KHL
Spartak – Avangard 3:2 (1:0 after SO) | Donbass – HC Yugra 2:0 (end) | Dinamo Minsk – Avtomobilist 2:0 (end)
Medvescak – Barys 3:2 (end)
final
HC Donbass Donetsk
2:0 (0:0, 0:0, 2:0)
HC Yugra
Saturday 28.09.2013, 16:00 • Druzhba Palace of Sports (4,130 capacity) • KHL
     
    Final word: Donbass prevailed in opening period and applied constant pressure to Yugra. Mikhail Biryukov was great in opening period and didn't let home team score. Guests improved in middle period as far as attacking hockey is conserned, but home team didn't focus on defense and tried to score themselves. Second period was really entertaining with teams firing 23 shots combined. However, no goals were seen. last 20 minutes were decisive, Home team surpirsed with shorthanded goal on their first penalty and that probably decided the game. Guests were in shock after and Maxim Yakutsenya scored another goal for Donbass.
    Eurolivescores player of the game – Maxim Yakutsenya (Donbass) (18:25:00)
     
    Final period faceoffs: Donbass 13/20, Yugra 7/20
    Penalties: Donbass 6, Yugra 2
     
    Final period shot summary:
    Donbass 8 – WILSON 2(1), Nedorost, Wirtanen, Kolar, YAKUTSENYA, Dadonov, Laine
    Yugra 12 – Pepelyaev, Gorbunov, Shefer, Sitnikov 3, Khvostov, Krivonozhkin, Knyazev, Savinainen 2, Gusev
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    58:53
    Gusev fires, Leighton saves
     
    58:36
    Home team timeout.
     
    58:36
    Petteri Wirtanen (Donbass) goes to penalty-bin for. high-sticking – 2 min. minor
     
    58:24
    Another shot by Savinainen, another puck for Biryukov's defensemen into his right corner
     
    58:13
    Savinainen shoots in attempt to score for Yugra, Leighton grabs the puck
     
    57:32
    Teemu laine shoots, Biryukov saves with his stick
     
    56:35
    Sergei Varlamov (Donbass) also goes to penalty box for interference – 2 min. minor
     
    55:57
    Alexei Pepelyaev (Yugra) is penalized for slashing – 2 min. minor
     
    54:13
    Sitnikov is desperate to score, he fires his third shot already in third period, but Leighton remains unbeaten
     
    52:48
    Petteri Wirtanen tries his shot from blue line, Biryukov deflects and covers the puck in second try
     
    51:18
    Dadonov shoots from left side, no trouble for Biryukov.
     
    50:38
    Jan Kolar fires for Donbass after a while, Biryukov saves with ease
     
    49:59
    Goal for Donbass!
    MAXIM YAKUTSENYA benefits on depressed Yugra play. Oskars Bartulis provides him with great assist and Yakutsenya extends Donbass' lead to two goals
     
    48:04
    Gorbunov is next to try for Yugra, leighton once more focused
     
    46:57
    Krivonozhkin shoots from left circle, Leighton glove-saves.
     
    46:05
    Khvostov also fores for Yugra, no trouble for leighton who deflects another puck into corner
    Commentary by

    Ben Kelsson

    CZ@MarcusLuxie

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 44. WILSON (Yakutsenya), 50. YAKUTSENYA (Bartulis)

    HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton Shevchuk – Wilson Podhradsky Nedorost Yakutsenya Dadonov – Bartulis Piganovich Wirtanen Fedotenko Laine – Kolar Razin Robitaille Kaspar Blagoi – Silnitsky Belukhin Varlamov Shalimov
    HC Yugra: Biryukov Kuznetsov – Shefer Starosta Shorokhodov Sitnikov Magogin – Galvins Pepelyaev Bocharov Yakubov Savinainen – Troncinsky Khvostov Gorbunov krivonozhkin Knyazev – Dyakov Olonov Zhukov Yatsenko Gusev
    Referees: Zakharov, Naumov – Chubykin Menshikh
    Attendance: 3,872