SPM 5:4 NOV | Spartak Moscow - Metallurg Novokuznetsk (KHL)

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Spartak Moscow

5:4 (1:0, 2:4, 2:0)

Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Monday 28.10.2013, 16:30 • LDS Sokolniki (capacity: 5,530) • KHL

		Welcome. Game starts at 16:30.
		Spartak Moscow vs. Metallurg Novokuznetsk is a clach between two dissapointing teams in current KHL season. Although not much was expected from Novokuznetsk side – 4 wins in 20 games is trully under-achievement. Metallurg lost in OT two days ago against Vityaz on the road and they didn't even score a single goal in that game. Previous to that they lost at home vs. Avtomobilist, but also won on two additional home games against Yugra and Avangard. Their form is probably on slight rise, but one can never be sure with this Metallurg Nk team. Niko Hovinen, goalie, is in solid form (Sv% 93.2). Rafael Ahmetov gathered the most points for Metallurg so far in 20 games they have played (although he played in 16 of those) – that's 8 (3 goals + 5 assists). Metallurg Nk is on bottom of both – Eastern Conference and League overall standings. Spartak is on 19th place overall, that's 12th in Western Conference. Jeff Glass, their goalie is also good for now (Sv% 93.0), Rastislav Spirko gathered 15 points (6 goals + 9 assists) and Quint Deron, the defenseman is close with 13 (5 goals + 8 assists). Their last games – lost home game vs. Admiral, won home game in OT vs. Vityaz and lost in Kazan vs. Ak Bars. It's hard to define favorites for this game, but according to league standings such role goes to Spartak Moscow.
	00:01	Game started.
	00:38	Nikita Vyglazov fires from right side, Ivanov makes first save of the game
	00:56	Damir Zhafyarov is next for Metallurg, Ivanov deflects
	01:18	Evgeny Lapenkov adds his shot from left side, Ivanov saves and remains unbeaten. Surprising start of Metallurg!
	02:27	Bodrov completed a pass from behind the gate to the faceoff spot on right side, but Hovinen prevented potential goal for Spartak.
	03:37	Nesterov fired against Finnish goalie, but Novokuznetsk net remains empty.
	06:02	Mikhail Yunkov (Spartak) gets 2min. penalty for tripping
	08:02	Spartak at full strength.
	08:07	Valuiskiy fired from the face-off circle – Ivanov reacted well to that shot.
	09:30	Lapenkov nearly beat his former team, but Ivanov saved Spartak.
	09:48	Velichkin and then again Lapenkov tried with shots against Alex Glass. Home goalie so far is confident at his job.
	10:50	Mikhail Yunkov (Spartak) gets 2min. penalty for diving
	10:50	Semyon Valuisky (Metallurg Nk) gets 2min. for hooking
	12:45	Goal for Spartak! Vyacheslav Kozlov and Denis Bodrov contribute assits for Evgeny KULIK for opening goal of the game. Spartak is one up!
	13:35	Spartak is at the moment the more active team. However, However, guests are not going to give up.
	14:43	Vasilyev nearly scored another goal for red and white team (Spartak). This time Hovin dragged and saved
	16:05	Vyglazov fired from faceoff circle on the left side – the puck hit the shields of Ivanov. No change of result
	18:17	Guests are trying to equalize in final moments, but home team is defending well
	19:00	Final minute of first period
	20:00	1st period finished.
		First period shot summary: Soartak 9 – Quint, Vasilyev 2, Anderson 2, KULIK, Megalinsky, Nesterov, Peshekhonov Metallurg Nk 8 – Velichkin, Valuisky 2, Vyglazov 2, lapenkov 2, Zhafyarov
		First period faceoffs: Spartak 8/18, Metallurg Nk 10/18 Penalties: Spartak 4, metallurg Nk 2
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:38	Goal for Spartak! Andrei SERGEYEV scores for Spartak, assisted by Matt Anderson). Even Strength
	21:33	Goal for Novokuznetsk! Alexander AKSYONENKO pulls one back for Metallurg Nk. Assists by Rafael Akhmetov and Damir Zhafyarov
	21:55	Rapid start the second period, two goals in 2 minutes! What happens next?
	23:47	The game is on a collision course
	25:14	Vladislav Kartayev (Metallurg Nk) gets 2min. penalty for slashing
	26:20	Spartak circles inside Metallurg zone – shots are not happening for now
	27:14	Visiting team at full strength.
	28:48	Metallurg performed quick counterattack, but no changes on score-board
	28:39	Goal for Novokuznetsk! Kurtis McLEAN levels the result for Metallurh Nk. Assists by Semyon valusky and Evgeny lapenkov
	29:20	Spartak defensemen are under pressure in recent minutes
	31:06	Kulik fires, Hovinen saves
	30:16	Lapenkov fires hard from blue line, but puck misses goal
	31:31	Guests were in fastbreak on right soide, but Ivanov saved his team from going goal behind
	32:51	Ilya Nekolenko (Spartak) gets 2min. for high-sticking
	33:11	Goal for Novokuznetsk! Ansel GALIMOV scores for Metallurg in powerplay; assist by Tuukka Mantyla
	34:05	Goal for Spartak! Vyacheslav KOZLOV steps on scene with quick equalizer; assist by Alexei Krutov
	34:40	Very interesting game, a furious pace, all sorts of things going on
	36:10	Vyacheslav Kozlov (Spartak) gets 2min. for tripping.
	36:35	Guests are circling inside Spartak zone, they fire from distance, but miss the goal
	37:03	Igor Volkov (Spartak) gets 2min. for hooking
	37:17	Goal for Novokuznetsk! Semyon VALUISKY scores for Metallurg in powerplay. Assists: Yegor Martynov and Zakhar Arzamastsev
	38:12	Guests are attacking hard, Ivanov has hands full of work in recent minutes
	39:00	Final minute of second period
	39:03	Home team at full strength.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		Second period shot summary: Spartak 6 – SERGEYEV, KOZLOV, Nikulin, Yunkov, Bodrov, Peshekhonov Metallurg Nk 14 – Mantyla 2, AKSYONENKO, Velichkin 2, Akhmetov, McLEAN, VALUISKY 2(1), Yemelin, Kartayev, Martynov, ZHAFYAROV 2(1)
		Second period faceoffs: Spartak 7/20, Metallurg Nk 13/20 Penalties: Spartak 6, Metallurg Nk 2
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	41:43	Deron Quint is first to fire in third period – distance shot is deflected by Hovinen
	43:37	Raymond Giroux (Metallurg Nk) gets 2min. penalty for tripping
	43:37	Raymond Giroux (Metallurg Nk) gets extra 2min. of penalty for holding
	44:41	Spartak plays in guests' defensive zone – so far without any dangerous moments
	45:48	Quint fires from faceoff point – deflected puck finishes out of bounds
	47:37	Visiting team at full strength.
	48:20	Pavel Kanarsky fires from distance, Ivanov saves
	49:05	Evgeny Kulik fires from distance for Spartak, Hovinen deflects
	50:00	Ten minutes remain for Spartak to save the game
	51:37	Valery Vasilyev (Spartak) gets 2min. penalty for kneeing
	53:37	Home team at full strength.
	53:37	Home team at full strength.
	53:49	Zherdev storms past guest players, makes great pass, but nobody's there to tip it in for levelling goal
	54:13	Kozlov fires from faceoff point, Hovinen deflects dangerous puck
	54:01	Raymond Giroux (Metallurg Nk) gets 2min. penalty for throwing the puck outside the playing area
	54:01	Visiting team timeout.
	54:27	Spartak invades Metallurg's defensive zone – Zherdev and Bodrov both fire – white and black goalkeeper in place
	55:48	Goal for Spartak! Mikhail YUNKOV levells the score after nice assists by Alexei krutov and Vyacheslav Kozlov – Powerplay goal!
	56:01	Visiting team at full strength.
	56:11	Goal for Spartak! Scorer is Denis BODROV.
	56:36	Matt Anderson (Spartak) gets 2min. penalty for handling the puck with hands
	58:00	Final two minutes of third period
	58:15	Home team timeout.
	58:36	Home team at full strength.
	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
	60:00	Game over.
		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
		Final period faceoffs: Spartak 8/14, Metallurg Nk 6/14 Penalties: Spartak 4, Metallurg Nk 6
		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 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)

Commentary by

Ben Kelsson

@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

1st period
	10:50
	12:45
1st intermission
2nd period
	20:38
	21:33
	25:14
	28:39
	32:51
	33:11
	34:05
	36:10
	37:03
	37:17
2nd intermission
3rd period
	43:37
	43:37
	51:37
	55:48
	56:11
Final