KHL
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Dinamo Minsk – Novokuznetsk 5:2 (end) | Donbass – Khabarovsk 5:1 (end)
final
HC Dinamo Minsk
5:2 (0:1, 2:0, 3:1)
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Wednesday 30.10.2013, 17:00 • Minsk-Arena (capacity: 15,086) • KHL
     
    Final word:
    We saw three different periods today. Opening period was quite interesting with both teams full of determination and eager to score. Second period was really poor in terms of play and happenings overall. Third period offered nice attacking hockey; however when the most expected – Metallurg attacked the least. Dissapointing game by guests and deserved win for Dinamo.
    Eurolivescores player of the game : Geoff Platt (Dinamo Minsk) (19:49:38)
     
    GAme stats –
    Shots: Dinamo Mn 39, Metallurg Nk 25
    Faceoffs: Dinamo Mn 39/65, Metallurg Nk 26/65
    Penalties: Dinamo Mn 4, Metallurg Nk 2
    Ice time leaders: Lukas Krajicek (25:41 on ice, 29 shifts) for Dinamo Minsk and Zakhar Arzamastsev (17:18 on ice, 21 shifts) for Metallurg Nk
     
    Third period faceoffs: Dinamo Mn 16/22, Metallurg Nk 6/22
    Penalties: Dinamo Mn -, Metallurg Nk 2
     
    Third period shot summary:
    Dinamo Mn 17 – Lopachuk, Drozd, Dadonov, PLATT, KALYUZHNY 3(2), Zakharov, Irgl 2, Stas, Krajicek, Materukhin, Surovy, Usenko, kitarov, Goroshko
    Metallurg Nk 6 – Giroux, Mantyla, Akhmetov, Vyglazov, ZHAFYAROV 2(1)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:54
    Goal for Dinamo Minsk!
    Alexei KALYIZHNY hits empty net
     
    58:36
    Hovinen leaves his net, sixth skater comes on for Metallurg
     
    58:49
    Ivan Usenko fires from distance, Hovinen deflects
     
    58:00
    Last two minutes of third period
     
    56:31
    Evgeny Dadonov fires from left side, Hovinen deflects
     
    55:06
    Goal for Dinamo Minsk!
    Andrei Stas comes in front of Hovinen with high speed and shoots, Hovinen deflects puck; Alexei KALYUZHNY is there to benefit on bounced puck and advances Dinamo's lead to two goals
     
    54:10
    Zbynek irgl shoots from inbetween circles, Hovinen deflects puck into right corner
     
    52:47
    Metallurg Novokuznetsk at full strength.
     
    51:31
    Kitarov shoots from left side, Hovinen saves
     
    50:47
    Pavel Kanarsky (Metallurg Nk) gets 2 min. penalty for tripping
     
    49:22
    Goal for Dinamo Minsk!
    Jeff PLATT scores from right faceoff circle while Hovinen is partly covered in view
     
    47:16
    Rafael Akhmetov fires big shot from left side, lalande deflects
     
    45:49
    Raymond Giroux fires from distance on right side, Lalande saves
     
    44:23
    Goal for Novokuznetsk!
    Damir ZHAFYAROV surprises lalande from left side. Assist – Ansel Galimov
     
    43:05
    Sergei Drozd shoots from left faceoff circle, puck deflected by Hovinen
     
    41:36
    Lopachuk shoots from left side, Hovinen deflects
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Second period faceoffs: Dinamo Mn 14/23, Metallurg Nk 9/23
    Penalties: Dinamo Mn -, Metallurg Nk -
     
    Shot summary second period:
    Dinamo Mn. 9 – Shinkevich, PLATT 3(1), Krajicek, Materukhin, Surovy, KITAROV, Goroshko
    Metallurg Nk 7 – Mantyla, Anttila 2, Valuisky, Yemelin, Martynov, Arzamastsev
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:00
    Final minute of second period
     
    38:14
    Zakharov fires from right side, Hovinen deflects
     
    36:12
    Goal for Dinamo Minsk!
    Alexander Materukhin grabs puck behind goal, turns around and passes it to oncomin Geoff PLATT who beats Hovinen with immediate shot from left side.
     
    35:20
    Stanislav Lopachuk fires big shot from right side – puck deflects off Hovinen's shoulder and hits his right post...
     
    34:18
    Poor hockey in recent minutes; guests hold possesion for most of the time, but are unable to endanger home goalie
     
    32:53
    Yegor Martynov shoots from distance on right side, Lalnde deflects puck into corner
     
    31:41
    Materukhin fired from right side, Hovinen deflected
     
    30:04
    Sergei Yemelin fires from left side, Lalande doesn't have any serious trouble and deflects
     
    28:48
    Platt shoots from left side, Hovinen deflects
     
    27:30
    Dinamo Mn took control over play in recent minutes, guests manage to save their net several times with desperate defensive actions
     
    25:58
    Ilya Shinkevich fires from distance on right side, Hovinen saves
     
    25:12
    Goal for Dinamo Minsk!
    Konstantin Zakharov gets puck right after faceoff in left circle; he skates around goal and sends backhanded puck on the other side where Alexander KITAROV – under pressure by defenseman – manages to stick it inside open net
     
    24:58
    Geoff Platt fired from left side, Hovinen stopped puck
     
    24:35
    Arzamastsev shoots from left side, lalande deflects puck into his left corner
     
    23:30
    Tomas Surovy shoots from right side faceoff circle, Hovinen stops puck
     
    22:05
    Lukas Krajicek fires from left side, Hovinen deflects puck
     
    20:50
    McLean fires from top of faceoff circles, Lalande saves
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Faceoffs first period: Dinamo Mn 9/20, Metallurg Nk 11/20
    Penalties: Dinamo Mn 4, Metallurg Nk -
     
    Shot summary opening period:
    Dinamo Mn 13 – Drozd, Dadonov, Platt 4, Kalyuzhny 2, Zakharov 2, Irgl, Stas, Surovy
    Metallurg Nk 12 – Antilla 2, Valuisky 2, Yemelin 3, Lapenkov, Kosourov, ZHAFYAROV 3(1)
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:00
    Final minute of opening period
     
    17:50
    Evgeny Lapenkov fires from right side, Lalande deflects
     
    16:57
    Geoff Platt tries with another shot, Hovinen stops puck
     
    15:33
    Sergei Yemelin shoots, Lalande saves
     
    14:29
    Dinamo Minsk at full strength.
     
    13:10
    Valuisky fires from left side, lalande saves
     
    12:29
    Andrei Stas (Dinamo Mn) gets 2min. penalty for holding the stick
     
    12:27
    Zbynek Irgl shoots from inbetween circles, Hovinen deflects
     
    11:55
    Geoff Platt fires again, no changes on score-board
     
    10:38
    Geoff Platt fires from left side, Hovinen remains unbeaten
     
    09:12
    Goal for Novokuznetsk!
    Damir ZHAFYAROV scores from wide angle on left side; he surprises lalande on close post and sends puck over his shoulder. assists – Rafael Akhmetov, Pavle Kanarsky – powerplay goal
     
    07:24
    Konstantin Zakharov (Dinamo Mn) gets 2 min. penalty for holding
     
    07:22
    Semyon Valiusky fires from left side, another stop by Lalande
     
    07:08
    Sergei Yemelin shoots from right faceoff circle, Lalande stops puck
     
    05:55
    Tomas Surovy fired from right side, Hovinen stopped puck
     
    04:21
    Andrei Stas tried his luck with shot from left side, Hovinen remains unbeaten
     
    03:05
    Alexei Kalyuzhny shoots from left faceoff circle, Hovinen saves
     
    02:36
    Sergei Drozd shoots from right side, Hovinen deflects
     
    01:10
    Geoff Platt fires from left side, Hovinen saves
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Belarus NAtional Anthem is played
     
    Russian National Anthem is played
     
    Today's game between Dinamo Minsk and Metallurg Novokuznetsk will bring some answers on two dissapointing sides future. Dinamo Minsk is sitting on 13th place on Western Conference standings and Metallurg Novokuznetsk is all the way at the bottom (14th) in Eastern Conference standings. Both teams are far from play-off places and eager to improve on their positions. Dinamo's last game was dissapointing defeat against Sibir on Monday. They won previous home game vs. Amur. It's obvious they need appropriate opposition to perform well and Metallurg Nk is sure just that.
    Metallurg Nk lost their last game vs. Spartak in Moscow. they performed well and lost by one goal gap and they announced their form is on the rise. Will that be enough to surprise Dinamo today? We will know that in some two and half hours time. Follow our live coverage.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 17:00.
    Commentary by

    Ben Kelsson

    CZ@MarcusLuxie

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 26. KITAROV (Zakharov), 37. PLATT (Shinkevich, Materukhin), 50. PLATT (Irgl), 56. KALYUZHNY (Stas), 60. KALYUZHNY (Stas, Goroshko) – 10. ZHAFYAROV (Akhmetov, Kanarsky), 45. ZHAFYAROV (Galimov)

    HC Dinamo Minsk: Lalande Shelepnyov – Filichkin Usenko Kalyuzhny Irgl Stas – Meech Krajicek Platt Materukhin Surovy – Shinkevich Goroshko Meleshko Zakharov Kitarov – Lopachuk Drozd Dadonov Yefimenko Kiryushchenkov
    Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Hovinen Sorokin – Martynov Arzamastsev McLean Valuisky Lapenkov – Giroux Mantyla Akhmetov Galimov Zhafyarov – Aksyonenko Kanarsky Anttila Yemelin Kosourov – Gavrilenko Dydykin Kurepanov Vyglazov Mitryakov
    Referees: Komarov, Ravodin – Pavlov, Sazonov