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SKA St. Petersburg – Donbass 2:4 (end)
final
SKA St. Petersburg
2:4 (0:2, 1:1, 1:1)
HC Donbass Donetsk
Sunday 22.09.2013, 15:30 • KHL
     
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    SKA fighted well during the last 20 minutes but despite several high-class chanes they were only able to cut the deficit by one more goal before strong guests from Donetsk made everything clear with an empty net goal in the lats minute. In the end the weak performance in the first period was decisive for the first loss of this season for SKA St. Petersburg. For Donbass this away win is the biggest exclamation mark of the season!

    Shots on goal: SKA 19 (39) – Donbass 4 (20)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:59
    Goal for Donbass!


    In the very last second of the match EVGENY DADONOV makes it 4-2 with a shot into the empty net from short distance for the guests after a long pass by Peter Podhradsky.

    Assisted by Peter Podhradsky.
     
    59:52
    A blue line shot is blocked and Donbass can clear the puck!
     
    59:10
    Another long clearance by Donbass gives them time to readjust their defense.
     
    58:51
    With a long clearance and the net wide open Donbass miss the decision just by inches!
     
    58:43
    Ezhov leaves the SKA net again for an additional skater!
     
    58:13
    Leighton with a pad save against a distance shot from within the neutral zone! The rebound somehow is cleared by a defender!
     
    57:44
    Counter attack for Dobass but they aren't able to get a shot on goal from the left circle.
     
    56:30
    After the second SKA goal Ezhov returned into this net.
     
    56:30
    Goal for SKA!


    In power play the home side cuts the deficit to the half! From short distance PATRICK THORESEN makes it 2-3!

    Assisted by Roman Cervenka and Tony Martensson.
     
    56:10
    After the timeout SKA goalie Ilya Ezhov stayed on the bench and the hosts already go all or nothing with an additional attacker!
     
    55:42
    SKA take a timeout! They want to use their last chance to change something in this match!
     
    55:42
    Teemu Laine (Donbass) gets two minutes for hooking.
     
    55:33
    Viktor Tikhonov failed twice in a row with a warp-around attempt towards the left bottom corner when Leighton covered the corner up with all his body size! He then threw himself onto the goalie and caused almost a brawl.
     
    54:30
    A long clearance gives the guest defense a moment to take a breath.
     
    53:04
    The Ukrainian guests are doing a great job currently by keeping SKA away from their own net. Now they have survived another penalty killing without harm.
     
    51:04
    Ruslan Fedotenko (Donbass) gets two minutes for tripping.
     
    50:30
    With the time running out for SKA slowly but steadily the game is gaining a lot of heat!
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 33. Thoresen (Kalinin, Cervenka), 57. Thoresen (Cervenka, Martensson) – 4. Yakutsenya (Dadonov, Wilson), 19. Robitaille, 29. Yakutsenya (Piganovich, Nedorost), 60. Dadonov (Podhradsky)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Ezhov (Nalimov) – Kalinin, Semenov, Alexandrov, Chudinov, Yudin, Ryasensky – Tikhonov, Kovalchuk, Shipachyov, Martensson, Thoresen, Cervenka, Kucheryavenko, Ketov, Skachkov, Malyshev, Ponikarovsky, Makarov, Sigaryov
    HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton (Shevchuk) – Wilson, Podhradsky, Bartulis, Piganovich, Kolar, Razin, Silnitsky – Nedorost, Yakutsenya, Dadonov, Wirtanen, Fedotenko, Laine, Robitaille, Kaspar, Blagoi, Kvitchenko, Varlamov, Shalimov
    Referees: Buturlin, Dreyev – Streltsov, Tarasov