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after shootout (1:0)
Barys Nur-Sultan
3:2 (0:0, 1:1, 1:1 - 1:0)
Vityaz Podolsk
Tuesday 08.10.2013, 15:00 • Kazakhstan Sport Palace • KHL
     
    Barys was the better team tonight and deserved to win. (17:47:21)
     
    Game over.
     
    65:00
    ROMAN STARCHENKO was the only one, who scored in penalty shots.
     
    1:0
    Solodukhin is also stopped by Ahonen and Barys gets 10th win of this season!
     
    1:0
    Bochenski missed the net.
     
    1:0
    Vasilyev's shot is stopped by Ahonen.
     
    1:0
    Starchenko hits the top right corner of the net!
     
    0:0
    Ahonen caught shot by Iggulden.
     
    0:0
    Zhailauov was stopped by Lisutin.
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    Shots on goal – 39:23.
    Penalties – 6:8.
    Bully – 42:38.
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    64:36
    Afinogenov's shot is blocked by shoulder of Ahonen.
     
    64:11
    It seems like both teams are waiting for the end of overtime.
     
    63:24
    Savchenko's shot is easily caught by Lisutin.
     
    63:00
    Barys is on the puck, but Vityaz is defending well.
     
    61:15
    Upper with Antropov went alone on Lisutin, but Upper didn't pass and Lisutin caught his shot!
     
    60:40
    Vityaz has the puck, but it's very carefull with it.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    Shots on goal – 37:19.
    Penalties – 6:8.
    Bully – 37:33.
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    59:00
    The last minute of the third period.
     
    58:23
    Shots from Dawes and Boyd, but Lisutin is catching amazingly tonight.
     
    56:29
    Vityaz is in full strength, Barys keeps the offense going.
     
    55:02
    Goal for Barys!
    Starchenko found Rudenko, who found completely undefended ROMAN SAVCHENKO. The striker of Barys hits the top right corner! Assists: Roman Starchenko, Konstantin Rudenkov.
     
    53:56
    Mezei gets 2+10 minutes in the penalty box for hit in the neck.
     
    52:22
    Antropov's shot from a good position goes wide.
     
    50:11
    Both teams are in full strength.
     
    48:11
    Dawes gets 2 minutes for simultating and Henessey gets 2 minutes for tripping.
     
    45:20
    Goal for Vityaz!
    SERGEY TOPOL went around three players of Barys and hits the top right corner of the net! Assist: Yakov Seleznyov.
     
    43:50
    Boyd got alone in frot of the net, but Lisutin stops him!
     
    40:43
    Afinogenov's shot wasn't dangerous.
     
    40:21
    Offside of Astana.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Shots on goal – 26:14.
    Penalties – 5:5.
    Bully – 24:27.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:00
    The last minute of the second period.
     
    38:04
    Goal for Vityaz!
    YAKOV SELEZNYOV somehow got the puck behind Ahonen from the left circle! Assists: Josh Henessey, Dmitry Shitikov.
     
    37:50
    Barys is in full strength.
     
    36:55
    Astana is in four players.
     
    36:52
    Boyd was in a breakaway, but Ahonen stops his shot!
     
    36:26
    Podolsk in the offensive third.
     
    35:50
    Litvinenko gets called in for tripping. Five on three.
     
    34:55
    Polishchuk gets 2 minutes in the penalty box for slashing.
     
    33:55
    Barys can't create scoring chances.
     
    32:00
    Barys is still active and Vityaz is only defending again.
     
    31:09
    Goal for Barys!
    Semyonov found YEVGENY BLOKHIN in front of the net, who hits the top left corner! Assists: Maxim Semyonov, Talgat Zhailauov.
     
    29:45
    Five on four.
     
    29:10
    Rozin gets called in for hooking. Four on three.
     
    28:33
    No chances on both sides so far.
     
    27:45
    Grattong and Koksharov get 2 minutes for roughing.
     
    27:14
    Polischuk found undefended Stachenko, but he missed!
     
    26:44
    Vityaz is finally getting into the offense, but can't create a good scoring chance.
     
    26:00
    Still not much shots on both sides.
     
    25:23
    Icing of Barys.
     
    24:08
    Starchenko missed after a big mistake of home defense!
     
    23:53
    Vityaz still can't get into the offensive half with the puck on sticks.
     
    23:15
    Gavrilin's shot was easily stopped by Lisutin.
     
    22:33
    Vityaz is only defending now.
     
    21:50
    Both teams can't get a shot oon the net.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Shots on goal – 13:3.
    Penalties – 2:2.
    Bully – 11:10.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:00
    The last minute of the first period.
     
    18:16
    Polishchuk gets 2 minutes in the penalty box for tripping.
     
    18:15
    Afinogenov went into a breakaway, but Ahonen showed a great calm and didn't fall for bait of Podolsk's forward.
     
    17:21
    Rakhmanov's shot went wide.
     
    17:00
    Barys is the more active team as expected, but it needs to score.
     
    16:32
    No shots on both sides for few minutes now.
     
    15:15
    Podolsk is in full strength. This was the best use of powerplay so far.
     
    15:11
    Shot by Dawes from the left circle went into Lisutin's shoulder.
     
    14:05
    Rudenko was in a breakaway, but Lisutin stopped him from scoring!
     
    13:27
    Lundin's shot from the blue line went into glove of Lisutin.
     
    13:15
    Korolyov gets called in for slashing. Third slashing penalty in first 14 minutes.
     
    13:01
    Barys is in full strength.
     
    12:22
    Rybin's shot was easy for Ahonen.
     
    11:35
    Astana clears the puck.
     
    11:01
    Antropov gets 2 minutes in the penalty box for slashing.
     
    10:00
    Visitors have 1 shot on the net in the first 10 minutes of this match.
     
    9:11
    Bochenski, Dawes and Boyd got to shots in front of the net, but couldn't get the puck behind lying Lisutin!
     
    7:55
    Vityaz only clears the puck.
     
    7:12
    Barys keeps pressure, but still can't get a shot on the net.
     
    5:47
    Podolsk is in full strength, Astana didn't get a single shot on the net.
     
    5:00
    Visitors clear the puck.
     
    4:42
    Vityaz defends really well so far.
     
    3:47
    Mezei gets called in for slashing.
     
    3:01
    Shots by Dawes and Bochenski were easy for Lisutin.
     
    2:03
    Korolyov shows a good defensive skill.
     
    1:12
    Both teams can't get a shot on the net.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Barys Astana: Ahonen (Poluektov) – Lundin, Blokhin, Lakiza, Savchenko, Litvinenko, Semyonov, Grebenschikov – Bochenski, Dawes, Boyd – Rudenko, Antropov, Upper – Zhailauov, Starchenko, Polishchuk – Gavrilin, Gratton, Rakhmanov

    Vityaz Podolsk: Lisutin (Ivanchik) – Khafizullin, Pyett, Rozin, Mezei, Golovkov, Seleznyov, Tatalin, Kudreman – Iggulden, Vasilev, Afinogenov – Soloduhin, Korolyov, Koksharov – Makeyev, Hennessy, Topol – Kudinov, Mamin, Shitikov

    Referees: Vasilyev, Cooper – Petrov, Fateev.
     
    Barys Astana is expected to win every single match now.
     
    Podolsk is doing much worse and with 16 points after 13 matches it's currently on 11th place of the Western Conference. In the last 5 matches Vityaz lost 3 times, in Mytishchi 1:3, home against Petersburg 2:3 after penalty shots and Yaroslavl 2:3. Two wins were from home matches, 3:2 against CSKA and 3:1 with Cherepovec.
     
    Astana is currently the best team of the whole KHL! It lost only 2 times and otherwise earned 3 point wins with score 55:29. Barys lost home with Petersburg 2:5 and in Medvescak 2:3, in first match of the season it destroyed Cherepovec at home 10:1!
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 15:00.
    Commentary by

    Jakub Šperk

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 32. Blokhin (Semyonov, Zhailauov), 56. Savchenko (Starchenko, Rudenko), rozh. náj. Starchenko (p.s.) – 39. Seleznyov (Henessey, Shitkov), 46. Topol (Seleznyov)

    Barys Nur-Sultan: Ahonen (Poluektov) – Lundin, Blokhin, Lakiza, Savchenko, Litvinenko, Semyonov, Grebenschikov – Bochenski, Dawes, Boyd – Rudenko, Antropov, Upper – Zhailauov, Starchenko, Polishchuk – Gavrilin, Gratton, Rakhmanov
    Vityaz Podolsk: Lisutin (Ivanchik) – Khafizullin, Pyett, Rozin, Mezei, Golovkov, Seleznyov, Tatalin, Kudreman – Iggulden, Vasilev, Afinogenov – Soloduhin, Korolyov, Koksharov – Makeyev, Hennessy, Topol – Kudinov, Mamin, Shitikov
    Referees: Vasilyev, Cooper – Petrov, Fateev