CLJ 1:0 SIB | Traktor Chelyabinsk - HC Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL)

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Traktor – Novosibirsk

1:0 (end)

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3:2 (end)

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4:3 (2:1 after SO)

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Traktor Chelyabinsk

1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0)

HC Sibir Novosibirsk

Tuesday 24.09.2013, 15:00 • Traktor Arena, Chelyabinsk, Russia • KHL

		Thank you for following the game with us, we have two more KHL games today for you and until next time, goodbye. (17:17:25)
		Shots on goal: TRK 4 (20) – Guskov, Chistov, Bulis, Osnovin (1) SIB 14 (27) – Enlund (3), Belov, Ignatushkin (2) Faceoffs: TRK 3 (24), SIB 13 (30) Penalties: TRK 14 (24), SIB 0 (14) Ice leaders: TRK – Dmitry Ryabykin – 21:48 SIB – Jori Lehtera – 24:10.
		The horn signals the end of the game, and it finishes with only one goal, coming in the second period from Ryabikin. Altogether, the game was pretty much boring with very few offensive chances and plays. Traktor will take the edge over Sibir leaving them 6 points behind.
	60:00	Game over.
	59:00	One minute to go in the third period.
	58:54	Sibir dump the puck and are called for icing.
	57:59	Traktor back at full strength.
	57:25	Sibir haven't left the zone on the powerplay, but can't find the way to the net. Koskinen still in net.
	55:59	Timeout Sibir.
	55:59	Jan Bulis (TRK) gets checking to the head and neck area call and a game misconduct.
	54:06	Guskov is playing on the left boards in the defence and gets a free shot for Sibir, though coming from the left circle Garnett is focused.
	53:41	Traktor try to go into the zone on the right side, but are called for offside.
	52:37	Sibir take the puck in on the left side and a pass is sent up front for Jarno Koskiranta who has a chance coming from the left, but his shot is deflected by Garnett to the left side behind the goal line and the defence recovers.
	51:56	Mainly shooting the puck coast to coast could be the summary of the last few minutes.
	50:16	Alexei Kopeikin gets the puck into he zone through the middle with a man on his back firing a backhander from the slot, only to warm up Garnett a bit, easy deflection aside.
	48:43	Still no organization from Sibir, as Traktor's defence are able to take over in their zone and restart from deep.
	47:29	Traktor are able to keep the puck in with full strength from both sides, but can't find the way to the net as they fire from the left wing.
	46:27	Traktor back at full strength as Guskov gets back onto the ice.
	45:36	Sibir organize in the zone firing twice from the blue, both times deflected by Garnett, before Traktor's defence clears it.
	44:27	Sibir will have the chance on the powerplay as Alexander Guskov (TRK) is called for interference.
	43:36	Kuryanov takes the puck as if he were to circle the net, but before going all the way gets the puck back to the right side taking two players with him and leaves his team mate alone on the right post, though he didn't expect the backhand pass and didn't react well.
	43:06	Jan Bulis takes a shot at Koskinen who makes an easy deflection from the left circle.
	42:16	Sibir get some more inefficient offence up front before Traktor gets the hold of the puck, but their organization in the zone struggles as well.
	41:27	A huge hit delivered on the boards on the right side by Sibir forward, no penalty however.
	40:31	Off the faceoff deep in the Traktor zone Sibir win a faceoff, but the pass on the blueline to the right goes out, so they have to restart.
	40:15	Traktor is back at full strength.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		Third period coming up at 16:41 CET, 18:41 MSK, 10:41 EDT. Stay tuned.
		Shots on goal: TRK 11 (16) – RYABIKIN, Kontiola, Bulis (2) SIB 3 (13) – Kugryshev, Sannikov, Kutuzov (1) Faceoffs: TRK 13 (21), SIB 9 (17) Penalties: TRK 6 (10), SIB 10 (14) Ice leaders: TRK – Dmitry Ryabikin – 14:12 SIB – Jori Lehtera – 16:08.
		Second period didn't offer anything interesting but penalties which marked the whole period producing too many stoppages for a fluent play. Despite that, Traktor scored a goal to get in the lead, but the final word will be made in the third period.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:52	Kugryshev gets the puck to the slot for a tip in from the right, though it gets deflected and Sibir are unable to pose a serious threat on net.
	39:00	One minute to go in the second.
	38:49	Jori Lehtera tries to get the puck in the zone, but gets intercepted.
	38:15	Andrei Kostitsyn (TRK) is called for boarding and Sibir will go a man up.
	37:56	Enlund takes the puck in on the right and passes back to Lehtera on the left post, but his shot makes no problems for Garnett.
	37:31	Traktor keep the puck in the zone with only three man up front, but Sibir takes away only to dump it down the ice.
	36:40	Nothing interesting going on, as Traktor calmed the game a bit not producing on offense.
	35:11	Sibir back to full strength.
	34:41	Traktor build another attack in the zone going from side to side and firing a lot, but don't get it precisely to go in.
	33:39	Petri Kontiola gets the pass inside the left circle zone, but his shot on net going to the upper right gets deflected aside by Koskinen.
	33:11	Although someone might take it as a joke, Sibir will go a man down once again, Vyacheslav Belov (SIB) gets the call for tripping at the boards.
	32:48	Sibir struggle to enter the zone playing against full strength Traktor for all sides.
	32:03	Icing Traktor.
	31:17	Traktor back at full strength.
	30:57	A breakaway 2-on-1 for Traktor that quickly becomes 2-on-2 led from the right wing, and then the feed to the left post is a bit too quick for the oncoming skater to catch it.
	30:14	Sibir back to full strength.
	30:11	Enlund and Belov play a couple of passes back and forth before Belov is able to take the shot from the middle going for the left side, but Garnett makes the stick deflection aside.
	29:48	The second period is full of stoppages in play.
	29:35	Another one gets the penalty, this time Andrei Popov (TRK), so now Sibir will have a man advantage, 4-on-3.
	29:17	Now Sibir get rid of the pressure and try to take the puck to the net, making Garnett intervene from the from the right circle – no problem for him.
	28:28	Way too many penalties this period, as Traktor get a penalty with Jan Bulis for holding.
	28:30	Sibir back to 4 men on the ice.
	28:14	5-on-3 coming for Traktor who currently dominate the game with so many penalties from Sibir. Kristian Kudroc (SIB) is called for slashing on the defence.
	27:46	Guskov leads the offense on the left wing and tries to send the puck to the crease for someone to tip in, but finds no one.
	27:14	Sibir try to take the puck down the ice to Garnett, but in the end just dump it away.
	26:23	Kontiola keeps the puck in the left circle with a lot of time, but the pass is deflected by defence, so they restart from the blueline.
	26:30	Yet another penalty for Sibir, hooking call on Maxim Ignatovich (SIB).
	25:39	Sibir is back to full strength.
	25:09	Sibir successfully keep the puck away, while Traktor have to restart from behind the net.
	24:27	Traktor try to organize inside the zone, though the passes get deflected and driven away from the danger.
	23:39	Vyacheslav Belov (SIB) will get Traktor to another powerplay opportunity as he gets called for tripping.
	23:05	Goal for Traktor! DMITRY RYABIKIN takes a hard wrister from the blueline through traffic up front, and beats Koskinen who couldn't see the puck. Assist:
	21:57	Just as they get back to five players, Artyom Karavayev (SIB) gets the call for tripping.
	21:20	Sibir is back to full strength.
	21:03	Traktor fire another one from the blueline, but get deflected.
	20:31	The puck is sent to the slot from the left wing but Bulis can't get a good grip on it and deflect it inside.
	20:13	Traktor immediately go into the zone as they're still on the powerplay.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		Second period coming up at 15:49 CET, 17:49 MSK, 09:49 EDT.
		Shots on goal: TRK 5 – Kuryanov (2) SIB 10 – Kopeikin, Kutuzov (2) Faceoffs: TRK 8, SIB 8 Penalties: TRK 4, SIB 4 Ice leaders: TRK – Alexei Bondarev – 6:57 SIB – Alexnader Kutuzov – 7:57.
		The opening period didn't offer much action offensively by either team, most of the play was taken in the neutral zone or behind then nets trying to set up something down the ice. The only offensive ogranization came on the powerplays, which didn't produce any goals.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:59	Koskinen makes a crucial save with the horn not allowing the puck to go in and give Traktor the edge. The shot came for the left midway between the circle and the blueline.
	19:20	Nikolai Lemtyugov (SIB) will get the call for tripping.
	19:00	One minute left in the first period.
	18:47	Traktor with more possession and offense at the moment, but nothing serious organized in the zone.
	17:41	Garnett deflects a shot from the left and Traktor will start from deep in their zone.
	17:02	Andrei Popov puts a shot on Koskinen, but it's directly into him for an easy save from the right.
	16:43	Icing is called as Sibir try to go on the offense playing dump and chase.
	16:25	Traktor is back to full strength.
	15:49	Sibir keep the puck inside looking for an open spot to shoot, but Traktor succesfully cover all the holes in their defence.
	14:43	Dangerous opportunity now from Sibir on a shot from the blue, it gets deflected by Garnett while the forward standing on the left post is unable to put it in before Garnett recovers and the puck goes wide through the crease.
	14:25	Referees spotted a hold ing from Traktor's Alexei Bondarev, so Sibir will have another opportunity on the powerplay to open the scoring.
	13:22	Jori Lehtera fires a wristshot from the left circle coming from behind the net for Garnett to make a glove defelection going for the upper right.
	12:18	Traktor are unable to come into the zone as the defence intercepts all their passes, while the offense is unable to get a serious threat for Garnett.
	11:29	Michael Garnett gets another save coming off the left circle to the left post.
	10:59	Sibir back to full strength, and Traktor were held shotless on their first powerplay of the night.
	10:01	Anton Kuryanov shoots from outside the right circle, but the shot is deflected on the way to the right.
	09:26	So far so good with the man down for Sibir, dumping the pucks down the ice keeping them away from danger.
	08:59	Elbowing call on Sergei Shumakov (SIB) so Traktor will now have an opportunity on the powerplay.
	08:26	Lauris Darzins gets the puck down the ice for Traktor and fires from the left by the boards, though Koskinen is ready for the defletion.
	07:11	Traktor is playing at full strength.
	06:57	Kutuzov gets the pass to Koskiranta over the blueline into te zone, though his shot gets deflected aside by Garnett.
	05:44	Sibir put some good offensive display in the zone on the powerplay, passing all around the Traktor's end, but two shots fired from the blueline to the left were deflected and then the puck goes out, so they have to restart.
	05:11	The first penalty of the game will go to Andrei Kostitsyn (TRK) for holding.
	04:44	Alexander Kutuzov restarts the action for the visitors behind the net, but only gets the puck to Traktor.
	03:24	Sibir are offside entering the zone.
	02:48	Little offense in the opening minutes from both teams and the play is mainly in the neutral zone.
	01:44	Petri Kontiola puts the first shot on goal for Traktor from the slot, but Koskinen makes the easy save.
	00:44	Endlund has the puck behind the Traktor net, but loses possession, so Traktor will get the offense.
	00:15	Just as the game started Sibir go up front but were too quick to enter and are whistled down for offside.
	00:01	Game started.
		National anthem of Russia is ahead.
		Game starts at 15:00 CET, 17:00 MSK, 09:00 EDT.
		Both teams will have to give it their all as they're separated by one win only and will fight hard for the valuable three points.
		Sibir ended the two game losing streak with a win against Admiral and then went to wing against Amur in the shootout. In the next three games before this one they had two losses, one in overtime and a win. Today they will look to win after losing to Neftekhimik, and to get back home for a home sequence with a win. Sibir are led in scoring by Jori Lehtera with a goal and six assists, while most goals were scored by Jarno Koskiranta and Jonas Enlund with 3G each. The most effective man on the defence is Vyacheslav Belov with 5 points (2G, 3A). Sergei Gayduchenko started in 5 games so far with 91.2 SVS% and 2.54 GAA. Julius Hudacek stood in there only once and conceded three times for 82.4 SVS% and 3.08 goals on average.
		Traktor so far were struggling a bit but managed to get three wins in arow at home prior to today's matchup. Metallurg Nk, Amur and Admiral lost, Amur getting it to penalty shootout. Including today's game they still have another home game on Thursday with Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Traktor's top scorer is Petri Kontiola with 9 points (3G, 6A), and is followed by Lauris Darzins and Andrei Kostitsyn, both with 5. The only scorers from the defence with one goal each are Evgeny Katchev and Maxim Kondratyev. Michael Garnett stood between the pipes in all seven games played so far recording 91 SVS% and 2.69 GAA.
		Today's game features Traktor and Sibir. Both teams coming from the East and are separated by only one spot in the standings. While Traktor is 8th with 3-2-2 and 12 points, Sibir are 3 points away with 2-2-2, and could today breach in and take them away.
		Welcome. Game starts at 15:00 CET, 17:00 MSK, 09:00 EDT.

Commentary by

Alan Ilijic

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 24. Ryabykin

Traktor Chelyabinsk: Garnett (Demchenko) – Guskov, Kuryanov, Chistov, Bulis, Bondarev – Darzins, Ryabykin, Kontiola, Vasilchenko, Kostitsyn – Popov, Glinkin, Katichev, Panov, Kondratyev – Dugin, Klimontov, Flyagin, Osnovin, Mokin

HC Sibir Novosibirsk: Koskinen (Gaiduchenko) – Monya, Lehtera, Enlund, Belov, Kudroc – Kugryshev, Alexeyev, Kopeikin, Koskiranta, Kutuzov – Karavayev, Lemtyugov, Sannikov, Ignatovich, Ignatushkin – Shumakov, Karamnov, Okulov, Dvurechensky, Ozhiganov

Referees: Cherenkov, Karabanov – Birin, Sadovnikov

Attendance: n/a

1st period
	05:11
	08:59
	14:25
	19:20
1st intermission
2nd period
	21:57
	23:05
	23:39
	26:30
	28:14
	28:28
	29:35
	33:11
	38:15
2nd intermission
3rd period
	44:27
	55:59
Final