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

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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

		Welcome. Game starts at 19:00 MSK \| 17:00 CET.
		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.
		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.
		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.
		Vityaz is 9th and Lokomotiv 12th in Western Conference. On matches of both teams we can see average about 5 goals this season.
		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.
		10 more minutes until start of the match! Players are on ice!
		Anthem is played!
	00:01	Game started.
	01:30	Beatiful goal for Vityaz from right faceoff circle in upper right angle! Scorer is TOPOL. Assistant Korolyuk, Koksharov.
		Due technical reasons we are a little bit late! We apologize for that!
	04:36	Faceoff in Lokomotiv's half! Vityaz tries to double their lead!
	05:04	Faceoff in Vityaz's half secured after fast counter of Lokomotiv's players finished with good Backlund's save!
	05:54	For delaying game Romantsev got two minutes. Vityaz is in 5 on 4 situation!
	06:30	Lokomotiv's players are kicking puck outside of their zone! Vityaz is making pressure!
	07:54	Visiting team at full strength.
	08:45	Vityaz is preparing new attack behind their goal!
	09:45	Romantsev tried to score goal for Lokomotiv but Vityaz's players cleared danger.
	10:40	Commercial break!
	11:01	Faceoff in the front of Sanford's goal.
	11:11	Korolyuk tries from right circle but Sanford makes save!
	12:09	Korolyov makes good run, he is in front of Sanford, shoots and Sanford makes save!
	13:39	Chernikov tries to shoot from right but Backlund makes save!
	15:00	Koksharov tries from left faceoff circle but Sanford deflects puck and his teammates clear danger!
	16:30	Vityaz has counter, Korolyov runs but misses puck in front of opponents goalie!
	17:12	Players are figting for puck behind Backlund's goal but nothing serious happens.
	17:45	Galimov is behind Backlund's goal, comes in front of goalie, but Backlund makes save!
	19:00	Vityaz's players are circling around Lokomotiv's goal but Lokomotiv plays good defence.
	19:38	Penalty for hooking – Rybakov (Vityaz)
	19:55	After big affray in front of Vityaz's goal Averin scores PP goal for Lokomotiv!
	19:55	Penalties for slashing on both sides for Plotnikov (Lokomotiv) and Afinogenov (Vityaz).
	20:00	1st period finished.
		Both teams will start second period with 4 skaters! 1:55 penalty left for Plotnikov and Afinogenov!
		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.
		It was very entertaining period. We hope that both teams will continue in same rhytm.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:31	Goal for Lokomotiv! Scorer is AVERIN! He made nice run, cheated goalie and scored for 2-1
	21:55	Both teams are at full strength!
	22:50	Vityaz's players are behind their goal preparing new action.
	23:30	After Lokomotiv's pressure on Backlund's goal, Vityaz makes counter but Sanford makes save!
	25:00	In last 60 seconds we didn't see anything serious.
	26:13	Commercial break!
	26:43	Icing! Faceoff is in Vityaz's half!
	27:39	Plotnikov (Lokomotiv) gets 2 mins for interference!
	28:36	Vityaz's players are making few passes near blueline and tries from blueline but no success!
	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!
	29:39	Lokomotiv is at full strength.
	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!
	31:30	Play is currently focused on space between goals. Nothing serious!
	32:13	Hennessy tries to shoot from short distance but it wasn't good shoot and Sanford makes save!
	33:30	Vityaz tries with long shoots but Fortuna is on Lokomotiv's side!
	34:04	Vishnevsky (Lokomotiv) gets 2 mins for tripping!
	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!
	36:04	Visiting team at full strength.
	37:13	Lokomotiv is showing signs of life after long period of Vityaz's pressure. Kapustin tries to score but no result!
	37:15	But (Lokomotiv) gets 2 mins for interference!
	39:15	Lokomotiv is at full strength!
	39:20	Mezei gets two mins for hooking! Lokomotiv has 5 on 4 40 seconds before end of 2nd period!
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		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!
		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.
		Lokomotiv will have 1 minute and 20 seconds PP situation as Vityaz's Mezei is serving his penalty for hooking!
		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!
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	41:00	Start of third period is Lokomotiv's as they are making starting pressure!
	41:20	Home team at full strength.
	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!
	43:30	Vityaz is preparing for new action with few passes in their half. Lokomotiv isn't trying to intercept that.
	44:01	Avtsin gets 2 minutes for interference! Vityaz has 5 on 4!
	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!
	46:30	Lokomotiv's players are circling around Backlund but they can't score!
	47:00	Apalkov tries from left circle to score in right upper angle but Backlund makes safe!
	48:00	Fight for puck in neutral zone
	48:34	Solodukhin shoots twice in a row but both times Sanford makes saves!
	50:00	10 more minutes of third period. Result is 2-2. Let's see who will win!
	51:06	Faceoff in front of Vityaz's goalie.
	52:00	Pyett is behind Backlund, preparing new attack.
	52:12	Penalty for Lokomotiv! 2 mins for holding gets Holos!
	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.
	54:12	Visiting team at full strength.
	54:45	Faceoff in front of Sanford's goal
	55:00	We are in last 5 minutes! Result is still 2-2!
	55:59	Icing! Faceoff will be in front of Sanford.
	56:15	Vasilyev didn't have solutions what to do with puck and he shooted from left circle but Sanford makes save.
	56:35	Goal for Lokomotiv! Pashnin passed to BUT who cheated Backlund and scored!
	57:05	We are in last 3 minutes of game! Can Vityaz score for 3-3?
	58:00	Vityaz is still trying to score but puck isn't going in Sanford's net!
	59:24	Vityaz pulled out their goalie, they play 6 on 5!
	59:39	Home team timeout.
	60:00	Game over.
		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!
		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.
		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)

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