MOS 2:0 KZN | CSKA Moscow - Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)

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CSKA Moscow

2:0 (0:0, 2:0, 0:0)

Ak Bars Kazan

Thursday 19.09.2013, 17:30 • CSKA Ice-Palace (5600 capacity) • KHL

		Final word: opening period was not entertaining, although quite many shots were fired on both sides. Middle period was better in terms of fast skating and intense play, but poor with shots. Home team advantaged on one of powerplays in 12 seconds after great passing by Alexander Radulov. CSKA's second goal was a result of good team work and some nice passing skills and gave home team two-goal lead. Final period didn't bring any real offensive from guests and home team easily (thanks to several penalties for Bars players too) brought game to winning end. Eurolivescores player of the game – it would be fair to name Rastislav Stana, CSKA goalie for that title, but Bars players didn't actually give him any hard time to defend his net. Our choice therefore is ALEXANDER RADULOV, who was involved in all sorts of action and really had impact on the game. (19:48:22)
		Third period faceoffs: CSKA 8/17, Ak Bars 9/17 Penalties: CSKA 6, Ak Bars 8
		Final period shot summary: CSKA 8 – Zharkov, Misharin, Naumenkov, Zubov, Radulov 3, Saprykin Ak Bars 7 – Nikulin, Stapleton, Varnakov, Medvedev 2, Lukoyanov, Petrov
	60:00	Game over.
	59:44	Mikhail Varnakov shoots from right side with full speed, Stana holds the puck
	59:35	Shirokov shots from circle on right side, Barulin saves
	58:44	Home team at full strength.
	58:23	Alexander Svitov is penalized for tripping
	58:17	Visiting team timeout.
	56:44	Alexander Radulov (CSKA) is penalized for holding the stick – 2 min. minor
	55:49	5 on 4 powerplay for CSKA for another 1:44
	55:33	Stepan Zakharchuk (Ak Bars) is penalized for throwing the puck outside the playing area
	53:49	Evgeny Medvedev sits on penalty bench for kneeing
	53:10	Ak Bars at full strength.
	53:06	Shirokov almost beats Barulin from close corner
	51:10	Janne Pesonen (Ak Bars) sits on penalty bench for slashing
	49:59	Brandon Reid shoots from left wing, puck stopped by Barulin
	48:57	Evgeny Medvedev shots from blue line on right side, Stana holds the puck
	47:03	CSKA at full strength.
	46:13	Visiting team at full strength, 50 seconds of powerplay for Bars
	45:03	Alexander Radulov (CSKA). 2min. tripping
	44:45	Grigorenko misses to score on open net after nice pass from Radulov
	44:12	Grigory Panin (Ak Bars). 2min. holding
	44:10	Ilya Zubov shoots from left side, Barulin holds the puck, penalty for Ak Bars follows
	43:04	CSKA at full strength.
	41:04	Oleg Saprykin (CSKA). 2min. interference
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		Second period faceoffs – CSKA 8/12, Ak Bars 4/12 Penalties: CSKA – , Ak Bars 6
		Second period shot summary: CSKA 5 – FILPPULA 2(1), Misharin, GRIGORENKO, Reid Ak Bars 2 – Burmistrov, Petrov
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:34	Alexander Svitov tries to stick handle puck from left corner, but CSKA defense is focused enough
	39:05	Janne Pesonen shoots from right side from difficult angle, Stana deflects the puck
	37:37	Radulov receives the puck on blue line, skates inbetween two Bars defensemen and shots, Barulin deflects the puck into right corner
	34:06	Ak Bars at full strength.
	32:06	Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars) is penalized for throwing the puck outside the playing area – 2 min. minor
	31:25	Goal for CSKA! ILYA ZUBOV wins the puck in attacking zone, close to blue line. He passes to ROMAN LYUBIMOV in front of him and Lyubimov passes the puck to ILARI FILPPULA. Filppula stick handles the puck to his right and uses backhanded shot to score inbetween Barulin's legs.
	29:14	Visiting team at full strength.
	27:14	Team penalty (Ak Bars). 2min. too many players on the ice.
	26:02	Tim Stapleton only misses home goal from crowded place in front of goal, Stana didn't even react, but puck missed home goal
	23:32	Visiting team at full strength.
	23:31	Goal for CSKA! IGOR GRIGORENKO scores with one timer from inbetween the circles after ALEXANDER RADULOV provided nice pass from right corner. Powerplay goal!
	22:19	Grigoriy Panin (Ak Bars) sits on penalty bench for hooking on Shirokov
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		Faceoffs opening period – CSKA 5/9, Bars 4/9 Penalties: CSKA 2, Ak Bars 2
		Shot summary opening period: CSKA 10 – Filppula, Lyubimov, fafelov, Shirokov, Gimayev, Goncharov 2, Prokhorkin, Kamayev, Saprykin AK Bars Kazan 5 – Varnakov, Pesonen 2, Burmistrov, Petrov
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:36	Brandon reid makes full circle around bars goal and backhads the puck towards Barulin who deflects it; crowded place in following moments stops CSKA players to endanger barulin again
	18:39	Varnakov fires from left side, Stana catches another puck
	17:45	Vladimir Tkachyov shoots, Stana catches the puck
	17:13	Home team at full strength.
	15:13	Alexander Radulov is penalized for hooking – 2 min. minor
	12:18	Burmistrov shots another distance shot, again no real trouble for Stana
	10:57	Prokhorkin shoots from inbetween the circles, Barulin reacts quick and deflects the shot
	10:17	Shirokov skates into attacking zone and shoots from wide angle on left side, Barulin holds the puck
	08:48	Janne Pesonen shoots from distance with high speed, first real intervention for Stana – no changes on score board though
	07:07	Denis Kamayev shots from left side, barulin goes on his knees and holds the puck against his body
	03:57	Igor grigorenko circles around guest goal and tries to sneak the puck on far post, but Barulin is focused enough
	02:22	Visiting team at full strength.
	00:22	Ilya Nikulin (Bars) sits on penalty bennch for tripping
	00:01	Game started.
		Russian National Anthem is played
		Teams are lining up on blue lines
		Two days after great performance against Gagarin Cup Winners Dynamo Moscow CSKA plays another home game, this time against AK Bars Kazan. Win against Dynamo sure boosted confidence of CSKA players and today's game against Bars is great opportunity to keep positive results going, but this isn't really a n easy task. AK Bars is in fact on top of Eastern Conference standings with three straight wins, one overtime win and one shootout win, with only one defeat so far in KHL season. Their last win against Dinamo Riga in Latvian capital happened on Tuesday and Kazan players are sure full of confidence. Alexander Radulov contributed 8 points (1+7) so far in 6 CSKA games and John Torchetti, their head coach sure hopes that such great form will remain for Radulov. Rising star Nikolai Prokhorin is also hot – he scored three times against Dynamo. Rastislav Stana is on 89.0 %Sv., so he needs to improve on his performances. On the other side, Konstantin Barulin (4 games, 94.2 %Sv.) and Emil Garipov (2 games, 95.9 %Sv.) are in great form for AK Bars. Shaun Heshka, defenseman leads team's point list with 8 points (4 goals + 4 assists), Alexander Burmistrov is so far the most effective forward with 7 points (3 goals + 4 assists). It is fair to say we expect another great game at CSKA Ice-Palace.
		Welcome. Game starts at 17:30.

Commentary by

Ben Kelsson

@MarcusLuxie

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 24. Grigorenko (Radulov), 32. Filppula (Zubov, Lyubimov)

CSKA Moscow: Stana Proskuryakov – Pervyshin Misharin Denisov Goncharov Naumenkov Gimayev Kurbatov – Grigorenko Radulov Prokhorkin Filppula Zubov Shirokov Zharkov Reid Saprykin Lyubimov Fefelov Kamayev

Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin Yaroslavlev Nikulin Korneyev Heshka Medvedev Zakharchuk Panin Yarullin – pesonen Tkachyov Petrov Stapleton Varnakov Burmistrov Svitov Obukhov Vincour Golubev Abdullin Lukoyanov Faizullin

Referees: Gofman Romasko Golovyov Shikhanov

Attendance: 3600

1st period
	00:22
	15:13
1st intermission
2nd period
	22:19
	23:31
	31:25
2nd intermission
3rd period
	44:12
	51:10
	53:49
	55:33
	58:23
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