KHL
Spartak – Barys 3:4 (end) | Donbass – Avtomobilist 4:2 (end) | Medvescak – Avangard 4:0 (end)
final
HC Donbass Donetsk
4:2 (0:1, 3:1, 1:0)
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Wednesday 02.10.2013, 17:30 • Druzhba Palace of Sports (capacity 4,130) • KHL
     
    Final word: Avtomobilist surprised Donbass in opening period. They imposed their agressive style and scored the only goal. Second period didn't change overall impression at first. Levelling the score on one for Donbass did not break concentration for guests and they took another lead. Two quick goals Donbass scored inside 50 seconds later changed everything. Guests never came back, home team took control over play. Everything was decided 33 seconds into final period with another Donbass goal. Guests were in shock and did not manage to apply any serious pressure throughout final period. Deserved win for Donbass!
    Eurolivescores player of the game: Sergei Varlamov (Donbass) (20:02:30)
     
    Game stats:
    Shots – Donbass 26, Avtomobilist 23
    Faceoffs – Donbass 36/68, Avtomobilist 32/68
    Penalties – Donbass 8, Avtomobilist 20
    Ice leaders – Clay Wilson for Donbass (22:15 on ice, 29 shifts), Sami Lepisto for Avtomobilist (23:18 on ice, 23 shifts)
     
    Faceoffs final period: Donbass 10/18, Avtomobilist 8/18
    Penalties: Donbass -, Avtomobilist 2
     
    Final period shot summary:
    Donbass 7 – Wilson, Kaspar, Yakutsenya 2, Belukhin, Podhradsky, DADONOV
    Avtomobilist 3 – Chernov, Toluzakov 2
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    58:23
    Guests are desperate to change the result and are creating some pressure. No trouble for Donbass so far
     
    57:03
    Pale hockey continues – teams are trying to organize some serious attack, but play mostly goes on in middle zone
     
    55:12
    Most Avtomobilist attempts are stopped at least at Donbass blue line, rare organized attacks are ending inside home zone
     
    53:44
    Donbass controls the game and holds possesion; Avtomobilist not looking like levelling the score at the moment
     
    52:23
    Yakutsenya tries to shoot puck through many legs from right circle – doesn't succeed
     
    51:03
    Evgeny Fyodorov shoots from right circle, Leighton deflects puck off the ice
     
    49:37
    Evgeny Belukhin fires from right side, Kovar catches puck.
     
    48:48
    Play in recent minutes is quite broken – none of teams manages to impose their style, no shots are fired....
     
    46:25
    Avtomobilist at full strength.
     
    45:58
    Donbass spends time inside Avtomobilist zone, but their attempts are denied so far
     
    44:25
    Evgeny Fyodorov (Avtomobilist) sits on penalty bench for hooking – 2 min. minor
     
    43:38
    Toluzakov fires again, leighton once more focused enough.
     
    42:13
    Filip Toluzakov fires from right side, Leighton is ready!
     
    40:27
    Goal for Donbass!
    EVGENY DADONOV shocks guests with quick goal from close range in front of Kovar. Poor defending by Avtomobilist, Dadonov was un-covered! Assists – Maxim Yakutsenya and Clay Wilson.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
    Commentary by

    Ben Kelsson

    CZ@MarcusLuxie

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 23. LAINE (Fedotenko), 33. PODHRADSKY, 34. VARLAMOV (Kaspar, Belukhin), 41. DADONOV (Yakutsenya, Wilson) – 17. LEWANDOWSKI, 29. YEMELEYEV (Zhilin)

    HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton Shevchuk – Wilson Podhradsky Nedorost Yakutsenya Dadonov – Bartulis Piganovich Kaspar Fedotenko Laine – Kolar Razin Wirtanen Kvitcjenko Blagoi – Silnitsky Belukhin Varlamov Shalimov
    Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg: Kovar Lobanov – Lepisto Seluyanov Lazarev Chernov Malykhin – Gusev Tryamkin Fyodorov Simakov Toluzakov – Zhilin Antonov Lewandowski Yefimov Yemeleyev – Postnikov Rybnitsky Golyshev Streltsov Gimatov
    Referees: Karabanov, Sergeyev – Metalnikov, Sirotkin