KHL
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final/OT
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
3:4 (1:1, 2:1, 0:1, 0:1)
Amur Khabarovsk
Monday 16.09.2013, 15:00 • Ufa Arena (capacity 7950) • KHL
     
    Final word: opening period offered surprisingly offensive guests who came in the lead early into the game. Quiet Salavat Yulaev side scored on one of few chances they had during opening period and finished first 20 minutes with score levelled. Second period was equal in terms of play, but gave home team one goal lead. Third period offered serious offensive by guests and they only managed to equalize 1:22 before time ran out. Home team made unnecessary mistake for too many players on ice 25 seconds before end of overtime and gave guests nice opportunity, which they actually realized 8 seconds before buzzer. What a sweet first win of the season for Amur Khabarovsk and what a bitter end of first seasonal home game for Salavat Yulaev!
    Eurolivescores man of the game – Jakub Petruzalek (Amur Khabarovsk). (17:45:08)
     
    Vitaly Proshkin spent the most time on ice for Salavat Yulaev – 22:21 on ice in 24 shifts. Andrei Zubarev with 22:02 (26 shifts) and Kirill Koltsov with 21:52 (25 shifts) are also close.
    Amur Khabarovsk top skaters: Dmitry Bykov (24:20 on ice, 31 shifts) and Dylan Reese (24:14, 31 shifts).
     
    Faceoffs overtime: Salavat Yulaev 3/5, Amur 2/5
     
    Overtime shot summary:
    Salavat Yulaev 4 – Makarov, Filatov, Pihlstrom, Hartikainen
    Amur Khabarovsk 2 – PETRUZALEK 2(1)
     
    Game over.
     
    64:52
    Goal for Amur!
    JAKUB PETRUZALEK exchanges several passes with VLADIMIR LOGINOV and ARTYOM KRYUKOV and finally fires from top of left circle to beat Tarkki. Overtime win for Amur Khabarovsk is also first win of the season for them!
     
    00:25
    Visiting team timeout.
     
    64:35
    Team penalty for Salavat Yulaev – too many players on ice – 2 min.
     
    62:46
    Petruzalek runs down the left side and shots, but Tarkki manages to deflect his shot into the corner
     
    61:36
    Jarvinen stops Pihlstrom's shot from distance and covers the puck
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    Faceoffs third period: Salavat Yulaev 10/18, Amur 8/18
     
    Third period shot summary:
    Salavat Yulaev 7 – Ruzicka, Filatov, Pihlstrom, Hartikainen 3, Gurkin
    Amur 16 – Reese, LOGINOV 2(1), Fisenko 2, Mursak 3, Tarasov 2, Korotkov, Lugin, Bykov, Stepanov, Petruzalek 2
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    58:38
    Goal for Amur!
    VLADIMIR LOGINOV fires a rocket from blue line right next to the boards on left side and beats Iiro Tarkki. MIKHAIL FISENKO and ANDREI STEPANOV are pass providers.
     
    47:37
    Korotkov is in great chance right in front of home goalie, tries to handle the puck near Tarkki, but home goalie denies guests
     
    55:26
    Korotkov wins the puck in his own zone, skates all the way into attacking zone and fires from boards on the left side – no real problem for Tarkki
     
    53:40
    Dmitry Tarasov nicely tricks home defenders and shoots from inbetween the circles, but Tarkki denies him
     
    51:20
    Hartikainen circles around guest goal with speed, turns around and fires the puck, but no real trouble for Jarvinen
     
    49:57
    Zinovyev fires from center and gives Jarvinen a lot of work to do – Jarvinen goes down and deflects the puck with his right arm
     
    45:47
    Makarov fires from left circle, Jarvinen goes down on his knees and saves Amur's net
     
    45:03
    Dmitry Tarasov shots from inbetween the circles, Tarkki holds the puck against his body
     
    43:41
    Crowded situation in front of home goal finishes with puck in Tarkki's glove
     
    43:04
    Mursak turns around in front of goal and shoots on forehand, but Tarkki is right on top of his job and saves his goal
     
    42:28
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    41:48
    Home team at full strength.
     
    40:28
    Alexander Yunkov (Amur) gets penalized for holding
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Faceoff sumamry second period: Salavat Yulaev 11/25, Amur Khabarovsk 14/25
     
    Second period shot summary:
    Salavat Yulaev 10 – Zubarev, KOLTSOV, Makarov, KHLYSTOV 2(1), Pihlstrom, Glukhov, Hartikainen, Pankov, Gurkin
    Amur 10 – Loginov, Fisenko 2, MURSAK 4(1), Tarasov, Bykov 2
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:48
    Kirill Koltsov (Salavat Yulaev) is penalized for cross-checking – 2 min. minor
     
    38:15
    Nikita Filatov tries with one-timer from left circle, Jarvinen is careful and saves his goal
     
    36:36
    Home team at full strength.
     
    35:58
    Jan Mursak receives puck behind the goal, quickly turns himself in front of home goalie, but Tarkki saves his net.
     
    34:36
    Vitaly Proshkin (Salavat Yulaev) gets penalized for roughing – 2 min. minor
     
    33:53
    Kryukov circles around home goal and shots, puck gets deflected off crowd in front of Tarkki.
     
    32:32
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    30:32
    Vladimir Loginov (Amur) sits on penalty bench for hooking – 2 min. minor
     
    29:23
    Home team at full strength.
     
    27:50
    Dmitry Bykov slapshots from top of the circles to give Tarkki nice opportunity for a great save. Excellent job by Tarkki!
     
    27:23
    Team penalty for Salavat Yulaev for too many players on ice – 2 min. minor
     
    25:57
    Goal for Salavat Yulaev!
    KIRILL KOLTSOV uses great speed and beats Jarvinen after nice team work and final passes by DMITRY MAKAROV and BRENT SOPEL.
     
    24:49
    Artyom Sedunov (Amur) is penalized for hooking – 2 min. minor
     
    24:49
    Alexander Pankov ( Salavat Yulaev) gets penalized for diving – 2 min. minor
     
    22:23
    Goal for Amur!
    JAN MURSAK scores his opening goal of the season after ARTYOM KRYUKOV finded him on left post nicely.
     
    21:47
    Goal for Salavat Yulaev! DENIS KHLYSTOV scores after DMITRY MAKAROV passed a nice puck from behind the net. NIKITA FILATOV isa also credited for pass. Powerplay goal.
     
    20:35
    Artyom Kryukov is penalized for tripping – 2 min. minor
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Faceoff sumamry opening period: Salavat Yulaev 11/14, Amur 3/14
     
    Shot summary opening period:
    Salavat Yulaev 7 – Ruzicka 2, Pihlstrom, Kaigorodov, Slepyshev, HARTIKAINEN, Pankov
    Amur Khabarovsk 5 – Stepanov, Orlov, PETRUZALEK 2(1), Kryukov
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:29
    Zinovyev finds himself in a great chance just in front of Jarvinen – shoots backhanded but guest goalie is down on his knees and saves the net
     
    18:50
    Kryukov fires from the circle and Tarkki saves, some pushing around occures after...no penalties though.
     
    17:04
    Andrei Stepanov fires big slapshot from the distance and gives Tarkki a lot of work, but home goalie reacts quickly and saves his net.
     
    15:55
    Home team at full strength.
     
    15:30
    Jan Mursak tries to score on rebound, puck saved with left pad by Tarkki. Great save!
     
    14:30
    First PP shot comes from Jakub Petruzalek who circles around the net and shots from left circle. No treouble for Tarkki.
     
    13:55
    Dmitry Makarov (Salavat Yulaev) is penalized for slashing – 2 min. minor
     
    10:59
    Goal for Salavat Yulaev!
    Scorer is TEEMU HARTIKAINEN who receives great pass by NIKITA FILATOV from right side boards on blue line. Hartikainen finds himself three metres from Jarvinen, handles the puck and beats guest goalie. DMITRY MAKAROV is also credited for pass.
     
    09:31
    Anton Slepyshev shots from right side – Jarvinen stops the puck with his body and catches it
     
    07:10
    High shot comes in for Tarkki from right side circle, but goes over his goal and there was no need to defend the net.
     
    04:36
    Goal for Amur!
    JAKUB PETRUZALEK scores on fast breakaway as he sends puck inbetween Tarkki's legs.
     
    02:10
    Zinovyev and Ruzicka combine nice and Jarvinen is forced to go on his knees to keep his empty empty
     
    00:20
    Stefan Ruzicka shots from right circle to warm up Jarvinen at the start of the game. No trouble for Amur goaltender.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Both teams are on the ice. National Anthem of Russia is played.
     
    Welcome to Ufa Arena for live coverage of Salavat Yulaev – Amur Khabarovsk game. Following game is actually the very first home game in KHL season for Salavat Yulaev. They played three games so far, all on the road and lost once only, so it is fair to say that Ufa management can be satisfied with solid season start. Salavat Yulaev's plans for today's game against Khabarovsk are sure to win opening game in Ufa Arena.
    Amur Khabarovsk failed to qualify for playoffs last season and their plans this season are to improve on that. Amur's start to current KHL season doesn’t look impressive – they lost opening home game against Admiral after shootout, lost on the road against Metalurg Nk, and added another SO defeat against Sibir. In fact, Amur Khabarovsk is currently on the bottom of Eastern Conference standings.
    Can following game against Salavat Yulaev change that? Game starts 15:00 CET.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 15:00.
    Commentary by

    Ben Kelsson

    CZ@MarcusLuxie

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 11. Hartikainen (Makarov, Filatov), 22. Khlystov (Makarov, Filatov), 26. Koltsov (Makarov, Sopel) – 5. Petruzalek, 23. Mursak (Kryukov), 59. Loginov (Fisenko, Stepanov), 65. Petruzalek (Loginov, Kryukov)

    Salavat Yulaev Ufa: Tarkki Vasilevsky – Zubarev Proshkin Grishin Sopel Koltsov Babchuk Isangulov Gurkin – Ruzcka Khlystov Zinovyev Makarov Filatov Hartikainen Pihlstrom Dubrovsky Kaigorodov Glukhov Slepyshev Pankov
    Amur Khabarovsk: Jarvinen Yeryomin – Reese Bykov Sedunov Loginov Yezhov Bilalov Teryayev – Korotkov Yunkov Petruzalek Mursak Orlov Kryukov Fisenko Tarasov Lugin Shishkanov Stepanov Smurov
    Referees: Akuzovsky Belov Misyur Raming