Gusev fires, Leighton saves

Home team timeout.

Petteri Wirtanen (Donbass) goes to penalty-bin for. high-sticking – 2 min. minor

Another shot by Savinainen, another puck for Biryukov's defensemen into his right corner

Savinainen shoots in attempt to score for Yugra, Leighton grabs the puck

Teemu laine shoots, Biryukov saves with his stick

Sergei Varlamov (Donbass) also goes to penalty box for interference – 2 min. minor

Alexei Pepelyaev (Yugra) is penalized for slashing – 2 min. minor

Sitnikov is desperate to score, he fires his third shot already in third period, but Leighton remains unbeaten

Petteri Wirtanen tries his shot from blue line, Biryukov deflects and covers the puck in second try

Dadonov shoots from left side, no trouble for Biryukov.

Jan Kolar fires for Donbass after a while, Biryukov saves with ease

Gorbunov is next to try for Yugra, leighton once more focused

Krivonozhkin shoots from left circle, Leighton glove-saves.

Khvostov also fores for Yugra, no trouble for leighton who deflects another puck into corner

Donbass at full strength.

Kirill Knyazev shoots from distance, no trouble for Leighton

Evgeny khvostov tries to shoot from inbetween circles, leighton deflects the puck

Sitnikov shots at last, leighton is ready and saves the shot

Guests are in shock and are having trouble even to keep the puck under control...

Alexei Pepelyaev fires first in third period, but Leighton is ready and catches the puck

Andrei Shefer tries to impress with great solo action, but is eventually stopped by Leighton

Yugra is way better in second period after they dissapointed in first. Both teams having certain periods of pressure at the moment, but no goals are scored

Krivonozhkin fires from top of the circles, Leighton deflects the puck

Savinainen also tires to beat leighton, but home goalie is in great form and doesn't allow guests to score from right side

Stanislav Bocharov tries to score for Yugra, but leighton is on top of his job and saves the puck with his goalie pads lying on the ice

Gennady Razin fires another long-distance shot, another deflected puck by Biryukov

CLay fires from blue line, puck deflects in front of goal, but doesn't beat Biryukov

Blagoi fires, Biryukov deflects the puck into corner

Mikhail Yakubov shots from left side circle, leighton covers the puck after deflection

Another shot by Lukas, Biryukov saves

Guntis Galvins fires from distance and almost surprises Leighton – eventually Donbass defensemen clear the situation

Yakutseny fires again, Biryukov makes great glove-save

Robitaille fires from left side to keep Biryukov fully focused. Donbass is applying some serious pressure

Clay Wilson blasts powerful shot from distance but Biryukov keeps his net untouchable with great reaction

Mikhail Yakubov fires from right side circle only to hit Leighton. leighton goes down and covers the puck

Yugra at full strength.

Jan Kolar tries to benefit on Donbass powerplay, but Biryukov is focused and deflects the puck

Yakutsenya's third shot of the day finishes in Biryukov's shoulder and deflects off the ice-rink

Kaspar Lukas fires from blue line, Biryukov deflects the puck

Igor Skorokhodov (Yugra) is next of guests to sit in penalty box – 2 min. for tripping

Maxim Krivonozhkin demonstrates different Yugra approach to second period with powerful shot from distance, leighton remains unbeaten

Vitaly Sitnikov tries his shot and challenges Leighton to superb reaction

Vaclav Nedorost fires first ins econd period, Biryukov remains unbeaten after sharp puck is fired from left side

Bartulis fires again, but Biryukov still remains his net empty

Yugra at full strength.

Yakutsenya fires another shot, no big trouble for Biryukov in Yugra goal

Lukas Kaspars is next of many Donbass players that fire against Yugra goalie. No changes on score shield though

Vaclav Nedorost tries to beat Biryukov, Khanti Mansiysk goalie is on top of the puck

Oskars Bartulis fires from right side board, Biryukov is right on place needed

Vladislav Shalimov is next to try, Biryukov remains unbeaten

Vitaly Sitnikov tries to beat Leighton with sudden shot, home goalie is ready

Randy Robitaille firres from left circle, Biryukov is forced to do his best to stop the puck

Yugra Khanty Mansiysk at full strength.

Teemu Laine fires from distance, no troble for Biryukov

Maxim Yakutseny fires from top of the circles, Biryukov catches the puck

Marek Troncinsky is the very first for Yugra Khanti Mansysk, but Michael Leighton is also focused and saves the shot

Evgeny Belukhin is next to fire, Biryukov once more focused and deflects the puck into his right corner

Ruslan Fedotenko shots from right side, Biryukov deflects first puck of the game

Welcome to Druzhba Palace of Sports in Donetsk. Donbass head coach Andrei Nazarov tells he has mixed emotions about his team's performances so far in KHL season. They are sixth in Western Conference standings with 3 straight wins and 2 OT wins in 9 games. Donbass surprised SKA (4:2) in St. Petersburg on Sunday, but spoiled that achievement with home defeat (2:4) against Barys on Thursday. They sure want to improve on poor result against Barys and will look for points against Yugra. Michael Leighton is their first choice goalie and he performs well so far (Sv% 92.2). Team's leading point gatherer is Randy Robitaille with 9 points (3 goals + 6 assists). Evgeny Dadonov 8 (4+4) and Maxim Yakutseny 8 (4+4) are also close.
Yugra is on 50% right now. They won 4 of their 8 games played so far and also lost 4. There are no evrtimes, and no shootouts so far on their account in season. They have beaten Avangard on the road (6:2) on their last game – but one can never be sure when Yugra is on ice – whether they impress, or they dissapoint. What's it gonna be today? Alexei Kuznetsov is good between the pipes (Sv% 93.4) and many eyes will be on him today. Vitaly Sitnikov leads teams point list with 7 points (4 goals + 3 assists). Can he also contribute today?

Welcome. Game starts at 16:00.