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Torpedo – SKA St. Petersburg 5:2 (end)
final
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
5:2 (2:0, 3:2, 0:0)
SKA St. Petersburg
Tuesday 01.10.2013, 17:30 • Trade Union Sport Palace (capacity 5,500) • KHL
     
    Final word:
    Painful defeat against Severstal at Trade Union Sport Palace in Nizhny Novgorod didn't leave any bad traces. In fact, Torpedo players were hungry for puck, agressive and looked determined right from the start of the game. Guests are of course without their first star (Ilya Kovalchuk) and that sure has great impact on their self confidence and performances. SKA actually had more possesion in opening period, but Torpedo took what guests offered him and finished period two goals up. Second period was atomic with 5 goals and gave home team another extension to their lead. None of teams didn't risk anything in particular in final period and simply waited for the game to finish.
    Eurolivescores player of the game: Jarkko Immonen (Torpedo) (19:57:32)
     
    Game numbers:
    Shots – Torpedo 23, SKA 26
    Faceoffs – Torpedo 28/57, SKA 29/57
    Penalties – Torpedo 4, SKA 22
    Ice leaders – Juuso Hietanen for Torpedo (22:56 on ice, 25 shifts) and Dmitry Kalinin for SKA (20:53 on ice, 25 shifts)
     
    Third period faceoffs: Torpedo 10/17, SKA 7/17
    Penalties: Torpedo 2, SKA 14
     
    Third period shot summary:
    Torpedo 8 – Grigoryev, Valentenko, Galuzin, Hietanen, Parshin 2, Brent, Potapov
    SKA 7 – Martensson, Tikhonov, Kucheryavenko 2, Thoresen, Cervenka, Berdyukov
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    58:27
    Salak stops blast from half line by Vladimir Galuzin
     
    56:04
    SKA at full strength.
     
    54:04
    Patrick Thoresen (SKA) also gets 10min. misconduct penalty
     
    54:04
    Patrick Thoresen (SKA) is penalized for checking to the head and neck area – 2 min.
     
    52:44
    Tony Martensson shoots from left side, no changes on score-shield
     
    51:31
    Georgy Berdyukov fires from distance on right side, Gelashvili deflects puck into right corner
     
    49:56
    Roman Cervenka fires from top of right circle; Gelashvili denies him
     
    48:17
    Kucheryavenko escapes from his defenseman and skates fast into attacking zone. He comes in front of Gelashvili and tries to score – home goalie stops dangerous shot with great reaction
     
    48:05
    Torpedo at full strength.
     
    47:01
    SKA at full strength.
     
    46:05
    Juuso Hietanen (Torpedo) is penalized for high-sticking
     
    45:53
    Torpedo keeps puck inside zone and circles around SKA goal...
     
    45:01
    Artemy Panarin (SKA) sits on penalty bench for tripping – 2 min. minor
     
    44:40
    Loud support for Torpedo coming from crowd
     
    43:21
    Torpedo still seems more agressive. They spend time inside SKA zone, but loose puck eventually
    Commentary by

    Ben Kelsson

    CZ@MarcusLuxie

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 10. ZHARKOV (Potapov, Krasnoslobodtsev), 13. IMMONEN (Hietanen), 22. IMMONEN (Valentenko), 32. IMMONEN (Hietanen, Parshin), 38. GRIGORYEV – 27. ALEXANDROV (Panarin), 39. PANARIN (Tikhonov, Kucheryavenko)

    Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod: Gelashvili Mashkovtsev – Valentenko Hietanen Galuzin Potapov Kulyomin – Grigoryev Denisov Parshin Salminen Immonen – Khomitsky Makarov Wolski Brent Kulakov – Belokhvostikov Zharkov Potapov Krasnoslobodtsev
    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak Nalimov Alexandrov Chudinov Martensson Thoresen Cervenka – Kalinin Semenov Tikhonov Kucheryavenko Panarin – Ryasensky Berdyukov Ponikarovsky Skachkov Shipachyov – Yudin Malyshev Makarov Sigaryov
    Referees: Ravodin, Naumov – Zakharenkov, Sazonov