CER 0:4 DON | Severstal Cherepovets - HC Donbass Donetsk (KHL)

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Severstal Cherepovets

0:4 (0:2, 0:0, 0:2)

HC Donbass Donetsk

Friday 20.09.2013, 17:00 • KHL

	60:00	Game over. (19:15:44)
	57:58	Goal for Donbass! That will seal the deal. TEEMU LAINE fires the puck into the empty net. Assisted by Petteri Virtanen.
	57:36	Donbass calls a timeout trying to make sure they defend this lead.
	57:00	Štěpánek is on the bench, extra attacker on for Severstal.
	56:57	Severstal calls a timeout, hoping for one last chance to get back.
	54:13	Severstal is in possession, but can't get far.
	53:14	Bartulis misses with a shot.
	52:00	Bumagin also got to a shot, save by Leighton.
	50:48	Good shot by Laine, even a better save by Štěpánek.
	50:05	Donbass trying to secure the lead, the puck spends a lot of time in the neutral zone now.
	48:49	Štěpánek had to face a great shot and also makes a big big save.
	48:00	Huge opportunity for Kazakovtsev, but Leighton comes over to make a spectacular save.
	46:07	Goal for Donbass! A powerplay goal for Donbass probably seals the deal. CLAY WILSON was the one who found the back of the net on the man-advantage and the score is 3-0. Assisted by Denis Robitaille and Lukáš Kašpar.
	45:08	Gogolyov led a two-on-one for Severstal, good glove save made by Leighton as well.
	44:40	Good glove save by Štěpánek on a long shot from the blue line.
	44:17	Ignat Zemchenko (CRP) gets two minutes for charging.
	43:15	A counter-attack by Donbass is stopped by Štěpánek.
	43:00	Popov fired one and it was tipped in front, goes wide after all.
	42:40	Two saves by Leighton now, but nothing too difficult.
	42:00	The pace has been slow in the third.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:13	Fedotenko almost got to the rebound in front of Štěpánek, that would have probably been a goal.
	38:43	Severstal is in full strength.
	37:25	Good PK for Donbass, too.
	36:43	Too many men on the ice called against Donbass.
	35:38	Good PK for Severstal this time.
	33:38	Petr Čáslava (CRP) gets two minutes for hooking.
	33:33	Good shot by Razin through traffic in front, Štěpánek has it under control.
	32:40	Donbass has the game under control.
	31:32	Loose puck in front of Štěpánek again and Dadonov almost got to it, but the home goaltender got there first.
	29:52	Varlamov got to the loose puck in front, but fired it wide.
	28:46	Two quick stops by Štěpánek, one on a long shot, the other on the rebound.
	27:52	Kašpar again in a chance, this time trying to tip the puck in. He only deflected it wide though.
	27:24	Severstal clears the puck.
	26:51	Bogdan Kiselevich (CRP) gets two minutes for crosschecking.
	24:46	Smooth hands by Kašpar who deked around two opponents before taking a shot that went wide.
	24:26	Nice shot by Kašpar and a big shoulder save made by Štěpánek.
	23:41	Huge turnover by a Donbass defenseman, but the Severstal forward was so surprised that he failed to take advantage of it.
	22:29	Two offsides in a row now against Severstal.
	20:44	Blagoy fired one on Štěpánek early in the second, the Czech goalie steers the shot into the corner.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	18:26	Goal for Donbass! After the powerplay ended, Donbass managed to double up their lead to two goals. DENIS ROBITAILLE broke away and converted past Štěpánek. Unassisted.
	16:08	Oleg Piganovich (DON) gets two minutes for hooking.
	15:00	Bartulis fired one hard from the blue line and it caused some mess in front, but Severstal defense eventually took care of it.
	14:27	Donbass is in full strength.
	13:05	Václav Nedorost got onto a breakaway, instead of a deke he decided to fire one on Štěpánek who holds the fort.
	12:24	Severstal is spending their powerplay in the offensive zone, but hasn't managed to threaten the net much yet.
	11:15	Peter Podhradský (DON) gets called for interference.
	09:17	More saves for Štěpánek who could be the difference maker in this game.
	08:21	Long shot by one of visiting players, Štěpánek couldn't see it, but it ended up in the corner.
	07:30	Good chance for Monakhov in front of Leighton, but the home forward missed the net.
	06:50	Big one-timer by Robitaille and a huge save is made by Štěpánek.
	06:02	First save for Leighton in a long time.
	05:36	Donbass looks in control of the game, Štěpánek had to make more saves.
	04:06	Goal for Donbass! Donbass opens the scoring early anyways. A two-on-one with Kašpar leading the puck in and the Czech forward passed it rinkwide to PETER PODHRADSKÝ who tucked it home four minutes into the first. Assisted by Lukáš Kašpar.
	02:59	A Donbass forward was in on a breakaway, but Štěpánek managed to quickly close his five-hole to prevent the Ukrainian team from opening the score.
	01:40	Donbass looks more active early on and in possession of the puck.
	00:01	Game started.
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Commentary by

Radoslav Vavřina

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 5. Podhradský (Kašpar), 19. Robitaille, 47. Wilson (Robitaille, Kašpar), 58. Laine (Virtanen)

Severstal Cherepovets: Štěpánek (Artemyev) – Andersen, Shinin, Kiselevich, Sviyazov, Serkin, Čáslava, Stasenko, Popov – Berdnikov, Bumagin, Klimenko – Zemchenko, Antipov, Buchnevich – Bushuyev, Videll, Gogolyov – Kazakovtsev, Monakhov, Kovyrshin.

HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton (Shevchuk) – Wilson, Podhradský, Bartulis, Piganovich, Kolář, Razin, Silnitsky – Nedorost, Yakutsenya, Dadonov – Virtanen, Fedotenko, Laine – Robitaille, Kašpar, Blagoy – Kvitchenko, Varlamov, Shalimov.

Referees: Cooper, Komarov – Golyak, Dedyulya.

1st period
	04:06
	11:15
	16:08
	18:26
1st intermission
2nd period
	26:51
	36:43
2nd intermission
3rd period
	44:17
	46:07
	57:58
Final