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Severstal Cherepovets
2:1 (0:0, 0:1, 2:0)
Lev Praha
Monday 28.10.2013, 16:00 • KHL
     
    59:09
    As I said, too many players on the ice against Lev. The fans aren't happy and are whistling, but either way it looks like Severstal has this game in hand as they have the faceoff in the Lev zone with Vehanen now back in and a power play for the rest of regulation time.
     
    59:09
    Strange turn of events. Thornberg whistled a shot just wide and Severstal rushed back up the ice and put the puck into the empty net. However, the whistle went before the puck went into the net because Lev had too many players on the ice. 7 players, apparently. Severstal doesn't like the call because they had the puck, so officials shouldn't have stopped play.
     
    56:50
    Jakub Klepis called for hooking in the corner in attacking zone, which really puts Lev in a tight spot now. He argues the call, but Severstal to the power play Severstal.
     
    55:14
    Korvyshin with a one-timer that goes just wide of the post. It was a goal if he'd got it inside the post. Then Lev ices.
     
    53:22
    Timeout Severstal. Interesting. They seem to be having a good period, but I guess the coach sees Lev coming with some pressure since that last goal.
     
    51:32
    Martin Thornberg with a glorious chance to tie it--Sekac passed across to Thornberg, who unleashed a quick one-time wrister but Jakub Stepanek slid across to rob him. His biggest save of the game.
     
    50:22
    Goal for Severstal!
    A strange play where the initial shot hit Ondrej Nemec and the Lev defenceman fell ontop of the puck. Players dug away at it and just when it seemed the whistle might go, captain VADIM BERDNIKOV banged it in. Unassisted, power-play goal.
     
    50:05
    A race for the puck down low in the Lev zone, both players go down and Jakub Nakladal called for hooking. Severstal to the power play.
     
    47:07
    Lev going back to the power play, though the last one didn't do them much good. .Alexander Yevseyenkov is called for hooking in his own zone.
     
    45:36
    Goal for Severstal!
    They've come out strong this period and on a rush into the Lev zone Bushuyev passes across to ANATOLI NIKONTSEV, whose shot through traffic beats Vehanen to the near side. Assist: Nikolai Bushuyev.
     
    44:10
    A turnover gives a chance to Anatoli Nikontsev shorthanded, Vehanen had to be sharp and he holds on.
     
    42:46
    Nikolai Kazakovtsev is called for slashing in the attacking zone as his team is applying pressure, so Lev now goes to the power play.
     
    Some back and forth action in the dying seconds, first a Severtal rush and a shot by Andersen is stopped by Vehanen, then Lev went quickly back the other way on a 2 on 1 and Stepanek made a save off a shot from a sharp angle just before the horn.
     
    35:23
    Kazakovtsev keeps the puck in at the line and then works it down low and there's a wild scramble in front of Vehanen. Several players whack away at it, including Kazakovtsev and Buchnevich, but the whistle finally goes and then we get some pushing and shoving. No penalties though.
     
    23:14
    Justin Azevedo gets a shorthanded breakaway but is stopped by Stepanek. He was a bit rushed on the shot but nonetheless did a good job of killing some time.
     
    32:08
    With the play in their own zone, Petr Vrana takes a holding penalty, so Severstal goes to the power play looking to even the score.
     
    29:43
    Not long after the goal Bogdan Kiselevich is called for boarding, so Lev will try to increase the lead on the power play, they're 0/1.
     
    28:53
    Goal for Lev!
    Nice work in the attacking zone by Sekac and Taticek. Sekac wins a battle for the puck, Taticek feeds it back to JIRI SEKAC for a one-timer from the slot and it goes through a crowd and in for the first goal of the game. Assist: Petr Taticek.
     
    18:50
    Michal Repik shoots from a sharp angle -- it goes through Stepanek but out the far side untouched. Petr Vrana was in front but wasn't able to get his stick on it to knock it into the unguarded far side of the net.
     
    11:40
    Jiri Sekac is now getting called for roughing, so Severstal is going back to the power play. They got a couple of shots on their first attempt but are 0/1 so far.
     
    10:31
    Severstal 3 on 2, Petr Caslava with the shot and Petri Vehanen makes a pad save.
     
    05:14
    2 on 1 Lev, Sekac with the pass across to Thornberg for the quick one-timer that hits Jakub Stepanek, then the former Lev goalie covers it in a scramble. First good chance for Lev.
     
    02:30
    Jiri Novotny is called for interference in the neutral zone, so Lev is off the power play and we'll have 4-on-4 hockey for 1:04.
     
    01:26
    Severstal's Gennady Stolyarov is getting the game's first penalty for high sticking, putting Lev to the power play.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 46. Nikontsev (Bushuyev), 51. Berdnikov – 29. Sekac (Taticek)

    Severstal Cherepovets: Štěpánek (Kasutin) – Andersen, Laakso, Čáslava, Kalashnikov, Kiselevich, Svyazov, Yevseyenkov – Kuvayev, Berdnikov, Kazakovtsev, Bushuyev, Zemchenko, Videll, Antipov, Medvedev, Nikontsev, Stolyarov, Bumagin, Kovyrshin, Buchnevich.
    Lev Praha: Vehanen (Lukáš) – Ševc, Nakládal, Jaakola, O'Byrne, Gragnani, Němec, Mäenpää, Humphries – Klepiš, Azevedo, Novotný – Řepík, Vrána, Birner – Thörnberg, Zackrisson, Sekáč – Cingel, Tatíček, Ridderwall.
    Referees: Anisimov, Soin – Golyak, Dedyulya