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final
HC Donbass Donetsk
1:2 (0:0, 1:1, 0:1)
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
Friday 01.11.2013, 18:00 • Druzhba Palace of Sports • KHL
     
    Today we've seen an even match, but Novosibirsk had a little bit more luck and gets 3 points in the Eastern Conference. Donetsk will stay where it is. (20:20:55)
     
    Shots on goal – 32:35.
    Penalties – 4:4.
    Bully – 35:32.
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:40
    Koskinen is easily deflecting pucks.
     
    59:22
    Sibir clears the puck.
     
    59:00
    The last minute of the third period.
     
    58:40
    The empty net of Donetsk.
     
    58:16
    Donbass is in full strength.
     
    58:11
    Icing of Sibir.
     
    57:52
    Home team timeout.
     
    57:52
    Lemtyugov gets 2 minutes in the penalty box for interference.
     
    57:41
    The home team is now the one, who easily clears pucks.
     
    56:16
    Bartulis gets called in for tripping. Donetsk is throwing this match.
     
    56:00
    Sibir is easily clearing pucks.
     
    55:00
    The home team is in full strength.
     
    54:56
    Leighton deflected a shot by Enlund from the left circle and Donetsk cleared the puck.
     
    54:15
    Donbass clears the puck, Sibir isn't rushing anywhere.
     
    53:00
    Piganovich gets 2 minutes in the penalty box for tripping.
     
    52:33
    Donetsk isn't able to get the puck in the offensive third.
     
    51:24
    Goal for Sibir!
    STEPAN SANNIKOV's weak shot from the left side somehow ended up in the net! Assist: Oleg Gubin.
     
    50:35
    Nedorost's shot from the right side wasn't dangerous.
     
    49:47
    Yakutsenya also lost the puck.
     
    48:58
    Koskiranta couldn't hold on the puck in the offensive third.
     
    47:42
    Icing of Donetsk. Both teams can't get a shot on the net.
     
    45:58
    Piganovich missed the net.
     
    45:37
    Offside of visitors.
     
    44:40
    Butuzov touched a shot by Belov, but Leighton was ready.
     
    43:41
    Sibir clears the puck.
     
    42:31
    Sibir is slightly more active.
     
    41:35
    Kaspar passed wide.
     
    41:12
    Koskinen caught a wrist shot by Varlamov.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Shots on goal – 26:26.
    Penalties – 2:3.
    Bully – 19:27.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:15
    Goal for Donbass!
    LUKAS KASPAR got a pass from side to side and he hit the half empty net! Assist: Podhradsky.
     
    39:05
    Sannikov gets called in for interference.
     
    39:00
    The last minute of the second period.
     
    38:32
    Dadonov aimed in the middle of the net from behind the circles.
     
    37:41
    Another save of Leighton. Sibir has pressure.
     
    37:19
    Leighton easily saves a shot by Kopeikin.
     
    36:30
    Dadonov's shot from the right circle was deflected by Koskinen.
     
    35:34
    Novosibirsk is easily defending now, no shots on both sides.
     
    34:10
    Amazing combination by Donetsk, Kyle Wilson had the empty net in front of him, but he hit the post!
     
    32:05
    Icing of Donetsk.
     
    31:56
    Leighton caught Kopeikin's shot from the left side.
     
    30:01
    Yakutsenya missed the puck in front of the net.
     
    28:42
    Novosibirsk is more active now, but Kopeikin and Lemtyugov couldn't score from rebound shots.
     
    27:50
    Icing of Donetsk, both teams play very defensive now.
     
    26:26
    Visitors are in full strength.
     
    25:30
    Novosibirsk easily defends so far.
     
    24:26
    Romanov gets 2 minutes in the penalty box for tripping.
     
    24:06
    Goal for Sibir!
    DMITRY KUGRYSHEV got to a rebound shot and he hit the half empty net! Assist: Ivan Lekomtsev.
     
    22:33
    Nothing much going on again.
     
    21:55
    Kopeikin hits the glove of Leighton.
     
    21:28
    The home team is in full strength.
     
    21:15
    Donetsk clears the puck twice in a row.
     
    20:20
    Offside of Sibir.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Shots on goal – 12:10.
    Penalties – 2:1.
    Bully – 11:12.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:28
    Leighton gets called in for delaying the game. Fedotenko goes in the penalty box.
     
    19:00
    The last minute of the first period.
     
    18:29
    Sibir clears the puck again, but no icing this time.
     
    18:11
    Icing of visitors.
     
    17:25
    Donetsk is in full strength.
     
    16:29
    Sibir is in full strength.
     
    16:04
    Leighton caught Anisin's shot from between the circles into his glove.
     
    15:25
    Wirtanen gets 2 minutes in the penalty box for interference.
     
    15:04
    And again.
     
    14:46
    Sibir clears the puck.
     
    14:29
    Kudroc gets called in for holding.
     
    13:50
    Enlund missed a rebound shot.
     
    13:11
    Kopeikin's shot wasn't dangerous.
     
    12:42
    Icing of Sibir.
     
    11:30
    Visitors are creating pressure, but no scoring chances.
     
    9:49
    Enlund's shot from the left side ended up same.
     
    8:31
    A wrist shot by Lehtera from the right circle was stopped by Leighton's glove.
     
    8:01
    Sibir is slightly more active, but we don't see much action on both sides so far.
     
    7:04
    Nedorost shoots as Laine before.
     
    6:56
    Laine's shot from the blue line went into the chest of Koskinen.
     
    6:36
    Leighton stops shots by Lekomtsev and Koskiranta.
     
    5:03
    Yakutsenya's weak shot from the blue line wasn't dangerous.
     
    4:36
    Icing of Donetsk.
     
    3:39
    Kugryshev's shot from the left side was stopped by the glove of Leighton.
     
    3:10
    Both teams play very defensive so far.
     
    2:04
    Yakutsenya's slapshot from the blue line was blocked.
     
    1:01
    Donetsk is trying to create pressure, but Sibir easily defends.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton (Shevchuk) – Kolar, Piganovich – Podhradsky, Wilson – Bartulis, Razin – Silnitsky – Wirtanen, Fedotenko, Laine – Nedorost, Anisin, Dadonov – Robitaille, Kaspar, Yakutsenya – Varlamov, Toryanik, Morozov

    HK Sibir Novosibirsk: Koskinen (Pavlov) – Belov, Kudroc – Alexeev, Kutuzov – Lekomtsev, Ozhiganov – Plekhanov – Lehtera, Enlund, Romanov – Kopeikin, Lemtyugov, Koskiranta – Kugryshev, Gubin, Sannikov – Shumakov, Karamnov, Ignatushkin – Butuzov

    Referees: Kiselyov, Naumov – Sysuyev, Parfyonov.
     
    Donetsk should be the winning team today.
     
    Novosibirsk has also 37 points in 22 matches and it is 5th in the Eastern Conference. In the last 6 matches it lost 4 times by one goal difference, except in Dynamo Moscow, where it lost 1:5. Against Yugra at home Sibir won 7:2 and today's visitors are showing very unbalanced results lately.
     
    Donetsk is doing really well and it is 4th in the Western Conference with 37 points inn 22 matches. Donetsk won 3 out of last 5 matches, in the last home match Donbass won 5:1 against Khabarovsk.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 18:00.
    Commentary by

    Jakub Šperk

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 40. Kaspar (Podhradsky) – 25. Kugryshev (Lekomtsev), 52. Sannikov (Gubin)

    HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton (Shevchuk) – Kolar, Piganovich – Podhradsky, Wilson – Bartulis, Razin – Silnitsky – Wirtanen, Fedotenko, Laine – Nedorost, Anisin, Dadonov – Robitaille, Kaspar, Yakutsenya – Varlamov, Toryanik, Morozov
    HC Sibir Novosibirsk: Koskinen (Pavlov) – Belov, Kudroc – Alexeev, Kutuzov – Lekomtsev, Ozhiganov – Plekhanov – Lehtera, Enlund, Romanov – Kopeikin, Lemtyugov, Koskiranta – Kugryshev, Gubin, Sannikov – Shumakov, Karamnov, Ignatushkin – Butuzov
    Referees: Kiselyov, Naumov – Sysuyev, Parfyonov