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Spartak – Donbass 2:1 (end)
final
Spartak Moscow
2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 1:1)
HC Donbass Donetsk
Tuesday 08.10.2013, 17:30 • KHL
     
    Spartak was the more active team tonight and deserved 3 points in the Western Conference. It also means, that Spartak is on the same position as Donetsk – 3rd with 25 points, but 5th Riga has one more match to go. (19:47:05)
     
    Shots on goal – 33:17.
    Penalties – 2:4.
    Bully – 32:30.
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:44
    Donbass can't create a good scoring chance.
     
    59:00
    The last minute of the third period.
     
    58:41
    Home team timeout.
     
    58:41
    Goal for Donbass!
    RUSLAN FEDOTENKO touches Shalimov's shot and gives Donetsk hope! Assists: Shalimov, Oleg Piganovich.
     
    58:00
    The last 2 minutes of the third period, Donetsk is in the offensive third.
     
    57:24
    Donbass has the empty net!
     
    56:52
    Glass deflects the pass between Wirtanen and Fedotenko.
     
    56:34
    Piganovich's shot wasn't dangerous.
     
    55:22
    Donbass still can't get a single shot.
     
    53:23
    Nedorost's shot from the left side was easily deflected by Glass.
     
    52:20
    Donetsk can't get a shot on the net.
     
    51:22
    Spartak has the puck, Spirko's shot was deflected by Leighton's pad.
     
    50:00
    Donetsk's passing is really inaccurate today.
     
    48:42
    Kolar's shot from the left side was stopped in the glove of Glass.
     
    47:38
    Spartak is defending perfectly now and doesn't let Donetsk shoot.
     
    46:35
    Fedotenko missed the half empty net!
     
    45:20
    Donetsk can't get into the offensive third.
     
    44:00
    Kulik's wrist shot from the blue line was caught by Leighton.
     
    43:37
    Wandell's shot from the left side went wide.
     
    42:41
    Goal for Spartak!
    ALEXEY KRUTOV got around Razin and scores under Leighton's glove! Assist: Alexander Nesterov.
     
    42:20
    Donetsk is only defending now.
     
    41:41
    Laine's shot from the left side was easily stopped by Glass.
     
    40:45
    Wandell couldn't get a shot on the net.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Shots on goal – 24:11.
    Penalties – 2:4.
    Bully – 23:19.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:24
    Goal for Spartak!
    Surprisingly it's Spartak who scores first! MATT ANDERSON got to a rebound shot and scores under Leighton's pad! Assists: Andrey Sergeyev, Mikhail Yunkov.
     
    39:00
    The last minute of the second period.
     
    38:40
    Donbass is in full strength.
     
    38:28
    And again.
     
    37:32
    Donetsk clears the puck.
     
    36:40
    Podhradsky gets 2+10 minutes in the penalty box for hit in the head of Zherdev.
     
    35:30
    Spartak has the puck, but shoots from awful positions.
     
    34:30
    Spirko couldn't score in front of the net.
     
    33:12
    Spartak is in full strength.
     
    32:02
    Leighton stops shot by Quint from the left circle.
     
    31:12
    Kozlov gets 2 minutes in the penalty box.
     
    30:00
    Spartak is playing very defensive now.
     
    28:45
    Visitors are in full strength.
     
    27:48
    Kaspar's shot was also deflected by Leighton.
     
    27:04
    Zherdev's wrist shot was greatly stopped by Leighton!
     
    26:45
    Yakutsenya gets called in the penalty box.
     
    24:39
    Wandell's shot was blocked.
     
    22:45
    Donbass can't get a shot on the net.
     
    20:58
    Donetsk is in full strength.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Shots on goal – 6:8.
    Penalties – 1:2.
    Bully – 12:10.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:22
    Shots by Yakutsenya and Nedorost didn't went through Glass.
     
    19:00
    The last minute of the first period.
     
    18:00
    No shots on goal for last 2 minutes.
     
    16:20
    Spartak is with the puck more now, but can't find good scoring positions.
     
    15:59
    Koltsov's shot from the right side went into glove of Leighton.
     
    15:20
    Both teams still defend more then attack.
     
    14:28
    Spirko's shot from the blue line was deflected by Leighton.
     
    13:51
    Offside of Dadonov.
     
    13:30
    Shots on goal – 2:5.
     
    12:56
    Wilson's backhand shot was too weak to surprise Glass.
     
    12:11
    Icing of Spartak.
     
    11:55
    A lot of fights around mantinels, but not much shooting so far in this game.
     
    9:50
    Bully in the offensive third of Moscow.
     
    9:11
    Donbass is the more active team, but can't get into scoring chance.
     
    8:46
    Both teams play very carefully so far.
     
    8:00
    Offside of Spartak.
     
    7:45
    Kvitchenko's shot went into glove of Glass.
     
    7:00
    Visitors are in full strength.
     
    6:11
    Donetsk clears the puck.
     
    5:40
    Spartak gets in the offensive third.
     
    5:00
    Two minutes in the penalty box gets Kvitchenko.
     
    3:55
    Spartak defended this perfectly.
     
    3:00
    Moscow clears the puck.
     
    1:55
    Megalinsky gets called in the penalty box.
     
    1:33
    No shots on goal so far, Donetsk is with the puck more than its opponent.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Spartak Moscow: Glass (Shestyorkin) – Quint, Sergeyev, Vasilyev, Bodrov, Kulik, Megalinsky, Mamkin, Nekolenko – Spirko, Anderson, Wandell – Nikulin, Nesterov, Zherdev – Kozlov, Yunkov, Krutov – Osipenko, Voronin, Bobrov

    HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton (Shevchuk) – Wilson, Podhradsky, Bartulis, Piganovich, Kolar, Razin, Silnitsky – Nedorost, Yakutsenya, Dadonov – Wirtanen, Fedotenko, Laine – Kaspar, Belukhin, Varlamov – Kvitchenko, Shalimov, Blagoy

    Referees: Kiselyov, Safyullov – Medvedev, Lazarev.
     
    The best player of this match may be Vaclav Nedorost, who is just scoring one goal after another in the last few games.
     
    Donbass should be the better team tonight.
     
    Spartak is doing a little bit worse. In 13 matches it got 19 points and it's 8th with score 31:28. Last 5 matches were really bad for Moscow. At home with Yekaterinburg it lost 1:2 after penalty shots, with Omsk it won 3:2 after penalty shots and then with Yugra lost 0:1, Astana 3:4 and in Dynamo Moscow's stadium 1:2.
     
    Donetsk is working really well this season. After 13 matches it earned 25 points and is currently in 3rd place of Western Conference. Donbass didn't start well, but in last 5 matches it started with home loss against Astana 2:4 and then win against Yugra 2:0, Omsk 6:1, Yekaterinburg 4:2 and rematch in Yekaterinburg 3:0.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 17:30.
    Commentary by

    Jakub Šperk

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 40. Anderson (Sergeyev, Yunkov), 43. Krutov (Nesterov) – 59. Fedotenko (Shalimov, Piganovich)

    Spartak Moscow: Glass (Shestyorkin) – Quint, Sergeyev, Vasilyev, Bodrov, Kulik, Megalinsky, Mamkin, Nekolenko – Spirko, Anderson, Wandell – Nikulin, Nesterov, Zherdev – Kozlov, Yunkov, Krutov – Osipenko, Voronin, Bobrov
    HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton (Shevchuk) – Wilson, Podhradsky, Bartulis, Piganovich, Kolar, Razin, Silnitsky – Nedorost, Yakutsenya, Dadonov – Wirtanen, Fedotenko, Laine – Kaspar, Belukhin, Varlamov – Kvitchenko, Shalimov, Blagoy
    Referees: Kiselyov, Safyullov – Medvedev, Lazarev