NOV 3:1 CHA | Metallurg Novokuznetsk - Amur Khabarovsk (KHL)

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Novokuznetsk – Khabarovsk

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Metallurg Novokuznetsk

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

Amur Khabarovsk

Monday 09.09.2013, 14:00 • Kuznetsk Metallurgists Sports Palace, Novokuznetsk, Russian Federation • KHL

		Thank you for following the game with us, until next time, goodbye. (16:21:49)
		Shots on goal: MNK 13 (26), AMU 14 (43) Faceoffs: MNK 13 (26), AMU 11 (33) Penalties: MNK 2 (10), AMU 0 (6) Pavel Kanarsky led Metallurg to anothe win with 18:40 spent on the ice, while Brian Salcido went 24:46 of ice time in this game.
		Metallurg take their second win of the championship, while Amur still struggle to get the first lead of the new season. They struggle offensive-wise, while their defense is somewhat organized, but can't be concentrated all the time without the help up front.
	60:00	Game over.
	59:29	Another icing by Metallurg while Amur can't generate a quality shot with six men on the ice.
	58:56	Icing Metallurg. They take the timeout.
	58:37	Petruzalek controls the puck on the left side and send it to the middle where there's a lot of traffic, but the puck went all the way to the other side with no one able to get the hold of it.
	58:11	Murygin leaves the net for Amur to go with an extra attacker.
	58:00	Two minutes left in the third period.
	57:44	Amur take the timeout.
	57:44	Offside Metallurg.
	56:37	Amur put pressure on Metallurg's defense keeping the puck in their zone, but the shots get deflected off the defenders coming from the blueline.
	55:34	Metallurg is back at full strength.
	54:23	Kurtis McLean leads the attack on the right wing with a defender skating aside him. He sends the feed to the left post where there's a forward trying to take the puck to the right corner with his back turned to Murygin, who makes a pad save.
	53:34	Pavel Kanarsky (MNK) is called for cross checking in front of his net.
	53:10	Goal for Novokuznetsk! A breakaway from the zone off the faceoff before Hovinen. The puck is shot away from the zone and SEMYON VALUISKY gets to it first to get a breakaway all alone with the goalie, coming from the left side. A great deke to the other side gets him in position to score in the lower right corner while Murygin can't recover and get back. Assist: Yegor Martynov.
	52:44	The attack led by Amur is taken on the right wing and the pass is back to the middle blueline, but the shot is too slow to beat Hovinen.
	52:08	Denis Yezhov dumps the puck from the right side of the blueline, but the dump is too high and goes over the glass.
	51:07	Alexander Yunkov takes the puck into the zone on the left wing and dekes an opponent out sending the feed to Aksyonenko on the blueline, but his shot is deflected by defense not reaching the goalie.
	50:37	Murygin records a save as the puck is shot from the right side outside the circle close to the boards. It's taken to the near post, in the lower corner, but with help of his pads, Murygin saves.
	50:01	Hovinen makes a huge save as Jan Mursak gets the pass from behind the net in front of the goal, but Hovinen manages to save his one-timer with the glove.
	49:29	Mursak tries to get the good spot for a shot on the left side, but the puck is taken away from him.
	48:34	Nikita Vyglazov fires a wrister after receiving a pass to the right wing and goes directly to the net. Murygin makes a chest save.
	47:29	A great pass sent from Amur's end to the offensive zone for Jakub Petruzalek who fires just outside the left faceoff circle to the upper left corner, however that doesn't cause problems for Niko Hovinen to make a glove save.
	46:53	Alexander Yunkov takes a shot from the edge of the right circle after deking an opponent, but Hovinen is able to make the save.
	45:41	Right off the faceoff from the right circle before Murygin comes a shot, the goalie takes it with ease.
	44:28	Amur try to get inside the zone from the middle, but without success.
	43:57	3-on-2 for Metallurg from the right side and the deflection on the left post is saved again by Murygin.
	42:57	Still no offensive organization on either side.
	41:57	Neither team can organize an offense, so they shoot the puck back and forth.
	41:17	Icing Metallurg.
	40:36	Amur fire a shot coming from the left wing all the way to the left post, but Hovinen is there to deflect the shot behind the net.
	40:19	Offside Metallurg.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		We're back in 15 minutes for the third period.
		Shots on goal: MNK 8 (13), AMU 15 (29) Faceoffs: MNK 8 (13), AMU 11 (22) Penalties: MNK 2 (8), AMU 0 (6) Ice leaders: MNK – Yegor Martynov – 12:48 AMU – Brain Salcido – 17:33
		After 40 minutes of hockey Metallurg take a 2:1 lead over Amur, scoring early on the powerplay, and then after the equalizer, strike again soon to take over the game. Both teams opened up a bit showing some good hockey in the second period, and Metallurg overcame Amur's domination.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:42	Icing Amur, and then Evgeny Orlov wants to have a word with Metallurg's player, but the referee splits them.
	39:22	Offside is called against Metallurg entering the zone on the right wing.
	39:00	One minute left in the second period.
	38:51	Semyon Valuisky fires a blast from the slot on the right side, Murygin able to record a glove save.
	38:17	Metallurg dump the puck from the neutral zone on the left board, but defense is first on it behind the net.
	36:29	A breakaway for Metallurg over the right wing coming to the net, the puck is left behind for the approaching Kurtis McLean whose shot is deflected by Murygin to the left side.
	36:12	Yet another icing by Metallurg.
	36:06	The shot by Amur coming from the left side near the goal line, Hovinen makes an easy glove save. Commerical break.
	35:10	Icing Metallurg.
	34:56	Vyacheslav Litovchenko fires the shot from the right faceoff circle, but it's blocked by the defense.
	34:27	Alexander Yunkov takes the puck on the blueline and passes to the left side, but slapper coming off a one-timer is deflected by Hovinen to the right side.
	33:05	Amur eager to score again, keep possesion inside the zone and pass around try to get opportunities from the blueline.
	31:54	Amur get on the attack, but can't hold possession.
	28:55	Goal for Novokuznetsk! Nikita Vyglazov circles the net with the puck and passes to between the circles for Sergei Yemelin, who instead of shooting sees YURY NAZAROV on the right post, and he despite having a man in front beats Murygin to get the lead back.
	27:32	Goal for Amur! Amur tie the game with the help of luck and defensive miscommunication. After a shot from the blueline, which gets deflected by Hovinen to the left post, Vladimir Loginov sends the feed to the other side for ALEXANDER YUNKOV who scores easily on the empty net before Hovinen is able to recover. Assists: Vladimir Loginov, Evgeny Korotkov.
	27:01	After skating with the puck to the net over the left wing, the feed is sent to Jakub Petruzalek whose shot from the left post while turning is saved by Hovinen and the puck is stuck in his pads, so the referees have to dig.
	26:28	Alexei Kosourov takes the puck to Amur's end though the middle and gets a blind pass backwards as he's tripped, but the shot coming from halfway between the circles and the blueline is stopped with ease by Murygin.
	25:35	Amur get into the zone on the right side, though as they enter the defense clears the puck away.
	24:18	Metallurg take the puck over the left wing and then directly to the net trying to put the puck over the line between Murygin's legs, but he makes a right pad save.
	23:43	Amur are ruled icing.
	23:14	Dmitry Tarasov gets the puck in the right circle and fires to the far post, but Hovinen makes a glove save.
	22:46	Immediately off the faceoff Metallurg clear the puck away off danger.
	22:41	Niko Hovinen gets the penalty for delaying the game as he fires the puck over the boards off the ice. The penalty is served by Semyon Valuisky.
	21:01	Goal for Novokuznetsk! After taking the puck into the zone one the left wing by Yegor Martynov he gets the feed to MARKO ANTTILA who is alone outside the left circle and precisely aims for the left corner of the net and fires past Murygin. Assist: Yegor Martynov.
	20:19	The opening faceoff goes to Metallurg who try to attack over the left wing and pass to the middle, but only a defenseman was there to clear the danger.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		We're back for second period, Metallurg will have 1:18 on the powerplay left as Jan Mursak is in the box.
		Don't miss the second period, we're back in 15 minutes.
		Shots on goal: MNK 5, AMU 14 Faceoffs: MNK 5, AMU 11 Penalties: MNK 6, AMU 6 Pavel Kanarsky leads the home team in ice time with 6:20 on the ice, while on Amur's side Dylan Reese spent 8:53 in play.
		After the first 20 minutes of hockey, no goals on either side, but Amur shows dominance throughout the period, both on the powerplay and on even strength. Their rock solid defense saves them in 5-on-3 defensive situation, but the offense couldn't score on two men advantage as well. Metallurg will have to open a bit and play more aggresive if they're to get anything out of this game.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:41	Metallurg take the attack on the right side, but Amur is great on defense with the man down.
	19:18	Jan Mursak gets the call for tripping.
	19:00	One minute left in the first period.
	18:49	Metallurg dump the puck in from the middle, and get to it, a shot is fired at Murygin from in between the circles, but Murygin is concentrated enough to make a chest deflection.
	18:16	Amur is back at full strength.
	17:51	The first penalty is over, so it's one man up for Metallurg, who can't get to shoot in the zone, just pass around.
	16:49	Metallurg keep the puck in the zone, the pass comes from the left post at the goal line to the other side, but it's deflected by defense in front.
	16:16	5-on-3 coming up for Metallurg, a clear penlaty fro Denis Yezhov hitting Damir Zhafyarov from the back in front of Amur's net.
	15:51	Another penalty, this time coming for Andrei Stepanov (AMU) for holding behind the net.
	15:27	Metallurg get rid of the pressure and try to organize offensively, though Amur play hard defense.
	14:27	Going through the middle, Metallurg get the first shot on goal, but directly into Murygin, so no problem for him to make the save.
	13:44	Mikhail Fisenko intercepts the pass on the left side inside the zone and circles the net, after some passing, the puck comes in front of Hovinen to Litvchenko who tries to take it on the right post and score, but Hovinen makes a pad save.
	13:22	Offside Amur.
		Commercial break. Amur looking extremely good offensively, while Metallurg struggle on the offense, and have Hovinen in net to save the day.
	12:19	What seemed to be the fast breakaway by Andrei Stepanov, turns out to be organized offense by Amur, keeping the puck inside the zone. Jan Mursak comes to the right post and fires after getting the feed from behind the net, but the save is made by Hovinen.
	11:34	Metallurg clear the puck away from danger, only for Korotkov to dump it back in from the left side of the blueline, but again, the defense is there first.
	10:51	Amur again try to go on the offense, but they still didn't get it that dump and chase doesn't work for them today.
	09:33	Metallurg is back at full strength making Amur 0/3 on the powerplay.
	09:01	With half a minute to go on the powerplay, Amur is still in the zone, Dylan Reese fires from outside the left circle directly to the net, aiming for the lower left corner, and a pad save from Hovinen.
	08:18	Amur with a lot of space, passing outside, and shooting from the slot, first Petruzalek from the right side and then Jan Mursak, but Niko Hovinen somehow saves the day with the glove.
	07:33	Mikhail Chernov is called as well, so Amur will have two men up for two minutes.
	07:33	Mark Skutar is called for hooking on Fisenko as he comes to the net.
	07:24	The attack for Amur goes on the left side and behind the net, but as Fisenko reaches the net, is hooked, so the penalty is coming up.
	06:52	Metallurg is back at full strength.
	06:16	Amur get into the zone through the middle and take the puck to the left side, the feed is sent to the middle and the shot is deflect by the goalie.
	05:16	Metallurg's penalty kill works so far, they are able to shoot the puck out of the zone not allowing Amur to generate anything offensively.
	04:52	Yury Nazarov gets the call for hooking, powerplay coming up for Amur.
	04:45	Metallurg try to go on a breakaway on the left side, bu the defense is able to recover the puck.
	04:36	Third icing in a row for Metallurg.
	03:52	Amur take the breakaway over the left wing and the puck is passed to Dmitry Tarasov on the right post, whose shot is deflected aside by Hovinen.
	03:10	Yet another icing against Metallurg.
	03:02	Amur take another attack over the left wing, Jakub Petruzalek takes the puck into the zone and as he reaches the left circle gets the pass back in the middle for Denis Yezov, whose shot is deflected by Hovinen's stick into the protective net.
	02:45	Icing Metallurg.
	02:21	Evgeny Orlov dumps the puck from the left wing entering the zone for a chase, but the defense is first on it and clear it away.
	01:24	Amur still up front, they keep possession behind the net trying to organize offensively.
	00:31	Amur will take the first offense of the game after winning the faceoff, Brian Salcido tries a shot from the blueline, but it's deflected by the defense.
	00:01	Game started.
		The Russian anthem is being played and the opening faceoff is moments away.
		Starting lineups: Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Hovinen (Sorokin) – Giroux, Anttila, McLean, Martynov, Kosourov – Mantyla, Aksyonenko, Akhmetov, Zyuzyakin, Yemelin – Valuisky, Kanarsky, Kapotov, Lapenkov, Zhafyarov – Kurepanov, Vyglazov, Skutar, Nazarov, Chernov Amur Khabarovsk: Murygin (Yeryomin) – Reese, Mursak, Tarasov, Salcido, Petruzalek – Yezhov, Korotkov, Yunkov, Bykov, Stepanov – Loginov, Fisenko, Lugin, Litovchenko, Bilalov – Smurov, Orlov, Teryayev, Kryukov Referees: Bukin, Buturlin – Matyusha, Pavlov.
		Metallurg Novokuznetsk had a better start to the season, beating Sibir at home 3:2 scoring through Mantyla, Vyglazov and Martynov. They currently lie in 3rd position in the East with 3 points, having played only one game so far. Amur Khabarovsk didn't have a start to the season they wanted. They managed to get a point from Admiral, playing them at home, but never took the lead throughout the game and the newcomers from Vladivostok took the win on the shooutout, with their captain Enver Lisin being the only scorer in 8 shots.
		Welcome. Game starts at 14:00.

Commentary by

Alan Ilijic

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 22. Anttila (Martynov), 29. Nazarov (Yemelin, Vyglazov), 54. Valuisky (Martynov) – 28. Yunkov (Loginov, Korotkov)

Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Hovinen (Sorokin) – Giroux, Anttila, McLean, Martynov, Kosourov – Mantyla, Aksyonenko, Akhmetov, Zyuzyakin, Yemelin – Valuisky, Kanarsky, Kapotov, Lapenkov, Zhafyarov – Kurepanov, Vyglazov, Skutar, Nazarov, Chernov

Amur Khabarovsk: Murygin (Yeryomin) – Reese, Mursak, Tarasov, Salcido, Petruzalek – Yezhov, Korotkov, Yunkov, Bykov, Stepanov – Loginov, Fisenko, Lugin, Litovchenko, Bilalov – Smurov, Orlov, Teryayev, Kryukov

Referees: Bukin, Buturlin – Matyusha, Pavlov

1st period
	04:52
	07:33
	07:33
	15:51
	16:16
	19:18
1st intermission
2nd period
	21:01
	22:41
	27:32
	28:55
2nd intermission
3rd period
	53:10
	53:34
Final