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final
SKA St. Petersburg
4:1 (1:0, 2:0, 1:1)
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Friday 11.10.2013, 17:30 • KHL
     
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    SKA easily defend their first position in KHL with a comfortable 4-1 win against bottom side Metallurg Novokuznetsk who now have lost 12 (!!!) games in a row!

    Shots on goal: SKA 9 (49) – Metallurg 12 (30)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:49
    Alexei Ponikarovsky (SKA) gets four minutes for high-sticking. He hit Raymond Giroux in the face inside the SKA third.
     
    58:00
    Two minutes left to go and both teams don't do more than necessary anymore. The guests leave their goalie in his net.
     
    56:04
    A shot from the left circle by Mikhail Chernov doesn't cause any problems for home goalie Ezhov.
     
    54:30
    Metallurg go back into offense mode immidiately after their goal against but as it seems SKA won't throw this lead away anymore.
     
    53:38
    Goal for SKA!


    Just before the end of the power play SKA restore their three-goal lead and make it 4-1! A powerful shot by DMITRY KALININ went in just below the crossbar! No chance to react for Lozhkin in the Metallurg net!

    Assisted by Ilya Kovalchuk.
     
    51:41
    Nikita Lozhkin (Metallurg) gets two minutes for tripping. In for him in the penalty box sits Alexei Kosourov.
     
    51:41
    Ilya Kovalchuk starts a beautiful solo within the neutral zone, dekes out the last defender and the goalie but can't get a shot on goal anymore due to a sharp angle. He then tries to go for the wrap-around but is stopped unfair by the goalie behind the net.
     
    49:13
    On the other side of the ice Nikita Vyglazov's shot from the right circle was stopped by Ezhov.
     
    48:28
    A harmless blue line shot by SKA's Kalinin is easily caught by Lozhkin.
     
    47:03
    2-on-2 rush by the hosts but Cervenka's shot from short distance only finds the gloves of the goalie. He better would have passed to Thoresen who had a wide open net in front of him.
     
    46:30
    The atmosphere is great in the arena and the home fans are already celebrating with multiple laola waves.
     
    46:15
    Currently it's a very open game with minor opportunities on both sides. With the time progressing Metallurg will be forced to play a bit higher in defense which will allow SKA counter chances.
     
    44:57
    Vadim Shipachyov tries it with a shot from the right circle towards the right bottom corner but Lozhkin makes the easy glove save.
     
    43:21
    The Metallurg defense with a huge turnover that gives SKA almost the chance to restore their three-goal lead but in the end the last pass goes wide.
     
    41:50
    Goal for Novokuznetsk!


    With two men more on the ice Metallurg started very aggressively into the third period and they were able to cut the deficit to two in power play! TUUKKA MANTYLA fired a hard shot from within the slot towards the right corner and SKA goalie Ezhov didn't look too lucky in this situation!

    Assisted by Rafael Akhmetov and Evgeny Lapenkov.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    In a completely one-sided middle period SKA needed long to get past guest goalie Lozhkin but in the end they were able to get a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes which leaves the game more or less decided. We'll see if Metallurg can make a big comeback!

    Shots on goal: SKA 22 (40) – Metallurg 9 (18)
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 3. Semenov (Kucheryavenko, Chudinov), 34. Dallman (Kovalchuk, Thoresen), 37. Martensson (Cervenka, Kovalchuk), 54. Kalinin (Kovalchuk) – 42. Mantyla (Akhmetov, Lapenkov)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Ezhov (Korobov) – Dallman, Yudin, Kalinin, Ryasensky, Semenov, Chudinov – Martensson, Thoresen, Cervenka, Kovalchuk, Ponikarovsky, Shipachyov, Tikhonov, Kucheryavenko, Panarin, Malyshev, Makarov, Sigaryov, Skachkov
    Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Lozhkin (Sorokin) – Giroux, Martynov, Mantyla, Arzamastsev, Aksyonenko, Gavrilenko, Skutar, Chernov – McLean, Nurtdinov, Kosourov, Akhmetov, Galimov, Lapenkov, Kurepanov, Vyglazov, Zhafyarov, Velichkin, Anttila, Gimbatov
    Referees: Akuzovsky, Karabanov – Koposov, Otmakhov