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final/OT
Avangard Omsk
2:3 (1:2, 1:0, 0:0, 0:1)
Ak Bars Kazan
Monday 14.10.2013, 14:00 • KHL
     
    62:49
    Goal for AK Bars!


    JANNE PESONEN decides the match in favour of Ak Bars with a goal from short distance after Garon failed to stop a shot from the right wing!
     
    59:56
    Oleg Kvasha is injured after receiving an elbow hit to the face by Evgeny Bodrov behind the Ak Bars net! The home fans are furious!
     
    58:54
    Incredible! With a shot from short distance Avangard hit the goal post! The home fans were already on their feet but the luck was not on their side!
     
    50:32
    Alexander Perezhogin (Avangard) gets two minutes for high-sticking. This first power play of the third period could make the difference in a clsoe game. So far Ak Bars are 0 for 2 this afternoon.
     
    50:06
    Double chance for Mikhail Varnakov but first his shot from short distance was blocked before he couldn't get the rebound past the pads of Garon!
     
    45:38
    High speed rush by Avangard but Oleg Kvasha is stopped by the goalie with a direct shot from short distance!
     
    38:14
    Dmitry Syomin received the puck deep inside the neutral zone and after waiting a moment he suddenly started with a nice solo, deked out two opponents but in the end his scoring attempt from short distance was kept outside by Garipov!
     
    35:36
    Several Avangard players missed a long cross pass by Alexander Perezhogin from the left wing and this made the situation that dangerous as the puck almost ended up in the right bottom corner!
     
    34:36
    A nice individual effort by Varnakov almost gave the lead back to Ak Bars but in the end Garon was able to avoid being deked out by the guest forward!
     
    31:07
    Denis Kazionov's shot from just right to the guest net was stopped by Garipov but he allowed a rebound which Kazionov couldn't reach with his stick. Bitter as the right half of the net was wide open by then!
     
    30:04
    Two minute team peanlty against Ak Bars Kazan. In the penalty box sits down Tomas Vincour. Avangard are 1 for 1 today in power play and they also scored with a delayed penalty!
     
    27:05
    Kirill Lyamin (Avangard) gets two minutes for holding. It's only the first power play opportunity for the guests. In their first one they stayed without a goal.
     
    21:35
    Ak Bars almost with the direct answer but after a pass from behind the net Tim Stapleton wasn't able to get his one-timer from within the slot past Garon – the goalie somehow kept the puck on the goal line!
     
    20:59
    Goal for Avangard!


    The hosts started with a man more into the middle period due to the penalty against Burmistrov late in the previous period and early in their power play they are able to score the equalizer! After a pass from behind the net by Alexander Frolov his team mate DMITRY SYOMIN scored with a one-timer from short distance! In the exact same constellation they already had scored their previous goal!

    Assisted by Alexander Frolov.
     
    19:58
    Alexander Burmistrov (Ak Bars) gets two minutes for hooking.
     
    19:58
    After receiving a pass inside the neutral zone Alexander Popov beat the last defender in the race towards the net but his shot from the right circle was blocked to the side in the last moment by Garipov!
     
    15:54
    Goal for Avangard!


    And with the delayed penatly the hosts are able to score the 1-2! DMITRY SYOMIN was the first to react out of the crowd in front of the Ak Bars net and fired the puck past Garipov into the right corner!

    Assisted by Alexander Frolov.
     
    15:38
    Delayed penalty against Ak Bars!
     
    08:36
    Oleg Kvasha (Avangard) gets two minutes for holding. It's the first penalty of the game.
     
    07:39
    Alexander Popov has the first dangerous shot on goal for Avangard but his attempt from short distance was just blocked to the side by Garipov!
     
    06:34
    Goal for AK Bars!


    The guests from Tatarstan show why they are the leaders in the East. With little efforts they are able to score goals. ALEXANDER BURMISTROV tried it from the right circle and the puck went past the crowd in front of the Avangard net to beat Garon into the right top corner! The home goalie didn't look too good in this situation!

    Assisted by Tim Stapleton and Shaun Heshka.
     
    02:52
    Goal for AK Bars!


    The guests take over the initiative from the very first moment and are already in front 1-0. After a pass from behind the net it was KIRILL PETROV who fired a one-timer from within the slot past the chanceless Garon!

    Assisted by Ilya Nikulin and Alexei Tereshchenko.
     
    01:07
    Mikhail Varnakov has the first big opportunity of the game after just a bit more than a minute is played. He tries to deke out Garon just in front of the Avangard net after having received the puck deep in the home team's third but the goalie made a brilliant pad save!
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 16. Syomin (Frolov), 21. Syomin (Frolov) – 3. Petrov (Nikulin, Tereshchenko), 7. Burmistrov (Stapleton, Heshka), 63. Pesonen

    Avangard Omsk: Garon (Kostin) – Kulyash, Pivtsakin, Baranka, Blatak, Yegorshev, Vorobyov, Lyamin, Milyukov – Syomin, Kostitsyn, Frolov, Popov, Perezhogin, Kazionov, Kvasha, Ivanov, Badyukov, Kalinin, Mozer, Berdnikov
    Ak Bars Kazan: Garipov (Yaroslavlev) – Nikulin, Korneyev, Heshka, Medvedev, Osipov, Panin, Yarullin – Pesonen, Tereshchenko, Petrov, Stapleton, Varnakov, Burmistrov, Bodrov, Obukhov, Vincour, Golubev, Svechnikov, Tkachyov, Lukoyanov
    Referees: Belov, Komarov – Misyur, Raming