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final
Avangard Omsk
5:2 (1:0, 3:1, 1:1)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Sunday 08.09.2013, 12:00 • KHL
     
    60:00
    Game over. (14:10:40)
     
    Daniil Romantsev (Lokomotiv) gets a game misconduct for head-butting.
     
    58:21
    Goal for Lokomotiv!

    Alexei Kruchinin heads to the net, gets stopped by the defender, however ALEXANDER CHERNIKOV is there to collect the free puck and put it past Teemu Lassila.
     
    57:49
    Goal for Avangard!

    Right as the powerplay ends, Denis Kazionov makes a cross ice pass to MIROSLAV BLATAK who puts it in the net.
     
    55:43
    David Ullstrom (Lokomotiv) heads to the box.
     
    55:10
    A great play Alexei Kruchinin who beats three Avangard's players and leaves the puck for Mikelis Redlihs to shoot. Lassila stops the puck.
     
    53:46
    Yaroslavl still on the attack.
     
    53:29
    Home team at full strength.
     
    52:24
    A short Lokomotiv's attack which ends as Omsk clears the puck.
     
    51:29
    Kazionov (Avangard) receives two minutes for slashing.
     
    51:29
    Emil Galimov reaches for the puck in front of Lassila's net, but gets illegally stopped by Denis Kazionov.
     
    50:31
    A shot on goal by Zakhar Arzamastsev.
     
    48:46
    Today's attendance is 7370.
     
    48:14
    A quiet third period so far.
     
    45:04
    A great chance for Denis Kazionov who enters the Lokomotiv's defensive zone, dekes past a defender. His shot goes wide.
     
    42:02
    Lokomotiv on the attack.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Avangard was clearly the more successful team in the second period. Although early in the stanza Lokomotiv managed to tie the game with a lucky powerplay goal, Omsk responded with three successive goals and an impressive 4:1 lead after fourty minutes.

    Shots on goal: Avangard 13 (25) – Lokomotiv 10 (18)
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:17
    Home team at full strength.
     
    38:23
    A lot of passing around, but no shots on the goal so far.
     
    37:17
    Denis Kazionov (Avangard) head to the box for hooking.
     
    37:03
    Sergei Plotnikov and Emil Galimov create a superb chance in the front of Avangard's net, but Teemu Lassila contains the situation.
     
    35:42
    Goal for Avangard!

    SERGEI KOSTITSYN head to the net, passes the puck behind the net to Perezhogin, immediately receives it back and beats Curtis Sanford.
     
    35:09
    Lokomotiv clears the puck.
     
    34:41
    Yury Petrov (Lokomotiv) earns two minutes in the offensive zone.
     
    33:25
    Goal for Avangard!

    ALEXANDER PEREZHOGIN enters the zone, dekes past Sergei Peretyagin and takes an unbeatable shot on the goal.
     
    32:34
    Icing by Yaroslavl.
     
    32:27
    Avangard continues their attack.
     
    32:11
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    31:11
    A strong shot by Zaborsky deflects from Sanford.
     
    30:11
    Emil Galimov (Avangard) heads to the box for hooking.
     
    27:43
    Goal for Avangard!

    Omsk need only a single attack to respond. Denis Kulyash passes the puck to TOMAS ZABORSKY who is alone in front of the net and leaves no options for Curtis Sanford. Avangard is back in the lead.
     
    27:19
    Goal for Lokomotiv!

    Staffan Kronwall passes the puck along the blue line to JONAS HOLOS who takes a shot on the goal that ricochets from Pivtsakin's stick and goes in.
     
    26:34
    Milyukov (Avangard) receives two minutes for hooking.
     
    25:37
    Avangard on yet another attack.
     
    24:14
    A chance for Tomas Zaborsky, but his wrist shot gets stopped by Sanford.
     
    23:35
    Kirill Lyamin with a strong slap shot from the blue line. It goes wide.
     
    20:53
    Home team at full strength.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    In the first twenty minutes of the game neither of the teams managed to create too many scoring chances. Still, in the first half of the period Lokomotiv earned several penalties, allowing Alexander Popov to open up the score for Avangard. In the second half Lokomotiv seemed to have the edge of the game, yet they couldn't beat Teemu Lassila in Omsk's net so far.

    Shots on goal: Avangard 12 – Lokomotiv 8
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    18:53
    Alexander Popov (Avangard) gets called for a penalty.
     
    15:06
    Lokomotiv creates its first scoring chance as Sergei Plotnikov finds his linemate right in front of the net. Lassila is in his place.
     
    13:55
    Lokomotiv on the attack.
     
    12:49
    Goal for Avangard!

    Omsk opens the score as ALEXANDER POPOV skates to the net on powerplay and puts the puck in the upper corner of the net, leaving Sanford helpless.
     
    12:40
    With a minute gone into the powerplay, Avangard hasn't managed to take a single shot on goal yet.
     
    12:11
    Lokomotiv clears the puck.
     
    11:37
    Too many players on ice for Lokomotiv.
     
    11:12
    Lokomotiv on the attack, but fails to reach the net.
     
    10:12
    Yegor Averin takes the first shot on goal for Lokomotiv.
     
    07:25
    Neither of the teams has managed to create any decent scoring chances so far.
     
    06:36
    Both teams at full strength.
     
    04:36
    Kostitsyn (Avangard) and Petrov (Lokomotiv) receive two minutes for slashing.
     
    03:55
    A couple of great combinations by Avangard, however Curtis Sanford doesn't have hard time saving the net for Lokomotiv.
     
    01:55
    Also Mikhail Pashnin heads to the box. Avangard will have a chance to play 5-on-3 for the next two minutes.
     
    01:50
    Avangard clears the puck.
     
    00:52
    Sergei Plotnikov (Avangard) gets the first penalty of the game. 4 minutes for high sticking.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Avangard Omsk: Lassila (Kostin) – Yegorshev, Lyamin, Lukyanchikov, Baranka, Blatak, Kulyash, Milyukov, Pivtsakin – Kvasha, Popov, Perezhogin, Kalinin, Pyanov, Tkachyov, Mozer, Zaborsky, Kostitsyn, Kazionov, Ivanov, Badyukov

    Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Klyuchnikov) – Holos, Kronwall, Pashnin, Peretyagin, Vasilyev, Arzamastsev, Yakovlev – Dixon, Avtsin, But, Plotnikov, Redlihs, Chernikov, Ullstrom, Petrov, Averin, Apalkov, Galimov, Kruchinin, Romantsev

    Referees: Gashilov, Zakharov – Sivov, Sazonov.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 12:00.
    Commentary by

    Didzis Rudmanis

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 13. Popov, 28. Zaborsky (Kulyash), 34. Perezhogin, 36. Kostitsyn (Perezhogin), 58. Blatak (Kazionov, Kvasha) – 28. Holos (Kronwall), 59. Chernikov (Kruchinin)

    Avangard Omsk: Lassila (Kostin) – Yegorshev, Lyamin, Lukyanchikov, Baranka, Blatak, Kulyash, Milyukov, Pivtsakin – Kvasha, Popov, Perezhogin, Kalinin, Pyanov, Tkachyov, Mozer, Zaborsky, Kostitsyn, Kazionov, Ivanov, Badyukov
    Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Klyuchnikov) – Holos, Kronwall, Pashnin, Peretyagin, Vasilyev, Arzamastsev, Yakovlev – Dixon, Avtsin, But, Plotnikov, Redlihs, Chernikov, Ullstrom, Petrov, Averin, Apalkov, Galimov, Kruchinin, Romantsev
    Referees: Gashilov, Zakharov – Sivov, Sazonov
    Attendance: 7370