VTZ 2:3 JAR | Vityaz Podolsk - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)

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Novosibirsk – Riga	1:4 (end)	\|	Ak Bars – Mytishchi	4:2 (end)	\|	Vityaz – Lokomotiv	2:3 (end)
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Vityaz Podolsk

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

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Tuesday 01.10.2013, 17:00 • Podolsk Hero Arena (capacity: 5,500) • KHL

		This was very close game and it is very hard to say who deserved more to win. Both teams had periods of domination. Eurolivescores.com player of the game is Averin with one goal and one assist. He also produced most shoots on Backlund's goal from all players on Lokomotiv's roster! (19:24:07)
		Vityaz – Lokomotiv: Shoots: 34(12) – 28(13) Faceoffs: 30(8) – 30(14) Penalties: 6(4) – 14(4) Most shoots produced by Malevich (Vityaz, 6). Highest faceoff won percentage has Romantsev (Lokomotiv, 9/15, 60%) Khafizullin (Vityaz) spent 23:49 on ice during game.
		Lokomotiv wins! They continued row of wins against Vityaz! This is their 11th win in a row against Vityaz! Vityaz has only one win in their 24 head-to-head matches!
	60:00	Game over.
	59:39	Home team timeout.
	59:24	Vityaz pulled out their goalie, they play 6 on 5!
	58:00	Vityaz is still trying to score but puck isn't going in Sanford's net!
	57:05	We are in last 3 minutes of game! Can Vityaz score for 3-3?
	56:35	Goal for Lokomotiv! Pashnin passed to BUT who cheated Backlund and scored!
	56:15	Vasilyev didn't have solutions what to do with puck and he shooted from left circle but Sanford makes save.
	55:59	Icing! Faceoff will be in front of Sanford.
	55:00	We are in last 5 minutes! Result is still 2-2!
	54:45	Faceoff in front of Sanford's goal
	54:12	Visiting team at full strength.
	53:00	Backlund almost made mistake that could lead to puck in his net! He went behind his goal to make pass to his teammates but almost lost puck.
	52:12	Penalty for Lokomotiv! 2 mins for holding gets Holos!
	52:00	Pyett is behind Backlund, preparing new attack.
	51:06	Faceoff in front of Vityaz's goalie.
	50:00	10 more minutes of third period. Result is 2-2. Let's see who will win!
	48:34	Solodukhin shoots twice in a row but both times Sanford makes saves!
	48:00	Fight for puck in neutral zone
	47:00	Apalkov tries from left circle to score in right upper angle but Backlund makes safe!
	46:30	Lokomotiv's players are circling around Backlund but they can't score!
	45:10	PP goal for Vityaz! Pyett makes nice run from the right after Hennessy's pass, makes pass to Korolyuk who was in front of Sanford and KOROLYUK scores!
	44:01	Avtsin gets 2 minutes for interference! Vityaz has 5 on 4!
	43:30	Vityaz is preparing for new action with few passes in their half. Lokomotiv isn't trying to intercept that.
	42:04	Pyett could score goal but Sanford makes incredible save. Because of big affray in front of his goal, he was pushed away from his goal and Pyett had empty net but Sanford came just on time on his goal and makes save of the game!
	41:20	Home team at full strength.
	41:00	Start of third period is Lokomotiv's as they are making starting pressure!
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		Players are coming back on ice. Soon will start third period. Will it be last period or we will watch overtime, we will see after next 20 minutes!
		Lokomotiv will have 1 minute and 20 seconds PP situation as Vityaz's Mezei is serving his penalty for hooking!
		Vityaz – Lokomotiv: Shoots: 24(12) – 20(13) Faceoffs: 20(8) – 21(14) Penalties: 6(4) – 10(4) Most shoots produced by Averin (Lokomotiv), Solodukhin (Vityaz) and Malevich (Vityaz). They all have 4 shoots each, but Averin is most effective as he scored one goal. Most faceoffs won by Apalkov (Lokomotiv, 8/13) and Romantsev (8/12) Khafizullin (Vityaz) spent 15:25 on ice during first two periods.
		Averin is the most responsible player why Lokomotiv has 2-1 lead! Lokomotiv had great start of 2nd period but then Vityaz started to play a lot better. We are sure that there is a lot more to see in last period. It will be for sure very interesting period, just like first two periods!
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:20	Mezei gets two mins for hooking! Lokomotiv has 5 on 4 40 seconds before end of 2nd period!
	39:15	Lokomotiv is at full strength!
	37:15	But (Lokomotiv) gets 2 mins for interference!
	37:13	Lokomotiv is showing signs of life after long period of Vityaz's pressure. Kapustin tries to score but no result!
	36:04	Visiting team at full strength.
	35:10	Vityaz makes new pressure on Lokomotiv's defence. They are circling around goal and trying wih long shoots. Lokomotiv players are playing good defence but they still look lost because they can't do anything in attack. This is Vityaz's period even they are losing!
	34:04	Vishnevsky (Lokomotiv) gets 2 mins for tripping!
	33:30	Vityaz tries with long shoots but Fortuna is on Lokomotiv's side!
	32:13	Hennessy tries to shoot from short distance but it wasn't good shoot and Sanford makes save!
	31:30	Play is currently focused on space between goals. Nothing serious!
	30:02	Vityaz is last few minutes totally dominating. Lokomotiv's players can be happy with the fact that they still have 2-1 lead!
	29:39	Lokomotiv is at full strength.
	29:02	Vityaz's players are in hurry to draw result, they are circling around Lokomotiv's goal but Lokomotiv isn't allowing Vityaz's player to make some serious shoot that could finish as goal!
	28:36	Vityaz's players are making few passes near blueline and tries from blueline but no success!
	27:39	Plotnikov (Lokomotiv) gets 2 mins for interference!
	26:43	Icing! Faceoff is in Vityaz's half!
	26:13	Commercial break!
	25:00	In last 60 seconds we didn't see anything serious.
	23:30	After Lokomotiv's pressure on Backlund's goal, Vityaz makes counter but Sanford makes save!
	22:50	Vityaz's players are behind their goal preparing new action.
	21:55	Both teams are at full strength!
	20:31	Goal for Lokomotiv! Scorer is AVERIN! He made nice run, cheated goalie and scored for 2-1
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		It was very entertaining period. We hope that both teams will continue in same rhytm.
		Vityaz – Lokomotiv: Shoots: 12 – 13 Faceoffs: 8 – 14 Penalties: 4 – 4 Most shoots produced by Averin (Lokomotiv, 4). Most faceoffs won by Apalkov (Lokomotiv, 6/8) Pyett (Vityaz) spent 7:04 on ice during first period.
		Both teams will start second period with 4 skaters! 1:55 penalty left for Plotnikov and Afinogenov!
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:55	Penalties for slashing on both sides for Plotnikov (Lokomotiv) and Afinogenov (Vityaz).
	19:55	After big affray in front of Vityaz's goal Averin scores PP goal for Lokomotiv!
	19:38	Penalty for hooking – Rybakov (Vityaz)
	19:00	Vityaz's players are circling around Lokomotiv's goal but Lokomotiv plays good defence.
	17:45	Galimov is behind Backlund's goal, comes in front of goalie, but Backlund makes save!
	17:12	Players are figting for puck behind Backlund's goal but nothing serious happens.
	16:30	Vityaz has counter, Korolyov runs but misses puck in front of opponents goalie!
	15:00	Koksharov tries from left faceoff circle but Sanford deflects puck and his teammates clear danger!
	13:39	Chernikov tries to shoot from right but Backlund makes save!
	12:09	Korolyov makes good run, he is in front of Sanford, shoots and Sanford makes save!
	11:11	Korolyuk tries from right circle but Sanford makes save!
	11:01	Faceoff in the front of Sanford's goal.
	10:40	Commercial break!
	09:45	Romantsev tried to score goal for Lokomotiv but Vityaz's players cleared danger.
	08:45	Vityaz is preparing new attack behind their goal!
	07:54	Visiting team at full strength.
	06:30	Lokomotiv's players are kicking puck outside of their zone! Vityaz is making pressure!
	05:54	For delaying game Romantsev got two minutes. Vityaz is in 5 on 4 situation!
	05:04	Faceoff in Vityaz's half secured after fast counter of Lokomotiv's players finished with good Backlund's save!
	04:36	Faceoff in Lokomotiv's half! Vityaz tries to double their lead!
		Due technical reasons we are a little bit late! We apologize for that!
	01:30	Beatiful goal for Vityaz from right faceoff circle in upper right angle! Scorer is TOPOL. Assistant Korolyuk, Koksharov.
	00:01	Game started.
		Anthem is played!
		10 more minutes until start of the match! Players are on ice!
		Starting lineups: Vityaz Podolsk: Backlund (Ivanchik) – Khafizullin, Malevich, Hennessy, Rybin, Afinogenov – Pyett, Mezei, Topol, Koksharov, Korolyuk – Seleznyov, Golovkov, Solodukhin, Rybakov, Korolyov – Tatalin, Mamin, Vasilyev, Kudreman, Poltorak Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Klyuchnikov) – Vasilyev, Gorokhov, Apalkov, Plotnikov, Galimov – Holos, Kronwall, Romantsev, Redlihs, But – Vishnevsky, Pashnin, Chernikov, Petrov, Kruchinin – Peretyagin, Yakovlev, Kapustin, Averin, Avtsin Referees: Gusev Sergei, Ronn Jyri – Misyur Sergei, Raming Stanislav.
		Vityaz is 9th and Lokomotiv 12th in Western Conference. On matches of both teams we can see average about 5 goals this season.
		Lokomotiv has pretty equal team with one player with five points and five players with 4 points. But scored 1 goal and made 4 assists for 5 points. Galimov, Chernikov, Vasilyev, Holos and Kronwall have 4 points each. Kronwall has the biggest average Time on ice: 22:49.
		The most dangerous attacking line of Vityaz is line Shitikov – Iggulden – Korolyuk. This three players scored together 6 goals and 9 assists. This three attackers have also the best +/- score in team. The best defender is Branislav Mezei with 2 goals and 1 assist and +11.
		Since year 2000 this two teams have played 23 head-to-head games and Vityaz has only one win. Since their last lost, Lokomotiv made 10 consecutive wins against Vityaz. If we look their form in KHL this season, we can see that Lokomotiv isn't very successful as guest. They have only one win in 6 games. Also, both teams have lost their last two matches in league but Vityaz's last lose was against SKA St. Petersburg with result 3-2 after penalties.
		Welcome. Game starts at 19:00 MSK \| 17:00 CET.

Commentary by

Marin Kraljevic

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 2. Topol (Korolyuk, Koksharov), 46. Korolyuk (Pyett, Hennessy) – 20. Averin, 21. Averin, 57. But (Pashnin)

Vityaz Podolsk: Backlund (Ivanchik) – Khafizullin, Malevich, Hennessy, Rybin, Afinogenov – Pyett, Mezei, Topol, Koksharov, Korolyuk – Seleznyov, Golovkov, Solodukhin, Rybakov, Korolyov – Tatalin, Mamin, Vasilyev, Kudreman, Poltorak

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Klyuchnikov) – Vasilyev, Gorokhov, Apalkov, Plotnikov, Galimov – Holos, Kronwall, Romantsev, Redlihs, But – Vishnevsky, Pashnin, Chernikov, Petrov, Kruchinin – Peretyagin, Yakovlev, Kapustin, Averin, Avtsin

Referees: Gusev Sergei, Ronn Jyri – Misyur Sergei, Raming Stanislav

Attendance: n/a

1st period
	01:30
	05:54
	19:38
	19:55
	19:55
1st intermission
2nd period
	20:31
	27:39
	34:04
	37:15
	39:20
2nd intermission
3rd period
	44:01
	45:10
	52:12
	56:35
Final