PET 1:3 VLD | SKA St. Petersburg - Admiral Vladivostok (KHL)

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SKA St. Petersburg

1:3 (1:2, 0:1, 0:0)

Admiral Vladivostok

Sunday 13.10.2013, 15:00 • KHL

		Welcome. Game starts at 14:00 GMT, 15:00 CET, 17:00 MSK which is also the local time in St. Petersburg.
		SKA St. Petersburg are not only first in KHL's Western Conference but in the whole league with 36 points in 16 games, one point ahead of last year's Gagarin Cup winners Dynamo Moscow with one game less played. Today they are the clear favourites in their home match against expansion team Admiral Vladivostok who joined the league in summer and are currently 10th in Eastern Conference with 16 points in 14 games, just three points behind the playoff spots. If SKA can get the expected win or if Admiral can get a big surprise, we'll see very soon!
		Starting lineups: SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Korobov) – Alexandrov, Dallman, Kalinin, Ryasensky, Semenov, Chudinov, Yudin – Martensson, Thoresen, Cervenka, Kovalchuk, Ponikarovsky, Shipachyov, Tikhonov, Kucheryavenko, Panarin, Makarov, Sigaryov, Skachkov Admiral Vladivostok: Ivannikov (Stelmakh) – Osipov, Antropov, Ternavsky, Porseland, Perry, Zemchyonok, Poleshchuk – Lisin, Bergfors, Schutz, Drugov, Grachyov, Bortnikov, Pervushin, Barbashev, Kuznetsov, Gynge, Sokolov, Nikitenko Referees: Rogachyov, Safiullov – Petrov, Fateyev
		The teams are on the ice and the Russian national anthem is being played. Clear signs that the game starts in a few moments.
	00:01	Game started.
	00:50	To the surprise of most of the ca 12,000 fans in St. Petersburg the guests from Vladivostok are very aggressive to the begin of this match and Enver Lisin already has the first chance from close to the right circle.
	01:08	Goal for Admiral! And with their second opportunity the guests already get the early 1-0 lead. EVGENY GRACHYOV deked out half the SKA defense to beat Salak from short distance! Assisted by Enver Lisin and Denis Osipov.
	02:53	SKA appear for the first time in front of the opposing net but the shot from within the slot is blocked to the side by Ivannikov.
	03:57	After a distance shot Ivannikov allowed a rebound but the following scoring attempt by SKA defender Dallman from the right wing stayed harmless.
	04:50	A beautiful passing combination creates the first big opportunity for SKA! Former NHL star Ilya Kovalchuk gave a perfectly timed pass towards the Admiral blue line, Viktor Tikhonov skated fast towards the net and made a cross-pass to the right where Alexander Kucheryavenko waited but somehow Ivannikov was able to keep the following one-timer from short distance outside!
	05:08	SKA defender Alexei Semenov tries it from the blue line but the shot is blocked and almost leads to a break away...
	06:41	Konstantn Sokolov (Admiral) gets two minutes for hooking. It's the first penalty of the game and the big chance for SKA to come back into this match.
	06:50	After the hosts lost the faceoff at the right circle Enver Lisin was through with a break away but failed to beat Salak in the following 1-on-1 situation! Ilya Kovalchuk had stopped him unfair though and there's going to be a penalty shot for Admiral!!!
	06:50	Enver Lisin waited long with a shot during the penalty shot but in the end he was stopped from short distance with a pad save!
	08:14	After a long cross-pass by Kovalchuk his team mate Tikhonov had a dangerous shot on goal from the right circle but Ivannikov closed the short corner!
	08:41	After an eventful SKA power play the guests from Far East are back at full strength.
	10:13	After a pass from behind the Admiral net by Patrick Thoresen his team colleague Roman Cervenka failed to get a shot on goal from within the slot... a wasted opportunity...
	11:29	After Salak allowed a rebound Felix Schütz missed the wide open net from just two metres distance and the SKA defense somehow cleared the situation!
	11:35	Already the next big opportunity for the guests who hit the goal post from within the slot!
		There is currently a video review regarding the Admiral scoring opportunity!
	11:35	Goal for Admiral! After the video review the referees decided to give the goal for Admiral! In fact the shot by ARTYOM TERNAVSKY from within the slot hit the right post, then the back of the net and from there the puck went out again, hardly visible in real time!
	12:59	Icing against Admiral.
	13:09	Dmitry Yudin (SKA) gets two minutes for tripping and gives the guests their first power play of the afternoon.
	15:15	Vadim Shipachyov forces his way through the guests' third but misses the net from the left circle...
	15:44	Another icing against Admiral.
	17:27	Admiral's Igor Bortnikov tries it with a shot from the right circle which almost surprised Salak as he had a lot of traffic in front of him but in the end he made a glove save.
	18:28	Mathias Porseland (Admiral) gets two minutes for slashing. Absolutely unnecessary penalty taken by the Swede as the situation behind the Admiral net was already cleared...
	18:58	Goal for SKA! And late in the first period SKA cut the guest lead to the half in power play! VIktor Tikhonov used their second man advantage after reciving a cross-pass just in front of Ivannikov after his team mate Ilya Kovalchuk had deked out three opponents one after the other!!! This goal is 99% the work of Kovalchuk! Assisted by Ilya Kovalchuk and Vadim Shipachyov.
	20:00	1st period finished.
		In the first 20 minutes Admiral Vladivostok started very aggressively and surprised SKA with their will to score goals. Two of several big opportunities were used by Grachyov and Ternavsky for a two-goal lead which could have easily been higher but Lisin's penalty shot was stopped by home goalie Salak. SKA themselves invested a lot in this first period but only few times they really created danger in front of Ivannikov. A late power play used by Tikhonov gives the favourites a lot of their hope back. Shots on goal: SKA 15 – Admiral 7
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:27	What a start to the middle period! Enver Lisin deked out both SKA defenders but then was stopped from short distance by goalie Salak before in the direct counter attack Ivannikov avoided the equalizer!
	21:09	Ilya Kovalchuk is playing great today! He skated fast past the left wing and forced Ivannikov to allow a rebound with his shot towards the left bottom corner but the goalie made everything right by covering the puck up before Alexei Ponikarovsky could reach it.
	22:15	Both teams try everything to keep the speed high in this game which is very open currently with chances on both sides.
	23:45	Artyom Ternavsky (Admiral) gets two minutes for holding. SKA are 1/2 so far in power play this afternoon.
	24:22	The hosts believed to have scored the equalizer with their second power play goal in this match! After a powerful shot by Ilya Kovalchuk from the blue line Viktor Tikhonov deflected the puck into the net from short distance so it went it just below the crossbar! The following video review though ended with a NO GOAL decision by the referees for a high-stick by Tikhonov! Bitter for SKA!
	25:45	The guests are back at full strength.
	26:31	Maxim Chudinov (SKA) gets four minutes for high-sticking. This gives Admiral their second power play of the day. Chudinov is lucky though to be even on the ice during the rest of the game as he hit his opponent in the face behind the SKA net without the puck even being close to them.
	27:02	2-on-2 shorthanded counter by the hosts but the last cross-pass in front of the net by Shipachyov to Thoresen is deflected by a defender...
	28:31	Half of the SKA penalty is over without their opponents having appeared dangerously in front of their net.
	29:30	Igor Makarov with a great job stealing the puck inside the neutral zone and battling hard for it inside the Admiral third but in the end he lost the puck due to no help by team mates...
	29:46	Goal for Admiral! A couple of minutes ago SKA had seen themselves on level already but their power play goal didn't count... The guests from Vladivostok did a better job now and ENVER LISIN fired a hard short into the left top corner to restore a two-goal lead for Admiral! Assisted by Felix Schutz and Artyom Zemchyonok.
	31:18	Richard Gynge has the next opportunity for Admiral but his rush over the left wing ended with a shot towards the left corner that was easily blocked by Salak...
	33:50	Alexander Kuznetsov (Admiral) gets two minutes for hooking.
	35:01	Yegor Antropov (Admiral) gets two minutes for holding. The guests are playing with fire right now given the strength of the SKA power play! There is a short 5 on 3 opportunity left for them.
	35:49	Just when the first penalty was about to expire Kevin Dallman had a lot of free space in front of him, skated close towards the net and tried it with a hard shot from within the slot but Ivannikov made a brilliant save!
	36:41	2-on-2 shorthanded counter by Admiral but the cross-pass by Enver Lisin came too late...
	37:01	The guests are back at full strength.
	38:16	A harmless shot by Makarov from the right circle ends up in the gloves of Ivannikov.
	38:52	Another Admiral counter ended without a shot on goal as the SKA defense came back just in time.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		SKA were dominating the middle period and had a large number of shots on goal but failed to use even best chances. Once they were close to the equalizer but a goal by Tikhonov could not be given due to a high stick. With one of their few opportunities the guest Admiral made it 3-1 in power play! Shots on goal: SKA 14 (29) – Admiral 6 (13)
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	41:30	Jukka Jalonen, the SKA head coach, seems to have found the right words during the intermission. His team is playing very aggressively at the start of the third period and already had several dangerous shots on goal.
	42:13	Icing call against Admiral.
	44:45	A SKA one timer from the left wing at height of the blue line caused much trouble for Ivannikov who only deflected the puck but in the end he was able to reach back and stop the puck with his gloves just before it could cross the goal line.
	46:37	Another one-timer from the blue line, this time by Ilya Kovalchuk, creates danger but the guest goalie plays well today.
	47:12	The Admiral head coach, Hannu Jortikka, looks more and more worried as a result of the increased pressure on his team's net but so far the guests were able to keep their net clean in the third period.
	48:49	Viktor Tikhonov suddenly won the puck inside the Admiral third but his shot from within the slot with a free lane in front of him was deflected wide by goalie Ivannikov.
	49:41	Huge save by Ivannikov who deflected a shot from short distance to the side that many people in the arena had seen in already! Just seconds before he had stopped several shots from all kinds of diffrerent angles.
	50:42	An Admiral counter led to a harmless shot on goal into the gloves of Salak from the left circle. But if the guests continue in defense like they do by now in the third period the equalizer and overtime are only a question of time.
	51:26	Todd Perry (Admiral) gets two minutes for holding.
	52:05	A shot by Kalinin through a lot of traffic goes wide.
	52:26	Cervenka with a lot of time and space but his shot from within the slot is blocked by Ivannikov who gets stronger and stronger.
	53:26	The guests are back at full strength after suriving a crucial penalty killing without any harm.
	55:03	A one-timer by Evgeny Ryasensky from close to the left circle is deflected wide by an Admiral defender.
	55:37	After a pass from behind the net Dmitry Kalinin appeared alone in the slot but his one-timer from short distance was stopped with a brilliant pad save by Ivannikov!
	55:52	The home fans are more and more impatient with their team.
	56:22	That was close! Felix Schutz almost stole the puck inside the neutral zone from the last SKA defender... !
	56:24	Evgeny Ryasensky (SKA) receives a match penalty for an elbow check against the head against Maxim Sokolov who leaves the ice injured. In for him in the penalty box is Andrei Sigaryov. A huge setback in SKA's attempts to turn this game around!
	57:42	A big shorthanded break away for SKA but Tikhonov's back hander from short distance is deflected wide by the last defender before Ivannikov could react!
	58:45	Timeout SKA!
	58:55	Now everything is going wrong for SKA! They receive a two minute team penalty for having too many players on the ice when they pulled Salak out of his net for an additional attacker but were too aggressive by doing so. With a 5 on 3 against them this is probably the end of their comeback hopes!
	59:25	The ice gets even a bit emptier as Niclas Bergfors (Admiral) gets two minutes for tripping – still they have a 4 on 3 power play.
	60:00	Game over.
		SKA tried everything to come back in the last 20 minutes of this game but today the guest defense and especially their goalie Ivannikov were just too strong for them! Shots on goal: SKA 16 (45) – Admiral 7 (20)
		For the young Admiral franchise today's win is for sure one of the big highlights of their first ever KHL season while SKA are being less dominant in recent weeks.
		Thank you for following the game with us! (17:19:47)

Commentary by

Dennis Mende

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 19. Tikhonov (Kovalchuk, Shipachyov) – 2. Grachyov (Lisin, Osipov), 12. Ternavsky, 30. Lisin (Schutz, Zemchyonok)

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

Admiral Vladivostok: Ivannikov (Stelmakh) – Osipov, Antropov, Ternavsky, Porseland, Perry, Zemchyonok, Poleshchuk – Lisin, Bergfors, Schutz, Drugov, Grachyov, Bortnikov, Pervushin, Barbashev, Kuznetsov, Gynge, Sokolov, Nikitenko

Referees: Rogachyov, Safiullov – Petrov, Fateyev

1st period
	01:08
	06:41
	11:35
	13:09
	18:28
	18:58
1st intermission
2nd period
	23:45
	26:31
	29:46
	33:50
	35:01
2nd intermission
3rd period
	51:26
	56:24
	58:55
	59:25
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