Visiting team timeout.

Kucheryavenko shot the puck on goal after he took it in the left circle, but Sanford caught the puck was going towards the top left corner!

Icing for Lokomotiv.

After a scramble in the slot Ponikarovsky tried to scoop it on the net, but he was too close to Sanford, so he could save!

Empty net for SKA!

Home team timeout.

Sigaryov fired strongly from the left, but Sanford could deflect it just wide!

SKA players stole the puck and tried to make a break, but Lokomotiv players defended well again.

After some time without shots Galimov took the puck and created a good opportunity for himself he fired from the left side, but Salak stopped and covered the puck!

Ten minutes to go. SKA is pressing, but either the defencemen or Sanford blocks or deflects every attempt.

Just after SKA was back at full strengh Sanford held onto the puck after a scramble.

Visiting team at full strength.

Kovalchuk shot from identical postion, but Sanford made a perfect save!

Chudinov was not covered by anybody and fired from the left after a nice combination, the puck bounced just wide from a defenceman!

Sigaryov was going forward with the puck against four Lokomotiv players, one of them blocked his shot.

Musatov skated backwards with the puck on the left and suddenly shot from the blue line, but Salak could save this sudden attempt.

Kuteikin shot now from medium distance, but missed the target.

Ketov fired from the bottom of the left circle, but a defenceman blocked it easily.

The first two minutes of the third period is over, but nothing special happened. There is no shots in this third so far.

After a scramble in the middle Petrov tried to scoop the puck in the net, but the well-positioned defencemen blocked him.

Skachkov tried to surprise Salak by a shot, but the goalie could save.

Visiting team at full strength.

Home team at full strength.

Lokomotiv was coming down with a 2-on-1 situation, but the pass was not good enough! This chance promised more than this.

Sanford has to be ready again. He froze the puck was coming toward the net.

Sigaryov carried the puck on the right and suddenly fired, but Sanford denied it.

Panarin got by two defenceman and made a wristshot from medium distance, but it was no problem for the defense to block.

SKA put Lokomotiv under stunning pressure. Can they sustain it?

Holos made a terrible mistake! He turned the puck over, Ponikarovsky collected it in the slot, but Holos got back and corrected his mistake preventing SKA forward to shoot.

Icing for Lokomotiv.

Petrov was left uncovered on the left, but the angle was too sharp and the distance was too long to score. Salak saved easily.

A pass from the neutral zone was not accurate, but it was dangerous like this! Sanford deflected the puck to the right post!

The puck is circling mostly in the center ice.

The game is still aggressive. We can see hard body checks and fierce contests for the puck.

After a nice interception on the right Lokomotiv had an opportunity to break, but SKA players got back to the defending position fastly.

After a scramble in the middle Panarin was struggling for the puck, but a defenceman cleared it preventing him to shot.

Gorokhov carried the puck through behind the net and passed it to Redlihs, who was preparing to shot from short distance, but a defenceman batted the puck away.

Visiting team at full strength.

Chudinov fired from long distance in the middle, Sanford stopped the puck and held onto it.

Perfect defending play by Lokomotiv in the first part of the SKA powerplay.

Icing for SKA.

Holos was left totally alone on the right, he recieved the puck and fired, but Salak made a beautiful deflection!

Lokomotiv does not give up it seems they are not afraid. They are attacking too and trying to equalize. The game is still opened.

Kapustin escaped from his defencemen and coming forward with a breakaway, but Salak could deflect the shot!

Tikhonov and Ketov was waiting for the puck in the slot, but the defencemen cleared it.

SKA play dangerously and offensively and trying to double their lead.

Sigaryov flicked the puck from the air in the net, but he held his stick too highly.

Sigaryov came forward on the right and centered the puck, but no one arrived.

After a won face-off Redlihs could make a screen shot from the bottom of the left circle, but Salak denied it!

Aggressive start from both sides. Cervenka's shot from long distance was saved easily by Sanford.

Heres is the first chance! Apalkov fired from the left side, Salak deflected the puck on the net! It was a lucky situation for SKA.

Home team players are wearing blue uniform and blue helmet, while visitors has red-white kit and white helmet.

After the Russian National Anthem let us the match get started!

Starting lineups:

SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Korobov) – Alexandrov, Ryasensky, Tikhonov, Kovalchuk, Cervenka – Kalinin, Kuteikin, Kucheryavenko, Ponikarovsky, Panarin – Semenov, Chudinov, Ketov, Burdasov, Shipachyov – Yudin, Makarov, Sigaryov, Skachkov

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Kolesnik) – Lyubushkin, Gorokhov, Plotnikov, Konkov, Apalkov – Holos, Kronwall, Redlihs, Musatov, Kapustin – Vishnevsky, Pashnin, Chernikov, Petrov, Mokshantsev – Vasilyev, Zotov, Khlopotov, Galimov, Korenev

Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov, Anatoly Zakharov – Juris Balodis, Ivan Nazarov.

Dear hockey fans! KHL does not stop even for one day! After the twelve Sunday matches there will be one more on the subsequent day. We are going to have a trip to the gorgeously beautiful Saint Petersburg, where local SKA is going to host Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on Monday afternoon at 7:30 pm MSK (4:30 CET, 3:30 GMT). A top team is going to face a team struggling for a playoffs-qualifying position. SKA is currently the leader of Western Conference with 59 points after 27 games, while Lokomotiv is located on the nineth spot of also the Western Conference. The clear favorite of the game is SKA, but Lokomotiv need the points as well, so they will not give this game up in advance. Follow every moment of this game on eurolivescores.com!

Welcome. Game starts at 16:30.