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final
Ak Bars Kazan
3:2 (1:0, 1:0, 1:2)
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Thursday 12.09.2013, 17:00 • KHL
     
    Ak Bars now have 7 points after 4 games and made a jump in the Eastern Conference standings while Metallurg remain at 3 points after the same amount of matches!

    Thank you for following the match with us! (19:21:32)
     
    After the final horn there was a huge brawl involving more or less all players of both teams who stood on the ice but especillay Varnakov and Kovar were involved!
     
    After their third strike it looked like Ak Bars would have a calm end of the game but instead Metallurg fought back with two goals and came as close as to a 3-2 deficit which in the end was defended with far more trouble than expected!

    Shots on goal: Ak Bars 8 (21) – Metallurg 13 (31)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:23
    Absolutely incredible! Lukoyanov misses the empty net standing just two metres in front of it!!!
     
    58:46
    Pechursky left his net for an additional attacker!
     
    58:46
    Time out by Metallurg Magnitogorsk!
     
    58:43
    After a dangerous cross-pass by Kovar neither Moyakin nor Zaripov were able to give the puck a decisive change of direction just in front of the Ak Bars net! That was close!
     
    57:32
    Goal for Metallurg!

    The patience by the Metallurg power play formation paid off as YAROSLAV KHABAROV made it 3-2 with a one-timer from within the slot! Metallurg are back in the game!

    Assisted by Justin Hodgman.
     
    57:06
    The big opportunity for KIrill Petrov in a 1-on-1 attack but he wasn't able to get the puck past Pechursky.
     
    56:39
    One-timer by Zaripov from the right wing, blocked by a defender.
     
    55:53
    Stepan Zakharchuk (Ak Bars) gets two minutes for hooking.
     
    53:40
    Incredible save by Barulin against a hard shot from just about 2 metres distance!
     
    52:41
    A counter attack for Ak Bars ended with a shot from short distance that went wide. It's a completey open game now but off course Metallurg now have to score!
     
    51:12
    Goal for Metallurg!

    After receiving a pass by former Ak Bars forward Danis Zaripov it was CHRIS LEE who fired the puck past Barulin from within the slot to get Metallurg onto the scoreboard for the first time in power play!

    Assisted by Rinat Ibragimov and Danis Zaripov.
     
    50:35
    Strong power play by the guests whose passing causes a lot of trouble in the Ak Bars defense.
     
    50:06
    Mikhail Varnakov (Ak Bars) gets two minutes for tripping.
     
    48:58
    2-on-2 counter attack for Ak Bars but Pesonen his checked hard in the neutral zone by his opponent and the chance is gone.
     
    48:38
    Kazan's Artyom Lukoyanov receives treatment by the medical staff of his team after being hit in the face by a stick.
     
    48:02
    An Ak Bars rush ended with an offside call against them.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 11. Pesonen (Heshka, Tkachyov), 29. Varnakov (Heshka, Stapleton), 47. Obukhov (Korneyev, Golubev) – 52. Lee (Ibragimov, Zaripov), 58. Khabarov (Hodgman)

    Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin (Yaroslavev) – Zakharchuk, Tokranov, Heshka, Medvedev, Nikulin, Korneyev, Yarullin – Svitov, Obukhov, Bourque, Stapleton, Varnakov, Burmistrov, Pesonen, Tkachyov, Petrov, Golubev, Vincour, Lukoyanov, Faizullin
    Metallurg Magnitogorsk: Pechursky (Koshechkin) – Antipin, Biryukov, Lee, Tereshchenko, Metlyuk, Khabarov, Malenkikh, Ibragimov, Mozyakin, O'Reilly, Zaripov, Shenfeld, Kazionov, Grigorenko, Hodgman, Kovar, Potekhin, Kosov, Malinovsky, Kamenev
    Referees: Zakharov, Kulakov – Zakharenkov, Putilin