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final/OT
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
3:4 (0:0, 1:2, 2:1, 0:1)
HC Donbass Donetsk
Monday 16.09.2013, 17:30 • Arena 2000 • KHL
     
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    In a high-class match Donbass were a little more active and twice gained a two-goal lead but in power play Lokomotiv fought back and extended the match to overtime where Evgeny Razin gave the well-deserved extra point to Donbass!

    Shots on goal: Lokomotiv 1 (23) – Donbass 1 (26)
     
    Game over.
     
    63:46
    Goal for Donbass!


    With their first scoring attempt of this overtime the guests win the match 4-3 and gain the extra point – keeps the damage in reasonable limits after they threw away twice a two-goal lead in regulation! After a pass by Evgeny Dadonov it was EVGENY RAZIN whose shot from the right circle first hit the back of Sanford before it went into the back of the net!

    Assisted by Egeny Dadonov.
     
    63:22
    Excellent scoring position for the hosts but a Donbass defender throws himself in between!
     
    62:05
    Crash between two players inside the neutral zone.
     
    61:09
    2-on-2 attack by the home side but the last cross-pass just in front of Leighton goes wrong and the forward ar the second post can't reach the puck!
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    Lokomotiv played with heart and passion in the third period and never gave up, even when Donbass restored their two goal lead. Instead the hosts were able to punish the guests from Ukraine who caused several unnecessary penalties, with two late power play goals by Alexei Vasilyev to force overtime!

    Shots on goal: Lokomotiv 13 (22) – Donbass 7 (25)
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    59:29
    Dangerous situation in front of the Loko net when a pass from the right wing went just by every player and the net!
     
    59:00
    One minute left to play and Lokomotiv throw everything into offense to try to even gain the full count of points in regulation!
     
    57:51
    Goal for Lokomotiv!


    With the momentum – and one man more during the power play – on their side, the hosts are able to tie the game!!! Another one-timer by ALEXEI VASILYEV finds its way into the net – better said into the right top corner – past Leighton who couldn't react fast enoguh and raise his glove hand!

    Assisted by Ilya Gorokhov and Anton But.
     
    57:32
    Shots by Ilya Gorokhov from the left wing are twice blocked by the guest defense.
     
    57:07
    Oleg Piganovich (Donbass) gets two minutes for a check to the head and neck area. The guests are putting the fruits for all their hard work in this match at risk!
     
    55:48
    Goal for Lokomotiv!


    With a one-timer from the blue line just after his team won the face off ALEXEI VASILYEV brings home side Lokomotiv Yaroslav back into the match in power play and cuts the deficit to just one goal – 2-3 now!

    Assisted by Ilya Gorokhov.
     
    55:40
    Jan Kolar (Donbass) gets two minutes for throwing the puck outside the playing area – a long 5 on 3 power play now for Lokomotiv!
     
    54:17
    Vaclav Nedorost (Donbass) gets two minutes for interference.
     
    54:17
    Lokomotiv's Emil Galimov tried to deke out Leighton but is stopped by the former NHL goalie!
     
    53:45
    After their third goal of the evening the guests are finding their confidence back and seem to controll the game currently.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 37. Apalkov (Galimov), 56. Vasilyev (Gorokhov), 58. Vasilyev (Gorokhov, But) – 33. Bartulis (Piganovich), 36. Piganovich (Robitaille, Bartulis), 53. Dadonov (Kolar), 64. Razin (Dadonov)

    Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Klyuchnikov) – Koledov, Vishnevsky, Kronwall, Peretyagin, Vasilyev, Arzamastsev, Yakovlev, Gorokhov – But, Plotnikov, Chernikov, Ullstrom, Petrov, Averin, Apalkov, Galimov, Kruchinin, Maltsev, Romantsev, Kartayev
    HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton (Shevchuk) – Silnitsky, Wilson, Bartulis, Kolar, Podhradsky, Razin, Piganovich – Pettersson, Nedorost, Virtanen, Robitaille, Kaspar, Kvitchenko, Blagoi, Yakutsenya, Belukhin, Dadonov, Laine, Shalimov
    Referees: Gofman, Romasko – Alyoshin, Ivanov