KZN 4:3 UFA | Ak Bars Kazan - Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)

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after shootout

Ak Bars Kazan

4:3 (2:0, 0:2, 1:1, 0:0, 1:0)

Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Sunday 08.09.2013, 15:00 • TatNeft Arena • KHL

		Game over. (17:49:20)
		ALEX BURMISTROV scores the game winning shootout goal!
		Start of shootout.
	65:00	Overtime finished.
	60:01	Overtime began.
		In an exciting last twenty minutes of the regulation, Ak Bars managed to score early in the period, however late in the stanza Ufa scored on a powerplay, tying the game 3:3. There's a 5 minutes overtime and possibly shootouts afterwards. Shots on goal: Ak Bars 5 (25) – Salavat Yulaev 16 (42)
	60:00	3rd period finished.
	57:05	Ak Bars on the attack.
	55:20	Goal for Salavat Yulaev! KIRILL KOLTSOV ties the game!
	53:26	With less than seven minutes left in regulation, Obukhov earns two minutes for tripping.
	52:20	A huge slap shot by Zakharchuk. Deflects from Vasilevski.
	51:07	Two great chances for Ufa.
	49:58	Ufa on the attack.
	49:24	Home team at full strength.
	49:18	Igor Mirnov takes a shot on goal and Barulin makes a huge save.
	47:07	Visiting team at full strength.
	47:24	Mikhail Varnakov (Kazan) earns a penalty. Both teams with four players on ice.
	46:07	Stefan Ruzicka (Ufa) gets two minutes for hooking.
	45:22	Despite the one goal lead, Ak Bars is continuing to attack.
	42:48	Puck flies past the shoulder of Vasilevski, but doesn't go into the net.
	40:30	Goal for AK Bars! Ilya Nikulin passes the puck to Kirill Petrov, who shoots fivehole and scores a powerplay goal! Ak Bars get back in the lead early in the third!
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		Despite the fact that during the second period none of the teams had a clear edge of the game, Salavat Yulaev managed to turn thing around turning their chances into two goals and tying the game 2:2. There's an exciting third period and possibly even an overtime in front of us! Shots on goal: Ak Bars 9 (20) – Salavat Yulaev 11 (26)
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:21	Zubarev gets only a two minute slashing call.
	39:20	Andrei Zubarev takes a knee-on-knee hit on Alexander Svitov.
	39:06	Vasilevski struggles to stop Obukhov's wrist shot.
	38:37	Ak Bars has made a couple of shots on Vasilevski's net late in the period.
	36:47	Ufa continues to attack.
	34:21	Goal for Salavat Yulaev! Sergei Zinovyev passes to captain VITALY PROSHKIN, who holds the puck for a while, aims and shoots, tying the game late in the second.
	34:14	Ufa gets on a two-on-two attack and Yegor Dubrovsky hits the post.
	33:08	A three-on-two attack for Ak Bars. Svitov's shot goes wide.
	31:47	Brent Sopel shoots from the blue line, the puck ricochets, but finds its way in Barulin's glove.
	31:40	Stefan Ruzicka outplays two Ak Bars players, but fails to beat Barulin.
	29:58	Konstantin Barulin appears to have been hurt after Igor Mirnov was pushed into the net. He is going to continue the game.
	28:17	A long pass reached Tomas Vincour at the blue line, and he makes a strong wrist shot on Vasilevski's net.
	28:10	Goal for Salavat Yulaev! Ufa didn't need much time in order to score on the powerplay as Stefan Ruzicka reached the corner of Barulin's crease and made a pass to TEEMU HARTIKAINEN who opened the score for Ufa.
	27:43	Ufa earns another powerplay thanks to their pressure. Dmitry Obukhov heads to the box.
	27:35	Ufa storming the net of Barulin.
	27:18	Two easy shots on Barulin's net by Ufa.
	26:58	Teams battling for the puck behind Kazan's net.
	25:48	A couple of fast attacks at both ends of the ice.
	23:58	Face-off at Kazan's defensive zone.
	23:05	Both teams battling for the puck in the corner.
	22:43	Ak Bars on the attack.
	21:58	Icing by Ak Bars.
	20:00	Ufa will play on the powerplay for the next 50 seconds.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		Both teams played an exciting twenty minutes of game. Ak Bars managed to score two goals early in the period, however later on Barulin had much more work in Kazan's net than Vasilevski did in Ufa's. If Salavat Yulaev will come out for the second period as confident as they were in late first period, it's only a matter of time before they will manage to score. Shots on goal: Ak Bars 11 – Salavat Yulaev 15
	20:00	1st period finished.
	18:50	Evgeny Medvedev (Ak Bars) heads to the box for holding.
	16:42	Home team at full strength.
	15:03	Great chance for Ufa, but Filatov's shot goes qide.
	14:42	Ufa's lengthy attack gives them a powerplay – Albert Yarullin gets two minutes for holding.
	13:06	Ufa is attacking way more than Kazan at the moment. Still, Ak Bars manage to create good chances on counter attacks.
	12:10	A strong slap shot by Anton Babchuk from the blue line, but Barulin is in his place.
	10:40	Denis Khlystov enters the zone, reaches the front of the net of Ak Bars, but his shot gets easily stopped by Barulin.
	10:02	So far Ak Bars has played very well defensively, not allowing Ufa to threaten Barulin's net.
	09:35	A tricky shot by Janne Pesonen gets stopped by Vasilevski.
	08:56	Ufa on the attack.
	06:53	Visiting team at full strength.
	06:40	Hartikainen takes a shot on goal, save by Barulin.
	06:26	Ufa controls the puck and doesn't allow Kazan to start another attack.
	05:53	Ak Bars still has a minute on the powerplay.
	05:28	Goal for AK Bars! After a lengthy passing around during the 5-on-3 powerplay, SHAUN HESHKA takes a shot and beats Andrei Vasilevski.
	05:08	Medvedev's shot goes wide.
	04:53	A tripping call for Ufa. Ak Bars will play 5-on-3 for more than a minute.
	04:06	Petrov received a pass from behind the net and takes a dangerous shot on net. Vasilevski makes the save.
	03:56	Kazan on the powerplay.
	03:44	A two-on-one attack for Kazan. The shot goes wide.
	03:07	Goal for AK Bars! A spectacular goal early in the period. Burmistrov's shot on goal ricochets in front of the net, and TIM STAPLETON is the first one there to put the puck in the net.
	01:59	Ak Bars controlling the puck in their own end.
	01:34	Zakharchuk takes a shot from blue line, Andrei Vasilevski stops the puck.
	01:17	Ak Bars on the attack.
	00:01	Game started.
		Starting lineups: Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin (Yaroslavlev) – Nikulin, Zakharchuk, Korneyev, Tokranov, Heshka, Yarullin, Medvedev – Stapleton, Svitov, Varnakov, Pesonen, Obukhov, Tkachyov, Burmistrov, Vincour, Abdullin, Lukoyanov, Petrov, Bourque, Faizullin Salavat Yulaev Ufa: Vasilevski (Tarkki) – Zubarev, Koltsov, Grishin, Isangulov, Sopel, Babchuk, Proshkin, Gurkin – Mirnov, Ruzicka, Makarov, Mereskin, Filatov, Khlystov, Pihlstrom, Zinovyev, Dubrovsky, Glukhov, Slepyshev, Hartikainen Referees: Gofman, Odins – Balodis, Birin.
		Ak Bars Kazan will today host Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Both teams opened the season two days ago. While Ufa managed to win Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 3:2 in the shootout, Ak Bars Kazan lost 1:3 to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.
		Welcome. Game starts at 15:00.

Commentary by

Didzis Rudmanis

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 4. Stapleton (Burmistrov), 6. Heshka (Burmistrov), 41. Petrov (Nikulin), ?. Burmistrov (p.s.) – 29. Hartikainen (Ruzicka, Proshkin), 35. Proshkin (Zinovyev), 56. Koltsov (Makarov)

Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin (Yaroslavlev) – Nikulin, Zakharchuk, Korneyev, Tokranov, Heshka, Yarullin, Medvedev – Stapleton, Svitov, Varnakov, Pesonen, Obukhov, Tkachyov, Burmistrov, Vincour, Abdullin, Lukoyanov, Petrov, Bourque, Faizullin

Salavat Yulaev Ufa: Vasilevski (Tarkki) – Zubarev, Koltsov, Grishin, Isangulov, Sopel, Babchuk, Proshkin, Gurkin – Mirnov, Ruzicka, Makarov, Mereskin, Filatov, Khlystov, Pihlstrom, Zinovyev, Dubrovsky, Glukhov, Slepyshev, Hartikainen

Referees: Gofman, Odins – Balodis, Birin

1st period
	03:07
	03:56
	04:53
	05:28
	14:42
	18:50
1st intermission
2nd period
	27:43
	28:10
	34:21
	39:21
2nd intermission
3rd period
	40:30
	46:07
	47:24
	53:26
	55:20
After 3rd period
Overtime
before shootout
Shootout

after shootout