AK Bars!


    Out of the blue the guests have cut the Traktor lead to just one! ALEXEI MOROZOV surprised Garnett with a shot from a half right position!

    Assisted by Ilya Nikulin.
     
    53:13
    Break away for Traktor's Valery Nichushkin but a defender stopped him in the last moment!
     
    52:00
    It is a game into one direction currently. Traktor have more and the better chances despite Ak Bars having the two-goal deficit...
     
    49:52
    Glinkin missed the puck just in front of the Ak Bars net... what a waste!
     
    48:46
    Traktor's Kostitsyn with a shot from a central position, deflected over the crossbar.
     
    47:32
    Next dangerous attack by the home side but Stanislav Chistov lost the puck against two defensemen behind the net.
     
    45:53
    Goal for Traktor!


    Vladimir Antipov conquered the puck behind the Ak Bars net and gave a brilliant cross-pass in front of Barulin to his team colleague ANDREI POPOV who had no problems to make it 3-1 from short distance! What an important strike for Traktor at this stage of the hockey game!

    Assisted by Vladimir Antipov.
     
    45:49
    Shot by Lemtyugov from the left circle into the gloves of Barulin.
     
    45:29
    For a moment the way was free for a counter attack by the hosts over Maxim Yakutsenya but he waited too long and had to break it up in the neutral zone...
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 9. Bulis (Chistov, Kuznetsov), 11. Glinkin (Karpov), 46. Popov (Antipov) – 28. Golubev (Lukoyanov, Zherdev), 55. Morozov (Nikulin)

    Traktor Chelyabinsk: Garnett (Fokin) – Quint, Ryabykin, Vasilchenko, Belov, Katichev, Razin, Shinin, Nesterov – Chistov, Bulis, Kuznetsov, Kontiola, Yakutsenya, Kostitsyn, Popov, Nichushkin, Antipov, Lemtyugov, Glinkin, 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: Anisimov, Odins – Morozov, Shikhanov