UFA 3:1 CLJ | Salavat Yulaev Ufa - Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)

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Salavat Yulaev Ufa

3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 2:0)

Traktor Chelyabinsk

Sunday 29.09.2013, 13:00 • KHL

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		In the third period Salavat Yulayev were finally more effective and used their chances for two more goals to win 3-1 against Traktor Chelyabinsk. Ufa now won three games in a row on home ice and four of their last five matches in total! For Traktor it was their second loss of their road trip after winning all their matches during their previous four-game home sint Shots on goal: Salavat Yulayev 10 (49) – Traktor 7 (21)
	60:00	Game over.
	59:49	The guests are back at full strength.
	59:37	A one-timer by Kirill Koltsov from the blue line goes wide.
	57:49	Konstantin Panov (Traktor) gets two minutes for hooking.
	56:02	Goal for Salavat Yulaev! SERGEI ZINOVYEV ends a beautiful solo with a powerful shot from the right circle into the right corner and makes it 3-1 for Ufa! The hosts come pretty close to the decision in this match! Assisted by Alexander Pankov.
	54:13	Icing against Ufa.
	52:56	The guests are back at full strength.
	52:35	The Ufa forwards have a hard time trying to get into their opponents' third.
	51:10	Long clearance by the guests, force Salavat Yulayev to restart their attack in their own third.
	50:56	Yegor Dugin (Traktor) gets two minutes for slashing.
	50:07	Teemu Hartikainen was stopped by Garnett in the 1-on-1 from short distance! Lots of good chances on both sides of the ices now!
	49:35	Andrei Popov sits on the Traktor bench for further treatment after reciving a face injury in a duel with an opponent!
	49:15	Another big opportunity for the guests but their back hander from short distance goes wide past the right post!
	47:50	Angry attacks by the guests follow. Tratktor is not yet beaten here.
	47:17	Goal for Salavat Yulaev! The following attack by the hosts restores their lead! DENIS KHLYSTOV receives the puck just right to the net and fires the puck in from short distance! Asssisted by Alexander Mereskin and Andrei Konev.
	47:02	The guests just miss the net from very short distance!
	45:53	Anton Glinkin left the whole Ufa defense behind himself but his shot from the right circle was not precise enough and just hit the chest of Vasilevsky.
	45:13	Traktor's Anton Kuryanov tries it with a shot from the right circle but Vasilevsky has an easy glove save.
	43:59	The guests are back at full strength.
	43:50	Good opportuntiy for Denis Khlystov from just right to the Traktor net but Garnett throws his body into the way to block the puck!
	41:59	Evgeny Katichev (Traktor) gets two minutes for tripping.
	41:55	It's the same picture as in the previous period – Ufa with shots from all possible angles and Traktor and especially their goalie Michael Garnett try to stop anything that goes through!
	40:33	Ivan Vishnevsky has the first opportunity of the period with a hard shot from the left wing but once more Traktor goalie Garnett was there to make the save.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		One of the most one-sided periods of the whole KHL season is over. Salavat Yulayev controlld everything on the ice quite easily and they had many, many scoring chances but failed to extend their lead early in the period so that the guests were able to come back with a power play goal for a surprising 1-1 after 40 minutes. Shots on goal: Salavat Yulayev 26 (39) – Traktor 8 (14)
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:57	Antti Pihlström received a long pass just next to the Ufa net but failed to controll the puck and the chance was over!
	39:14	The guests are back at full strength.
	39:02	The next big chance for Ufa but Krill Koltsov's one-timer from short distance is deflected wide by Garnett!
	38:13	Incredible chance for Makarov but from just left to the guest net his shot is stopped by a today brilliant Traktor goalie Garnett!
	37:14	Anton Kuryanov (Traktor) gets two minutes for hooking.
	36:44	Big backhand opportunity for the hosts from just in front of Garnett but the guest goalie keeps the 1-1 against Hartikainen!
	34:33	Goal for Traktor! Completely out of the blue the guests from Chelyabinsk score the equalizer early in their power play! STANISLAV CHISTOV received the puck inside the neutral zone and from the right circle his shot went into the right corner past the surprsied Vasilevsky! Assisted by Dmitry Ryabykin and Alexei Vasilchenko.
	34:18	Andrei Zubarev (Salavat Yulayev) gets two minutes for interference.
	34:02	Another distance shot by the guests, this time Isangulov's scoring attempt from the left wing was caught in the air by Garnett.
	32:00	Ufa continue with tremendous pressure. So far there are 17-2 shots on goal in this period!
	29:35	Garnett has little trouble to stop a shot by Nikita Filatov from the left wing.
	28:58	Icing by Ufa.
	28:04	Another shot from short distance, this time by Antti Pihlström, is blocked with a pad save by Garnett.
	27:40	A shot by Alexander Mereskin towards the right bottom corner from the left circle is cleared easily by Garnett.
	27:00	Since their goal the hosts are controlling the game very easily. Traktor more or less completely disappeared in offense.
	25:12	Blue line shot by Sopel, stopped aswell by the guest goalie!
	24:50	Alexander Pankov tries it with a wrap-around attempt towards the left bottom corner but is stopped by Garnett!
	23:48	Igor Musatov tried it with a shot towards the left bottom corner from within the slot and Garnett made a big pad save to the side before he also kept the rebound outside from short distance with a nice jump to the side! What a double chance for Ufa!
	23:20	The hosts are fining better and better into the match after their goal and with the loud support of their fans they try to use the momentum to increase their lead!
	22:06	Goal for Salavat Yulaev! Out of the crowd of several players who waited in front of the guest net, the puck suddenly came to SERGEI ZINOVYEV who didn't waste the big opportunity and fired the puck into the wide open net from short distance for the not undeserved 1-0 lead for Ufa! Assisted by Yegor Dubrovsky.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		In an relatively even first period there were not so many big scoring opportunities so that the result stays at 0-0 after 20 minutes. Shots on goal: Salavat Yulayev 13 – Traktor 6
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:45	Aggressive forechecking by the Traktor offense inside the Ufa third but they can't win the puck.
	18:51	Offside call against the home side.
	17:55	A one-timer by Brent Sopel from the right wing is easily blocked to the side by Traktor goalie Garnett.
	16:08	Anton Kuryanov received a misdirected pass at the left circle and tried it with an immidiate no-look shot which was kept outside of the net by Vasilevsky with some trouble.
	15:08	A wrap-around attempt by Denis Khlystov from right to the Traktor net is blocked by Garnett!
	14:00	Both teams go immidiately into offense in this first period but they lack really organized attacks.
	13:10	3-on-2 counter opportunity for the Ufa offense after they won the puck close to the Traktor blue line but after several cross-passes just in front of guest goalie Garnett the puck went wide and the chance was over.
	11:55	A distance shot by Alexei Vasilchenko from within the neutral zone forced Vasilevsky to allow a rebound but he covered the puck up before Anton Glinkin and Konstantin Panov could reach it.
	11:16	Offside against Ufa.
	10:29	Inside the neutral zone Yegor Dubrovsky wins the puck for the hosts but the following shot from the right circle towards the right top corner was blocked to the side with his left glove by Garnett after he wasn't able to catch the puck.
	09:23	Traktor's Dmitry Tsybin tried it with a shot from the left circle but the angle was extremly sharp and his shot was easily caught by Vasilevsky.
	07:25	The guests try to keep the game open. A cross pass by Yegor Dugin from the left circle goes wide but the following distance shot by a taem mate forced Vasilevsky to make a pad save!
	06:02	First a pass by Ufa's Alexei Glukhov from the right wing was intercepted by a defender as the angle was very sharp and then Ivan Vishnevsky tried it from the blue line but his shot was deflected wide.
	04:36	A shot by Traktor's Mikhail Mokin is blocked by a defender before at the other side of the ice a shot from the left circle is stopped by Garnett.
	02:49	The guests are back at full strength. So far there were no real opportunities in this match.
	00:49	Petri Kontiola (Traktor) gets two minutes for tripping.
	00:01	Game started.
		Starting lineups: Salavat Yulayev: Vasilevsky (Gafiullin) – Zubarev, Koltsov, Vishnevsky, Babchuk, Sopel, Konev, Isangulov – Makarov, Filatov, Hartikainen, Mereskin, Khlystov, Dubrovsky, Pihlström, Zinovyev, Pankov, Musatov, Stepanov, Glukhov, Slepyshev Traktor Chelyabinsk: Garnett (Demchenko) – Bondarev, Kondratyev, Ryabykin, Vasilchenko, Guskov, Katichev, Flyagin, Popov, Chistov, Bulis, Dugin, Kontiola, Kostitsyn, Glinkin, Kuryanov, Panov, Tsybin, Osnovin, Sayustov, Mokin Referees: Odins, Soin – Balodis, Sadovnikov
		The game between Salavat Yulayev Ufa and Traktor Chelyabinsk will be the one of two teams with high expectations but a rather average start. Hosts Salavat Yulayev are currently 6th in Eastern Conference with 16 points in 9 games while guests and conference rivals Traktor are 7th with 15 points in the same amount of games. Currently Ufa are quite successful with 9 points in their last four games while Traktor lost the last match on the road against Metallurg Magnitogorsk (0-5) after four consecutive wins before. Which of the two teams can climb in the table even more, we'll see soon!
		Welcome. Game starts at 12:00 GMT / 13:00 CET / 15:00 MSK.

Commentary by

Dennis Mende

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 23. Zinovyev (Dubrovsky), 48. Khlystov (Mereskin, Konev), 57. Zinovyev (Pankov) – 35. Chistov (Ryabykin, Vasilchenko)

Salavat Yulaev Ufa: Vasilevsky (Gafiullin) – Zubarev, Koltsov, Vishnevsky, Babchuk, Sopel, Konev, Isangulov – Makarov, Filatov, Hartikainen, Mereskin, Khlystov, Dubrovsky, Pihlström, Zinovyev, Pankov, Musatov, Stepanov, Glukhov, Slepyshev

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

Referees: Odins, Soin – Balodis, Sadovnikov

1st period
	00:49
1st intermission
2nd period
	22:06
	34:18
	34:33
	37:14
2nd intermission
3rd period
	41:59
	47:17
	50:56
	56:02
	57:49
Final