KHL
Ak Bars – Traktor 1:2 (end)
final
Ak Bars Kazan
1:2 (0:0, 0:1, 1:1)
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Thursday 04.04.2013, 17:00 • KHL
     
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    A last minute goal by Andrei Kostitsyn wins game #7 of the Eastern Conference finals for Traktor and sends his team to the Gagarin Cup finals for the first time in their history after a race to catch up that turned around completely a 1-3 deficit in the series! In the finals they will face Dynamo Moscow!

    Shots on goal: Ak Bars 9 (31) – Traktor 6 (23)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:44
    Huge short distance shot by Zaripov, goes just wide!
     
    59:30
    Barulin leaves his net for an extra attacker!
     
    59:30
    Goal for Traktor!


    Is this the very late decision in favour of the guests? Petri Kontiola received the puck at the right circle, gave a perfect cross pass towards the far corner and from there ANDREI KOSTITSYN sent the puck past Barulin for the 2-1 guest lead! This strike came completely out of nowhere!

    Assisted by Petri Kontiola and Maxim Yakutsenya.
     
    58:56
    Garnett is in the corner on time to clear the situation...
     
    58:32
    Very dangerous shot from the blue line, at height of the left wing, by Medvedev. The puck went just past the right top corner!
     
    58:00
    The last two minutes of regulation were just announced.
     
    57:42
    Shot by Traktor's Kuznetsov from a half left position, blocked by a defender.
     
    57:23
    The guests are back at full strength.
     
    57:18
    Deron Quint blocks a puck with his body after a shot by Alexei Tereshchenko. The hosts are not happy with the following break in play.
     
    56:58
    Ilya Nikulin with a shot from the blue line that is deflected over the glass.
     
    56:23
    Now also an offside call on the other side of the ice against Ak Bars' Danis Zaripov.
     
    55:38
    Offside call against Traktor's Deron Quint.
     
    55:23
    Stanislav Chistov (Traktor) gets two minutes for hooking. In such a crucial situation Ak Bars now have the opportunity to win this game!
     
    55:15
    Delayed penalty against Traktor.
     
    54:35
    The hosts are now going for the win in regulation!
     
    54:07
    Goal for AK Bars!


    Nice combination by the hosts on the left wing and the cross-pass comes to the second post from where JANNE PESONEN had no problems at all to send the puck over the goal line for the deserved equalizer!

    Assisted by Dmitry Obukhov and Jarkko Immonen.
     
    53:40
    Valery Nichushkin wins the puck inside the Ak Bars zone after a weak pass by Pesonen but he was stopped behind the net!
     
    52:50
    Ak Bars are incrasing the pressure by every minute but so far the Traktor defense were able to keep the puck outside of their own net. Everything is still possible in this match!
     
    51:35
    Garnett allows a rebound but Zaripov is not there in time to reach the puck!
     
    50:55
    Now there is an offside call against the hosts.
     
    50:37
    Icing Traktor.
     
    50:00
    Nikulin with a lot of space in front of him at the guest blue line but he loses the puck to the last defender...
     
    49:19
    Kuznetsov with a fast counter for Traktor but nobody followed his example so that he was all alone and his shot from just right to the Ak Bars net was no danger for Barulin.
     
    48:39
    Incredible double save by guest goalie Garnett against two short distance shots! Keeps his team the small lead!
     
    47:45
    The home fans are getting more and more nervous as almost 50 minutes are over and their team has not yet scored!
     
    47:43
    Another blue line shot by the hosts and again a defender was in between.
     
    47:02
    Counter over the right wing for Traktor's Kostitsyn but he has to skate behind the net where he loses the puck...
     
    46:43
    Blue line shot by the home side, over the crossbar.
     
    45:00
    Powerful high shot by Zaripov from the left circle but Garnett is able to catch it.
     
    43:59
    Medvedev with a shot from short distance that goes just wide!
     
    42:30
    Not very surprising the home side have taken over the initiative completly at the moment as only a win would give them entry to the Gagarin Cup finals!
     
    40:56
    Morozov with the first shot on goal of the period but from short distance he is stopped by the strong guest goalie Garnett.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    In another relatively even period both sides had two big scoring opportunities and the difference was that guests Traktor Chelyabinsk were able to use one of theirs through Vladmir Antipov!

    Shots on goal: Ak Bars 11 (22) – Traktor 8 (17)
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:29
    Alexei Tereshchenko skates behind the guest net and gives the puck back to the slot which almost lead to a Traktor counter...
     
    38:08
    Zherdev with a nice run over the right wing, gives the puck to the left side but his team collague missed it just inches in front of the Traktor net!
     
    37:23
    Shot from the left wing by the hosts, no danger for Garnett who made an easy pad save.
     
    36:49
    Wrap-around try by Morozov but Garnett makes the save!
     
    35:42
    Fast attack by the guests over Valery Nichushkin who gave a perfect cross-pass to his team colleague Petri Kontiola who deflected the puck just over the crossbar from short distance!
     
    35:00
    The goal against has clearly shocked the hosts who feel the pressure to make it to the Gagarin Cup finals!
     
    33:17
    Medvedev with a shot for Ak Bars from the blue line, into the crowd...
     
    32:41
    Nichushkin with the next opportunity for Traktor but his shot from the right circle was blocked to the side by Barulin.
     
    31:14
    Goal for Traktor!


    With a few seconds left in the Traktor power play the guests get the lead! Deron Quint conquered the puck in the slot and gave a pass to the right to VLADIMIR ANTIPOV whose shot from a half right position went in past Barulin!

    Assisted by Deron Quint and Andrei Kostitsyn.
     
    30:45
    Ak Bars with a lot of puck possession in their own zone, wait for the end of this 4 on 4.
     
    29:19
    Konstantin Korneyev (Ak Bars) gets two minutes for hooking – a long 4 on 4 will follow now.
     
    28:46
    Jan Bulis (Traktor) gets two minutes for slashing.
     
    28:46
    Great individual work by Petrov who tried it with a wrap-around which he had to break up but then his short distance shot was stopped by Garnett!!!
     
    27:17
    The guests are back at full strength.
     
    26:40
    The hosts have a lot of trouble to find a whole in the Traktor defense...
     
    25:49
    Long clearance by the guests and Ak Bars have to restart their attack behind their own net.
     
    25:17
    Vyacheslav Belov (Traktor) gets two minutes for slashing.
     
    23:35
    Long pass to Popov who waited at the left wing but the Traktor forward skated into an offside position.
     
    23:01
    The hosts are back at full strength.
     
    22:25
    Kontiola with a dangerous cross-pass just in front of the Ak Bars net but his team colleague Yakutsenya missed the puck!
     
    21:58
    One-timer from the right circle by one of the Traktor forwards but an easy save for Barulin.
     
    21:01
    Alexei Morozov (Ak Bars) gets two minutes for tripping.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    In an even first period with only few really big scoring opportunities none of the teams were able to score so that the result is a fair 0-0 after 20 minutes.

    Shots on goal: Ak Bars 11 – Traktor 9
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    18:38
    Long solo by Ak Bars defender Ilya Nikulin but he loses the puck on the right wing after not finding a team colleague in a good position for a pass...
     
    17:02
    The guests are back at full strength.
     
    16:59
    Nice combination between several Ak Bars players but they are not able to create real danger...
     
    16:26
    Traktor with a fast counter attack but they lose the puck in the Ak Bars zone.
     
    15:32
    Traktor's Dmitry Ryabykin clearly hit his opponent Dmitry Obukhov into the face with a high stick on the wing but no penalty according to the referees. Luck for the guests!
     
    15:02
    Andrei Kostitsyn (Traktor) gets two minutes for interference. It's the first penalty of this game.
     
    13:48
    Jan Bulis with a shot from a half right position and Barulin allows a rebound but Traktor forward Kuznetsov was not fast enough to get the puck half a metre away from the right post.
     
    12:15
    Double chance for Pesonen from short distance but both times the Ak Bars forward is denied by Garnett.
     
    11:58
    Alexei Tereshchenko with a shot from the left circle into the gloves of Garnett, no danger.
     
    10:52
    Break away for Ak Bars forward Zaripov but Garnett stays the winner in the 1-on-1 situation! Best chance so far in this game!
     
    10:18
    A shot by Golubev from the left wing didn't make it's way through the crowd and guest goalie Garnett then was able to clear the situation.
     
    09:02
    One-timer by Maxim Yakutsenya from the right circle, no problems for Barulin.
     
    07:52
    Evgeny Kuznetsov won the puck back for the guests inside the Ak Bars zone and the puck came to his team colleague Chistov but his shot from the right circle was not precise enough so that Barulin made an easy save.
     
    07:30
    Traktor make the better impression so far but Ak Bars are slowly but steadily finding into the game.
     
    05:58
    Korneyev with a blue line shot for Kazan but the shot goes wide past the far post.
     
    04:36
    The guests tried it with a wrap-around but had to break it up and gave the puck behind the net to Petri Kontiola who failed from short distance just right to the net!
     
    03:05
    Danis Zaripov with a short distance shot for the home side but Garnett paid attention and made the save!
     
    02:13
    Traktor's Antipov with a shot from the blue line, at height of the right wing, goes just wide.
     
    01:14
    First good opportunity of the match, for the guests from Chelyabinsk. After a nice solo run their forward was stopped in the last moment by Ak Bars goalie Barulin.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    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 (Fokin) – Quint, Ryabykin, Vasilchenko, Belov, Katichev, Razin, Shinin, Nesterov – Chistov, Bulis, Kuznetsov, Kontiola, Yakutsenya, Kostitsyn, Popov, Nichushkin, Antipov, Lemtyugov, Glinkin, Karpov

    Referees: Gofman, Ronn – Sivov, Shelyanin
     
    Today Ak Bars Kazan and Traktor Chelyabinsk face for the 7th and last game of KHL's Eastern Conference finals. The winner takes it all, so that we can expect a very passionate game from both teams! Who makes it to the Gagarin Cup finals, we'll see very soon!
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 55. Pesonen (Obukhov, Immonen) – 32. Antipov (Quint, Kostitsyn), 60. Kostitsyn (Kontiola, Yakutsenya)

    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 (Fokin) – Quint, Ryabykin, Vasilchenko, Belov, Katichev, Razin, Shinin, Nesterov – Chistov, Bulis, Kuznetsov, Kontiola, Yakutsenya, Kostitsyn, Popov, Nichushkin, Antipov, Lemtyugov, Glinkin, Karpov
    Referees: Gofman, Ronn – Sivov, Shelyanin