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Traktor – Novosibirsk 1:0 (end) | Vityaz – CSKA 3:2 (end) | Medvescak – SKA St. Petersburg 4:3 (2:1 after SO)
after shootout (2:1)
Medvescak Zagreb
4:3 (1:1, 1:0, 1:2)
SKA St. Petersburg
Tuesday 24.09.2013, 19:30 • Dom Sportova; Zagreb, Croatia • KHL
     
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    Medvescak takes the win in the shootout. David versus Goliath, that's how you could compare those two, but the team with lowest budget in the end had more luck than the one with the biggest.
     
    Game over.
     
    Medvescak wins it in the shootout with RYAN VESCE scoring the decisive game-winner.
     
    Patrick Thoresen takes it to the slot but trying to beat Dekanich dekes to the left and misses the puck – 2:1.
     
    Jonathan Cheechoo takes it on the left and dekes to the right, though misses – 2:1.
     
    Kovalchuk goes on the left and tries to fire low, but Dekanich reads – 2:1.
     
    Ryan Vesce as well through the middle and scores in the low left – 2:1.
     
    Roman Cervenka takes it the same way but beats Dekanich low – 1:1.
     
    Medvescak will go first. Linglet takes it on Salak. he goes through the middle and from the slot beats Salak up high – 1:0.
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    Shots in overtime: Medvescak 1 – SKA 4. Shootout coming up in a few moments.
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    64:56
    Salak saves SKA big time! They burst out 2-on-1 and fire first from the right, it gets deflected to the slot for Ryan Vesce but Salak stones him to get the games to the shootout.
     
    63:51
    After an icing call, the faceoff comes deep into Medvescak zone and SKA take it but can't find an open spot to shoot as the defence clears the danger.
     
    62:47
    Medvescak keep the puck in the zone with only Murray and Walker inside, and get it at the boards, but Murray's shot from the right goes a bit wide to the left.
     
    62:32
    Salak moves the net once again (!) as Medvescak circle the net in search of the feed to the middle, Andrew Murray was looking for Luke Walker oncoming in the slot. Salak gets away without a penalty.
     
    61:35
    Patrick Thoresen circles the net and leaves the puck for the oncoming Martensson who gets the feed to Viktor Tikhonov on the left side but coming from behind the goal he hits the post.
     
    60:29
    SKA continue how they finished the third period putting pressure in the zone as Kalinin takes a shot from the blueline but goes over the bar into the glass.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
    Commentary by

    Tim Bourcier

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Carle (Vesce), 25. Vesce (Willsie), 42. Murley, rozh. náj. Vesce – 2. Kovalchuk, 54. Cervenka (Ponikarovsky), 56. Kovalchuk (Cervenka)

    Medvescak Zagreb: Dekanich-Vasiljevic, Thomas-Cheechoo-Murley-Letang-Montador, Linglet-Vesce-Willsie-Svarny-Foster, Walker-Murray-Bjorkstrand-Katic-Carle, Kane-Perkovic-Koren-Jessiman
    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak, Martensson-Thoresen-Cervenka-Chudinov-Alexandrov, Kovalchuk-Ketov-Shipachyov-KalininSemenov, Tikhonov-Kucheryavenko-Panarin-Yudin-Ryasensky, Malyshev-Ponikarovsky-Sigaryov-Skachov
    Referees: Referee: Kaukokari Mikko, Gofman Roman Linesmen: Zakharenkov Alexander, Sivov Dmitry
    Attendance: 4500