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final
SKA St. Petersburg
4:2 (1:1, 2:0, 1:1)
HC Slovan Bratislava
Friday 01.11.2013, 16:30 • KHL
     
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    For SKA this was their 5th consecutive win while Slovan now lost 5 of their last 6 matches!
     
    SKA defended their lead clever during the last 20 minutes and in the end the league leaders won deserved 4-2 and earned all three points against the bottom side Slovan.

    Shots on goal: SKA 12 (29) – Slovan 7 (18)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:29
    The guests had no chance to pull out their goalie and they don't really believe in a comeback themselves anymore.
     
    59:00
    Slovan try everything to cut the deficit another time in these last minutes but SKA defend with all players!
     
    57:06
    The guests are back at full strength.
     
    56:11
    Tony Martensson tried to battle in the puck from short distance after Slovan goalie Janus allowed a rebound but two brilliant pad saves by Janus afterwards kept Slovan in the match!
     
    55:06
    Mario Bliznak (Slovan) gets two minutes for high-sticking against Artemy Panarin deep inside the SKA third.
     
    53:37
    A nice solo by Slovan's Kutlak was not rewarded when his shot from within the slot was deflected wide by the skates of a defender.
     
    52:21
    Huge double chance for SKA's Artemy Panarin! First he tried it with a powerful shot from the left circle before the rebound landed in front of his skates again. The following shot from within the slot was also blocked by Janus!
     
    50:48
    A back hander by Zdenek Kutlak from short distance hits the crossbar!
     
    50:00
    The game goes back and forth currently without really big opportunities.
     
    47:32
    A nice solo by Artemy Panarin but his pass from behind the net back to Vadim Shipachyov didn't bring the wished result as his team colleague missed the puck!
     
    46:00
    SKA are getting more active again and try to decide the game asap.
     
    43:45
    The guests from Slovakia try to use the momentum and cut the deficit another time. They are playing with early forechecking now and force SKA back into their own third.
     
    43:03
    Goal for Slovan!


    After Salak allowed a rebound against a blue line shot by Martin Skoula it was MILAN BARTOVIC who cut the deficit to two in power play – or better said his left leg did all the work for him as the puck hit him before he could react! The referees decided to look at the situation again but there was no kicking motion and the goal counts!

    Assisted by Martin Skoula and Juraj Mikus.
     
    42:45
    Andrei Sigaryov (SKA) gets two minutes for slashing.
     
    42:18
    Goal for SKA!


    Is this already the decision? ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY received the puck at the left circle with his back towards the net, turned around and left the last defender behind him, skated towards the net and scored the 4-1 with a back hander into the left top corner! What a goal!

    Assisted by Alexei Semenov.
     
    41:30
    SKA are already in full controll of the match again in these first minutes of the third period; Slovan are just defending.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Panarin (Ponikarovsky), 26. Shipachyov (Kovalchuk, Martensson), 27. Panarin (Kucheryavenko, Ponikarovsky), 43. Ponikarovsky (Semenov) – 9. Netik (Kukumberg, Miklik), 44. Bartovic (Skoula)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Nalimov) – Alexandrov, Ryasensky, Kalinin, Kuteikin, Semenov, Chudinov, Yudin – Martensson, Tikhonov, Thoresen, Kovalchuk, Cervenka, Shipachyov, Kucheryavenko, Ponikarovsky, Panarin, Makarov, Sigaryov, Skachkov
    HC Slovan Bratislava: Janus (Kopriva) – Sersen, Skoula, Sigalet, Mojzis, Stajnoch, Kutlak – Bartovic, J. Mikus, Radivojevic, Miklik, Bliznak, Vondrka, Kukumberg, Netik, Stastny, T. Mikus, Mraz, Matousek, Dano, Hudacek
    Referees: Gusev, Odins – Dedyulya, Mikhel