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final
SKA St. Petersburg
1:3 (1:2, 0:1, 0:0)
Admiral Vladivostok
Sunday 13.10.2013, 15:00 • KHL
     
    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.
     
    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!
     
    58:45
    Timeout SKA!
     
    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!
     
    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!
     
    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!
     
    51:26
    Todd Perry (Admiral) gets two minutes for holding.
     
    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.
     
    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.
     
    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!
     
    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.
     
    33:50
    Alexander Kuznetsov (Admiral) gets two minutes for hooking.
     
    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.
     
    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.
     
    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!
     
    23:45
    Artyom Ternavsky (Admiral) gets two minutes for holding. SKA are 1/2 so far in power play this afternoon.
     
    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!
     
    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.
     
    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...
     
    13:09
    Dmitry Yudin (SKA) gets two minutes for tripping and gives the guests their first power play of the afternoon.
     
    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!
     
    11:35
    Already the next big opportunity for the guests who hit the goal post from within the slot!
     
    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!
     
    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!
     
    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!!!
     
    06:41
    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.
     
    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!
     
    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.
    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