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after shootout
SKA St. Petersburg
1:2 (1:0, 0:0, 0:1, 0:0, 0:1)
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
Wednesday 09.10.2013, 17:30 • Ice Palace Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    Game over. (19:55:38)
     
    65:00
    Dmitri Kugryshev scores the game winning goal for Sibir.
     
    Vadim Shipachyov fails to beat Koskinen.
     
    Nikolai Lemtyugov for Sibir dekes past Salak and scores a pretty goal.
     
    Roman Cervenka for SKA. Dekes and puts the puck in the left upper corner. Koskinen had no chance to stop it.
     
    Jonas Enlund is the first one for Sibir. Rushes to the net, tries to shoot fivehole, but Salak saves the net.
     
    Viktor Tikhonov begins the shootout for SKA. He dekes, but his backhand shot hits the post.
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    Despite SKA being the better team, during the overtime neither of the teams managed to come close to scoring the game winning goal.
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    63:12
    Salak struggles to stop a backhand shot by Jarno Koskiranta.
     
    62:55
    SKA with yet another chance. Home team has significant advantage during the overtime.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    Early in the third Sibir managed to tie the game after all. In the first half of the period it seemed that Novosibirsk might as well could score more goals, but later on SKA stepped up, and ultimately both of the teams are heading for an overtime.

    SOG: 6 (23) – 10 (20)
    PIM: 6 (8) – 4 (16)
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    59:19
    Kalinin with the puck beginning a new attack.
     
    58:04
    Home team at full strength.
     
    57:34
    SKA rushes ona two-on-two counterattack, but Thoresen's shot goes wide.
     
    57:20
    Sibir is feeling comfortable in SKA's defensive zone, but fails to attempt any shots on the net.
     
    56:04
    Sibir earns a very crucial powerplay. Roman Cervenka (SKA) heads to the box.
     
    55:01
    Offside for SKA.
     
    54:30
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    54:03
    Sibir clears the puck.
     
    53:19
    Plenty of passing around, but no shots for SKA so far.
     
    52:30
    Jukka Jalonen asks for a time out for team SKA.
     
    52:30
    SKA will have another chance on the powerplay as Stepan Sannikov (Sibir) receives two minutes for hooking.
     
    50:52
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    50:31
    SKA is lacking shots on goal right now.
     
    49:39
    Chudinov takes a massive shot from the blue line, but Koskinen manages to save the net.
     
    49:16
    Home team at full strength.
     
    48:52
    Jarno Koskiranta (Sibir) heads to the box for tripping. For around 30 seconds both teams will play with four players on ice.
     
    48:21
    Sibir has had almost no success in the first half of the powerplay.
     
    47:16
    Alexei Semenov (SKA) will spend two minutes in the penalty box for high sticking.
     
    46:59
    SKA fighting in the corner behind Koskinen's net.
     
    45:22
    Koskiranta and Lemtyugov get on a two-on-one attack. Koskiranta decides to shoot, but fails to beat Salak.
     
    44:59
    Vadim Shipachyov takes a shot through opposing defender's leg, but Koskinen manages to make a glove save.
     
    42:58
    Dmitry Monya steals the puck in SKA's defensive zone and attacks the net, but Salak is in his place.
     
    42:43
    Goal for Sibir!

    It didn't take long for Sibir to tie the game in the third. After a pass from Jori Lehtera defenseman IVAN LEKOMTSEV put the puck in the upper corner of the net.
     
    42:25
    Yuri Alexandrov (SKA) heads to the box.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Discipline has been of the central themes this game as Sibir has earned already six minor penalties in comparison with a single penalty earned by SKA. In the second period Sibir proved to be more active than in the first, yet it failed to create good scoring chances and open the score.

    SOG: 9 (17) – 6 (10)
    PIM: 2 (2) – 6 (12)
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:15
    SKA has been controlling the puck for the past few minutes now.
     
    36:07
    Panarin receives a pass from behind the net, but his shot gets blocked by Ozhiganov.
     
    34:16
    Sibir on a lengthy attack.
     
    31:40
    During the powerplay Sibir managed to take a couple of shots from the blue line, but SKA played very well defensively.
     
    31:33
    Home team at full strength.
     
    30:42
    Shipachyov rushed through the right side of the ice and takes a shorthanded backhand shot on Koskinen's net.
     
    29:33
    Sibir will have the chance to play on their first power play of the night as Dmitri Yudin heads to the box.
     
    28:57
    Sibir so far has played shorthanded for more than half of the second period.
     
    28:22
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    28:08
    Panarin makes a pass right across the crease to Kucheryavenko, but Jori Lehtera doesn't allow him to put the puck in the empty net.
     
    27:12
    Dallman takes a slap shot from the blue line, but it is blocked.
     
    26:55
    Sibir clears the puck.
     
    26:22
    Sibir gets a call for having too many players on the ice.
     
    25:58
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    23:58
    Ozhiganov (Sibir) gets yet another penalty on the play.
     
    23:55
    Panarin finds Viktor Tikhonov in front of the net, but Koskinen makes a huge save.
     
    23:02
    Koskiranta with the puck in SKA's defensive zone.
     
    22:28
    Dallman takes a hard slap shot, but it goes wide.
     
    22:04
    Konstantin Alexeyev (Sibir) gets two minutes for hooking.
     
    21:47
    A wrist shot by Artemy Panarin, Salak makes a glove save.
     
    21:23
    SKA has locked Sibir in their defensive end.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    In the first half of the period SKA was clearly the superior team, earning three power plays during which Tony Martensson opened the score for the home team. Later in the period Sibir became more active offensively, yet has failed to beat Alexander Salak so far.

    SOG: 8 – 4
    PIM: 0 – 6
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    17:55
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    17:37
    SKA hasn't created any chances during the power play.
     
    16:10
    Sibir clears the puck.
     
    15:55
    Nikolai Lemtyugov (Sibir) gets called two minutes for tripping.
     
    14:21
    Enlund takes a backhand shot on Salak's net.
     
    13:33
    After being rather quiet in the first half of the period and killing two penalties, Sibir is becoming increasingly more active offensively.
     
    11:43
    Dvurechensky takes a shot on Salak's net. One of the first shots on goal for Sibir tonight.
     
    11:00
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    09:00
    Jonas Enlund (Sibir) gets sent to the box for hooking.
     
    08:48
    Puck hits Sibir's post.
     
    08:45
    A couple of great chances by Skachkov-Ponikarovsky-Shipachyov in front of Sibir's net.
     
    07:26
    Goal for SKA!

    Dmitry Kalinin takes a shot from the blue line and TONY MARTENSSON is in front of the net to acquire the rebound and give SKA an early lead.
     
    07:01
    Karavayev (Sibir) gets two minutes for tripping.
     
    04:58
    Tikhonov sends a cross-ice pass to Martensson, who attempts shot on goal. Koskinen makes the save.
     
    02:21
    Neither of the teams have managed to attempt a single shot on goal so far.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Korobov) – Alexandrov, Kalinin, Dallman, Semenov, Yudin, Chudinov, Ryasensky – Martensson, Tikhonov, Malyshev, Kucheryavenko, Ponikarovsky, Makarov, Sigaryov, Thoresen, Cervenka, Panarin, Skachkov, Shipachyov

    HK Sibir Novosibirsk: Koskinen (Orekhov) – Karavayev, Alexeyev, Ignatovich, Kutuzov, Lekomtsev, Kudroc, Ozhiganov – Monya, Lehtera, Karamnov, Kugryshev, Gubin, Kopeikin, Enlund, Lemtyugov, Romanov, Sannikov, Koskiranta, Dvurechensky, Butuzov

    Referees: Belov, Olenin – Menshikh, Chubykin.
     
    The current leader of the Kontinental Hockey League SKA St. Petersburg will today host Sibir Novosibirsk, which is placed sixth in Eastern conference.

    Both teams have won past two consecutive games. While SKA managed to beat Amur 4:3 in an overtime two days ago, Sibir celebrated a 3:2 victory over Severstal.

    A major part of Sibir's success is its Finnish goaltender Mikko Koskinen whose SVS of 94,9 % is second best in the KHL. The leading scorer of the team so far has been Jori Lehtera whose managed to average a point per game in the 12 matches played.

    SKA, on the other hand, couldn't complain about lack of talent. Currently there are five SKA players on the league's top scoring list, which is led by Roman Cervenka and Artemy Panarin.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 17:30.
    Commentary by

    Didzis Rudmanis

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 8. Martensson (Kalinin), 65. Kugryshev (p.s.) – 43. Lekomtsev (Lehtera)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Korobov) – Alexandrov, Kalinin, Dallman, Semenov, Yudin, Chudinov, Ryasensky – Martensson, Tikhonov, Malyshev, Kucheryavenko, Ponikarovsky, Makarov, Sigaryov, Thoresen, Cervenka, Panarin, Skachkov, Shipachyov
    HC Sibir Novosibirsk: Koskinen (Orekhov) – Karavayev, Alexeyev, Ignatovich, Kutuzov, Lekomtsev, Kudroc, Ozhiganov – Monya, Lehtera, Karamnov, Kugryshev, Gubin, Kopeikin, Enlund, Lemtyugov, Romanov, Sannikov, Koskiranta, Dvurechensky, Butuzov
    Referees: Belov, Olenin – Menshikh, Chubykin
    Attendance: 11100