NNO 5:2 PET | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod - SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)

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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

		Welcome. Game starts at 17:30.
		Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod was defeated two days ago against Severstal Cherepovets at Trade Union Sport Palace. Nobody is happy about that, but life goes on. team is on 6th position at Esatern Conference standings and that's not bad. Their results so far in KHL season are solid good and – nevermind Sunday's game – their aim is to get points from today's game versus SKA St. Petersburg. SKA on the other side is leading in league standings and they also want points from Nizhny Novgorod. Home team will sure want to redeem in front of their own crowd and SKA will wanna keep positive feelings inside their locker-room with yet another win. St :Peterburg team won Sunday's shootout game against Vityaz on the road and is bursting with confidence. Can that be crucial? Stay focused and follow our live coverage!
	00:01	Game started.
	02:41	Wojtek Wolski is first to shoot against Salak, guests' goalie is focused enough to deflect the puck
	04:46	Dmitry kalinin tries from top of circles, home goalie is focused
	06:22	Yury Alexandrov fires from right side, Gelashvili saves
	09:47	Goal for Torpedo! DANIIL ZHARKOV scored great goal after superb team work and assists by maxim Potapov and Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev
	12:22	Goal for Torpedo! Scorer is IMMONEN. Assistant Hietanen.
	12:13	Alexei Semenov (SKA) sits on penalty bench for cross-checking – 2 min. minor
	12:45	Georgy Berdyukov (SKA). is penalized for tripping – 2 min. minor
	14:10	Patrick Thoresen fires from left side, no changes on score board
	15:14	Penalty shot. Vladimir Galuzin (Torpedo) misses the chance to extend home team's lead after Salak blocked his penalty shot. It was given for Evgeny Ryasensky's holding.
	17:12	Shipachyov fires from top of left corner, Gelashvili goes on his knees and saves the situation for Torpedo
	18:23	Daniil Zharkov (Torpedo) is penalized for holding
	39:07	Patrick Thoresen (SKA) sits on penalty bench for holding – 2min.
	20:00	1st period finished.
		Opening period shot summary: Torpedo 5 – Wolski, ZHARKOV, Salminen, Potapov, IMMONEN SKA 6 – Alexandrov, Kalinin, Kucheryavenko 2, Thoresen, Shipachyov
		Opening period faceoffs: Torpedo 8/13, SKA 5/13 Penalties: Torpedo 2, SKA 4
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:23	Torpedo at full strength.
	21:07	SKA at full strength.
	21:09	Goal for Torpedo! JARKKO IMMONEN reacts in great manner while under pressure 3 meters in front of Salak and beats him after Pavel Valentenko's blast from blue line was saved
	23:05	Pavel Valentenko fires from left side, Salak goes on his knees and holds the puck
	24:37	Kucheryavenko skates into attacking zone with speed and fires from left side board, Salak reacts quick enough to stop dangerous shot
	25:55	Makarov (Torpedo) and Cervenka (SKA) pushed one another behind goal after dangerous shot by guests was saved by Gelashvili. No penalties though.
	26:58	Goal for SKA! YURY ALEXANDROV scores after he shot from right side board and surprised Gelashvili. Home goalie had crowd of players in front of him and did not see oncoming puck. Assist: Artemy Panarin.
	28:13	Parshin shoots from top of circles, Salak deflects puck into his left corner
	30:22	Dmitry Kalinin (SKA) sits on penalty bench for hooking
	31:12	Goal for Torpedo! JARKKO IMMONEN benefits on another deflection in front of goal; it was Denis Parshin who fired from distance on left side and he is credited for assist. Also credited – Juuso Hietanen. Powerplay hat-trick for Immonen – hats are falling on ice!
	32:59	Bunch of players are one on top of another in front of Gelashvili; fighting spirit didn't die so far at SKA side and they are trying everything to change the course of game
	34:24	Alexander Kulakov is next to fire against Salak – he does that from right side board, but SKA goalie is focused and saves sudden shot
	36:13	Evgeny Skachkov shoots from top of circles, Gelashvili catches the puck in great manner. Applause is heard from vrowd
	37:58	Goal for Torpedo! MIKHAIL GRIGORYEV shots from wide angle on right side and surprises Salak
	38:14	Goal for SKA! Another surprising shot, another surprising goal. Seconds after they had to pick puck out of their net SKA players scored similar goal on the other side. Surprising shot from left side by ARTEMY PANARIN finishes on top left corner.
		Second period shot summary: Torpedo 10 – GRIGORYEV, Valentenko, Wolski, Hietanen, Parshin 3, IMMONEN 2(2), Kulakov SKA 11 – ALEXANDROV, Kalinin, Martensson, Tikhonov, PANARIN 2(1), Chudinov, Skachkov 2, Berdyukov, Shipachyov
		Second period faceoffs: Torpedo 8/23, SKA 15/23 Penalties: Torpedo -, SKA 2
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	41:38	Torpedo looks better in first moments, SKA didn't apply any real pressure so far
	43:21	Torpedo still seems more agressive. They spend time inside SKA zone, but loose puck eventually
	44:40	Loud support for Torpedo coming from crowd
	45:01	Artemy Panarin (SKA) sits on penalty bench for tripping – 2 min. minor
	45:53	Torpedo keeps puck inside zone and circles around SKA goal...
	46:05	Juuso Hietanen (Torpedo) is penalized for high-sticking
	47:01	SKA at full strength.
	48:05	Torpedo at full strength.
	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
	49:56	Roman Cervenka fires from top of right circle; Gelashvili denies him
	51:31	Georgy Berdyukov fires from distance on right side, Gelashvili deflects puck into right corner
	52:44	Tony Martensson shoots from left side, no changes on score-shield
	54:04	Patrick Thoresen (SKA) is penalized for checking to the head and neck area – 2 min.
	54:04	Patrick Thoresen (SKA) also gets 10min. misconduct penalty
	56:04	SKA at full strength.
	58:27	Salak stops blast from half line by Vladimir Galuzin
	60:00	Game over.
		Third period shot summary: Torpedo 8 – Grigoryev, Valentenko, Galuzin, Hietanen, Parshin 2, Brent, Potapov SKA 7 – Martensson, Tikhonov, Kucheryavenko 2, Thoresen, Cervenka, Berdyukov
		Third period faceoffs: Torpedo 10/17, SKA 7/17 Penalties: Torpedo 2, SKA 14
		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)
		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)

Commentary by

Ben Kelsson

@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

1st period
	09:47
	12:22
	12:13
	12:45
	18:23
	39:07
1st intermission
2nd period
	21:09
	26:58
	31:12
	37:58
	38:14
2nd intermission
3rd period
	45:01
	46:05
	54:04
Final