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final
Spartak Moscow
5:4 (1:0, 2:4, 2:0)
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Monday 28.10.2013, 16:30 • LDS Sokolniki (capacity: 5,530) • KHL
     
    Final word:
    Nothing was given to Spartak Moscow for free today. Metallurg Novokuznetsk proved as tough opposition. They were equal in terms of play during opening period, and dominated in crazy second. Spartak got themselves together in final few minutes of the game, scored twice and won the game. They deserved that, although game could have easily gone the other way too.
    Eurolivescores player of the game: Vyacheslav Kozlov (Spartak) (19:01:12)
     
    Game summary-
    Shots: Spartak 29, Metallurg 29
    Faceoffs: Spartak 23/52, Metallurg Nk 29/52
    Penalties: Spartak 14, metallurg Nk 10
    Ice time leaders: Quint Deron (22:59 on ice, 24 shifts) for Spartak and Yegor Martynov (23:35 on ice, 23 shifts) for Metallurg Nk.
     
    Final period faceoffs: Spartak 8/14, Metallurg Nk 6/14
    Penalties: Spartak 4, Metallurg Nk 6
     
    Final period shot summary:
    Spartak 14 – Quint 2, Spirko, Kozlov 2, Anderson, YUNKOV 3(1), BODROV 2(1), Kulik, Zherdev 2
    Metallurg Nk 7 – Mantyla, Kurepanov, Valuisky, Kanarsky, Galimov, Lapenkov, Zhafyarov
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:20
    Niko Hovinen leaves his goal empty, skates off of the ice surface and allows another Metallurg Nk skater to join his colleagues in desperate attempt to equalize
     
    58:36
    Home team at full strength.
     
    58:15
    Home team timeout.
     
    58:00
    Final two minutes of third period
     
    56:36
    Matt Anderson (Spartak) gets 2min. penalty for handling the puck with hands
     
    56:11
    Goal for Spartak!
    Scorer is Denis BODROV.
     
    56:01
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    55:48
    Goal for Spartak!
    Mikhail YUNKOV levells the score after nice assists by Alexei krutov and Vyacheslav Kozlov – Powerplay goal!
     
    54:27
    Spartak invades Metallurg's defensive zone – Zherdev and Bodrov both fire – white and black goalkeeper in place
     
    54:01
    Visiting team timeout.
     
    54:01
    Raymond Giroux (Metallurg Nk) gets 2min. penalty for throwing the puck outside the playing area
     
    54:13
    Kozlov fires from faceoff point, Hovinen deflects dangerous puck
     
    53:49
    Zherdev storms past guest players, makes great pass, but nobody's there to tip it in for levelling goal
     
    53:37
    Home team at full strength.
     
    53:37
    Home team at full strength.
    Commentary by

    Ben Kelsson

    CZ@MarcusLuxie

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 13. KULIK (Kozlov, Bodrov), 21. SERGEYEV (Anderson), 35. KOZLOV (Krutov), 56. YUNKOV (Krutov, Kozlov), 57. BODROV – 22. AKSYONENKO (Akhmetov, Zhafyarov), 29. McLEAN (Valuisky, lapenkov), 34. GALIMOV (Mantyla), 38. VALUISKY (Martynov, Arzamastsev)

    Spartak Moscow: Ivanov Shestyorkin – Quint Sergeyev Spirko Andersson Zherdev – Bodrov Kulik Kozlov Nikulin Krutov – Vasilyev Megalinsky Voronin Yunkov Volkov – Mamkin Nekolenko Bobrov Nesterov Peshekhonov
    Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Hovinen Lozhkin – Martynov Arzamastsev McLean Valuisky Lapenkov – Giroux Mantyla Akhmetov Galimov Zhafyarov – Aksyonenko Kanarsky Kurepanov Vyglazov Nazarov – Dydykin Skutar Velichkin Yemelin Kartayev
    Referees: Gusev, Dreyev – Maitak, Pronskikh