KHL
Avangard – Mytishchi 4:3 (end) | Barys – SKA St. Petersburg 2:5 (end) | Avtomobilist – Lokomotiv 0:4 (end)
Ak Bars – Metallurg M 3:2 (end) | Torpedo – Neftekhimik 0:2 (end) | Vityaz – Salavat Yulaev 2:3 (end)
Spartak – CSKA 3:2 (end) | Donbass – Riga 2:4 (end) | Dinamo Minsk – Lev 1:3 (end)
final
HC Donbass Donetsk
2:4 (1:2, 0:1, 1:1)
Dinamo Riga
Thursday 12.09.2013, 18:00 • Druzhba Palace of Sports • KHL
     
    Final word: Donbass team was probably too quiet in opening period and Dinamo deserved to be in front. Second period was better, more agressive, but not efficient. Dinamo scored another goal and entered final period with two goals lead. Experienced as they are they focused on defense in final period. Donbass pushed hard in final 20 minutes, but Jakub Sedlacek didn't have any real trouble with long-distance shots and there were plenty of such tonight. Dadonov's goal 12 minutes before final buzzer gave Donbass enough time to level the score, but good defending guest side was a nut too tough to crack.
    Eurolivescores man of the game – Kyle Wilson (Dinamo Riga). (20:36:07)
     
    Time on ice – Randy Robitaille spent the most time on ice for Donbass: 28 shifts, 25:12 on ice. Oleg Piganovich follows with 31 shifts, 23:05 on ice.
    Mat Robinson spent 23:52 in 32 shifts on ice for Dinamo Riga, Kristaps Sotnieks is close with 29 shifts and 22:14 on ice.
     
    Faceoffs final period: Donbass 19/26, Dinamo R. 7/26
     
    Shots in final period:
    Donbass 18 – Wilson C., Bartulis 3, Robitaille, Kvitchenko, Kolar, Yakutsenya 3, Podhradsky 2, Razin, DADONOV 2(1), Piganovich 2, Laine
    Dinamo R. 4 – Rodrigo, WILSON K., Cibulskis, Meija
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:46
    Goal for Dinamo Riga!
    KYLE WILSON steals puck in neutral zone, skates fast into attacking zone and places puck into empty-net to finish his hat-trick for the night
     
    59:31
    Piganovich shots on bounced puck, no goal
     
    59:06
    Home team timeout.
     
    58:48
    Jan Laco leaves his net for another skater
     
    57:29
    Visiting team at full strength; Sedlacek experienced several shots during penalty for Dinamo, but no real danger for him...
     
    55:29
    Marcel Hossa (Dinamo R.) gets penalized for throwing the puck outside the playing area – 2 min. minor
     
    53:47
    Nedorost and Dadonov combine, Dadonov shots from left side, Sedlacek goes down on his knees and holds the puck
     
    52:33
    Another long distance shot, this time from Robitaille – Sedlacek saves
     
    51:49
    Yakutsenya shots almost from centre line, Sedlacek stops and holds the puck
     
    47:52
    Goal for Donbass!
    EVGENY DADONOV scores great powerplay goal after VACLAV NEDOROST and MAXIM YAKUTSENYA combined on the right side and provided great passes to Dadonov who skates inbetween the circles and beats Sedlacek
     
    46:14
    Kyle Wilson (Dinamo R.) trips the opposition behind the goal and gets penalized – 2 min. minor
     
    46:00
    Podhradsky shots from distance, but shots like that doesn't give any trouble to Jakub Sedlacek – easy save
     
    44:57
    Bartulis fires from blue line on the lleft side, Sedlacek stops the puck
     
    42:16
    Piganovich shots from top of the circle on the right side, Sedlacek is ready again abd deflects the puck to the side-net
     
    40:31
    Clay Wilson fires the very first shot in third period from right side inside blue line, Sedlacek is ready...
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Faceoffs second period: Donbass 8/18, Dinamo R. 10/18
     
    Shot summary second period:
    Donbass 11 – Robitaille, Kaspar 2, Blagoi 3, Kolar 2, Yakutsenya, Dadonov, Laine
    Dinamo R. 8 – Kuzmenkovs, Sotnieks, WILSON, Dzerins 2, Cibulskis, Bukarts 2
     
    2nd period finished, not really entertaining hockey in it.
     
    37:18
    Belukhin fires from left circle after Robitaille provided a nice pass and Sedlacek is having a hard time to stop the puck...
     
    35:10
    Puck bounces off of Sedlacek, Robitaille is near, grabs the puck and tries to fire it inside the net, but Sedlacek saves it big time!
     
    32:52
    Goal for Dinamo Riga!
    KYLE WILSON gets a chance for fast breakaway, comes in front of Jan Laco, tricks him and sends backhand shot up in the net. VITALIJS PAVLOVS provided crucial pass.
     
    32:02
    Kristaps Sotnieks fires from top of right circle, Laco is forced to jump on top of the puck after it bounced off of him
     
    30:35
    Jan Kolar fires from the distance on the left side, but no real trouble for Sedlacek
     
    27:58
    Kaspar Lukas shots from right side, Sedlacek glove saves
     
    26:56
    Dzerins skates out of his own zone all the way into the attacking zone and fires on top of the left circle; Laco goes on his knees at first and then jumps on deflected puck to cover it before oncoming Dzerins – big save
     
    24:56
    Teemu Laine's long distance shot from left side is blounced off by Sedlacek
     
    23:58
    Bartulis shots from blue line, several players are in front of Sedlacek, but puck gets deflected off of defenders
     
    22:14
    Bukarts all of a sudden finds himself in a chance to shot in front of Laco; he does so, but home goalie is on top of shot and deflects the puck
     
    21:56
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Faceoffs first period – Donbass 12/20, Dinamo R. 8/20
     
    First period shot summary:
    Donbass 4 – Nedorost, Blagoi, PODHRADSKY, Razin
    Dinamo R. 12 – Lavins, WILSON, Dzerins, Robinson, Szczechura, Cibulskis, Cipulis, Bukarts 4, HOSSA
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:56
    Gints Meija is penalized for slashing – 2 min. minor
     
    19:45
    Home team at full strength.
     
    17:45
    Jan Kolar is penalized for tripping on Cipulis on the left side behind the goal.
     
    16:18
    Roberts Bukarts finds himslef all alone only some meter in front of Jan Laco who cames out big to save his team from another goal.
     
    15:09
    Roman Blagoi fires from inside blue line to put Sedlacek on the test – no result changes
     
    15:01
    Home team at full strength.
     
    13:01
    Vaclav Nedorost (Donbass) gets penalized for tripping near the board on the left side in his defensive zone
     
    07:41
    Home team timeout.
     
    07:41
    Goal for Dinamo Riga!
    Defensive mistake on the left side boards for Donbass gives guests a chance for equalizing goal and they scored. GUNARS SKVORCOVS stole puck from Donbass defenseman and let Wilson to skate with speed towards Laco who was without any chane after KYLE WILSON's shot. What a goal!
     
    06:58
    Laco saves big time while he was on the floor; Paul Szczechura circled around the goal and tried to beat Laco on the floor, but Laco came up big and saved his team.
     
    06:07
    Goal for Dinamo Riga!
    MARCEL HOSSA equalizes after VITALIJS PAVLOVS provided nice pass from left side.
     
    04:47
    Goal for Donbass!
    Scorer is PETER PODHRADSKY from blue line. Vaclav Nedorost was in front of Sedlacek's goal to block the view. EVGENY DADONOV and MAXIM YAKUTSENYA were pass providers. Powerplay goal!
     
    03:37
    Vitalijs Pavlovs (Dinamo R) is penalized for high sticking – 2 min. minor
     
    01:13
    Jan Laco is forced to do his best to save home net after Ozolins fired from blue line on the right side
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    National Anthem of Ukraina is played
     
    National anthem of Latvia is played at Druzhba Palace of sports in Donetsk
     
    Welcome to Druzhba Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine. Live coverage of Donbass vs Dinamo Riga is following right here.
    Introduction: Donbass is well accustomed to KHL in their second season. Last year they only missed playoff spot and their appetites are sure bigger this season. They started their KHL season with home win against Slovan (4:2) and added OT win against Lev (3:2). Their third home game brought first defeat of KHL season (1:4 against CSKA). Their goal today is for sure another win.
    Dinamo Riga is very convincing so far – they won on against all three opponents in the season: vs Dinamo Minsk 2:1 (home game), vs Medvescak 5:1 (in Zagreb, CRO) and vs Spartak 3:1 (in Moscow), so they are obviously in good form. No doubt about their wish for tonight’s game – new points for a win.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 18:00.
    Commentary by

    Ben Kelsson

    CZ@MarcusLuxie

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Podhradsky (Dadonov, Yakutseny), 48. Dadonov (Nedorost, Yakutseny) – 7. Hossa (Pavlovs), 8. Wilson (Skvorcovs), 33. Wilson (Pavlovs), 60. Wilson

    HC Donbass Donetsk: Laco Berezin– Kolar Piganovich Bartulis Razin Wilson Podhradsky Silnitsky – Pettersson Wirtanen Blagoi Robitaille Kaspar Laine Nedorost Yakutseny Dadonov Kvitchenko Belukhin Shalimov
    Dinamo Riga: Sedlacek Cimermanis – Ozolins Redlihs Sotnieks Robinson Lavins Cibulskis Siksna – Wilson Pavlovs Hossa Dzerins Cipulis Meija Szczechura Indrasis Bukarts Kuzmenkovs Skvorcovs Sarkanis Upitis
    Referees: Goshilov Kiselyov Lazarev Palei
    Attendance: 3785