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final
Dinamo Riga
4:1 (0:0, 1:1, 3:0)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Wednesday 04.12.2013, 18:30 • Arena Riga (capacity 10,300) • KHL
     
    Final word
    It's been long time since your reporter saw last game between two so disciplined teams as today. Lokomotiv seemed a bit more active than home team in opening period and it really took some time for Dinamo to took the pressure off of their chests. Unfortunate loss in previous home game prevented them from playing without hesitations. They got behind at one point of second period, but managed to come back. Once they got in front in final period it was all over for guest from Yaroslavl – Dinamo simply flew on ice from that moment on. Well deserved wiin in one of the most interesting games of recent weeks.
    Eurolivescores player of the game: Kyle Wilson (Dinamo Riga) (20:51:11)
     
    Game in numbers -
    Shots: Dinamo R 26, lokomotiv 27
    Faceoffs: Dinamo R 26/49, Lokomotiv 23/49
    Penalties: Dinamo R 6, Lokomotiv 6
    Ice time leaders: Mat Robinson (21:11 on ice, 26 shifts) for Dinamo Riga and Sergei plotnikov (20:30 on ice, 21 shifts) for Lokomotiv
     
    Third period stats -
    Shots: Dinamo R 11, Lokomotiv 11
    Faceoffs: Dinamo R 15/23, Lokomotiv 8/23
    Peenalties: Dinamo R 4, Lokomotiv 6
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:08
    Penalty shot. Miks Indrasis scores on penalty shot
     
    59:08
    Penalty shot for 33.Mikhail Pashnin (Lokomotiv). tripping. Penalty shot by 70.Miks Indrasis (Dinamo R)
     
    58:59
    Kyle Wilson (Dinamo R) also gets 4min. penalty for roughing
     
    58:59
    Sergei Plotnikov (lokomotiv) gets 4 min. penalty for roughing
     
    58:00
    Two minutes left in third period
     
    57:02
    Sergei Plotnikov shoots from top of left faceoff circle, tellqvist deflects puck into his left corner
     
    55:37
    Jonas Holos fires from distance, Tellqvist stops puck
     
    54:50
    Vitaly Zotov shoots from left side, no real trouble for Tellqvist
     
    53:48
    Martins Cipulis shoots from right side, Kolesnik deflects
     
    52:17
    Goal for Dinamo Riga!
    Dimao combine on powerplay. Szczechura passes to Indrasis who assists to Krisjanis REDLIHS who skates around his defender and shoots through several legs to beat Kolesnik from left side
     
    50:45
    Ilya Korenev (Lokomotiv) gets 2min. penalty for tripping
     
    49:46
    Goal for Dinamo Riga!
    Juris Upitis stops Lokomotiv's attacking action on defensive blue line, skates on the other side, fires from attacking blue line – Kolesnik saves at first, but Kyle Wilson is there to score on second assist after rebounced puck WILSON.
     
    48:03
    Miks Indrasis fires from right faceoff circle, Kolesnik deflects another puck
     
    46:40
    Martins Cipulis shoots from left hand side boards, Kolesnik deflects puck into corner
     
    45:20
    Yury Petrov shoots from inbetween faceoff circles, Tellqvist stops puck
     
    44:41
    Mikelis Redlihs fires for Lokomotiv, Tellqvist deflects another puck
     
    43:06
    Vitaly Zoltov fired from distance, Tellqvist deflected puck
     
    42:10
    Maris Bicevskis shoots from left side, kolesnik stops puck
     
    41:23
    Everything stays the same in third period's opening minutes – crowd makes great noise and overall feeling is marvellous. Teams are fighting for every inch on the ice and they are both playing with great discipline – no shots so far in third period
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Second period stats -
    Shots: Dinamo R 7, Lokomotiv 5
    Faceoffs: Dinamo R 8/13, Lokomotiv 5/13
    Penalties: Dinamo R -, Lokomotiv -
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:00
    One minute left in second period
     
    37:45
    Ozolins shoots from top of right faceoff circle, Kolesnik stops his shot
     
    36:38
    Attendance was announced at this moment – 6,630 spectators are inside Arena Riga
     
    36:00
    Mikhail Pashnin shoots for Lokomotiv, Tellqvist stops puck
     
    34:45
    Goal boosted on Dinamo's performance – they continue with pressure and crowd inside Arena Riga is delighted
     
    33:35
    Miks Indrasis shoots from inbetween faceoff circles, Kolesnik has a lot to do to stop dngerous shot
     
    32:24
    Goal for Dinamo Riga!
    Marcel Hossa sends puck in front of guest goal from right side, Ozolins shoots and Kolesnik saves his shot. Wilson is there and benefits on rebound
     
    31:36
    Vitalijs Pavlovs shoots from left side, Kolesnik stops puck
     
    30:15
    Rustams Begovs fired from left side only to hit Kolesnik in chest with puck
     
    29:37
    Goal for Lokomotiv!
    Emil GALIMOV scores for guests in great team action. Puck circled around Dinamo's defensive zone, came to Kronwall who fired from distance – GALIMOV deflected puck in font of goal and beat Tellqvist
     
    27:48
    Kirill Kapustin shoots from right side, Tellqvist stops puck
     
    27:05
    Home team is having strong support by loud crowd; so far no goals on any side
     
    26:47
    Mikhail Pashnin shoots from distance, Tellqvist deflects
     
    25:40
    Lokomotiv is having trouble organizing serious attacking action due to strong pressure by home side
     
    24:10
    Marcel Hossa shoots from left side, Kolesnik stops puck
     
    23:00
    Dinamo's pressure continues;however, there are no direct shots on any side in second period by now
     
    21:26
    Dinamo started second period with more agressive style. Guests are defending their zone well so far
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Opening period stats -
    Shots: Dinamo Riga 5, Lokomotiv 11
    Faceoffs: Dinamo R 3/13, Lokomotiv 10/13
    Penalties: Dinamo R 2, Lokomotiv -
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:00
    One minute left in first period
     
    18:08
    Sergei Konkov shoots from right hand side board, tellqvist stops puck
     
    17:31
    Alex Chernikov shoots from inbetween faceoff circles, Tellqvist deflects puck again
     
    16:45
    Emil Galimov fires from right side, Tellqvist deflects puck
     
    16:00
    Lokomotiv looks more active in recent minutes. Both teams are very solid in their defensive play so far
     
    14:13
    Sandis Ozolins fires from left side, Kolesnik stops puck
     
    12:57
    Yury petrov shoots from right faceoff circle, Tellqvist makes another nice save
     
    11:35
    Kolesnik makes great save on Wilsons one-timer from right side
     
    10:28
    Home team at full strength.
     
    09:33
    Ilya Gorokhov fires from distance, Tellqvist saves
     
    08:28
    Kyle Wilson (Dinamo) gets 2 min. penalty for boarding
     
    05:49
    Kirill Kapustin shoots from left side, Tellqvist stops puck
     
    04:40
    Vitaly Vishnevsky shoots from distance, tellqvist deflects again
     
    03:19
    Yury Petrov is the firs to shoot for Lokomotiv – Tellqvist deflects puck behind his goal
     
    01:55
    Andris Dzerins fires from right side, kolesnik makes another stop
     
    00:32
    Marcel Hossa shoots from right side, Vitaly Kolesnik stops first puck of the game
     
    00:01
    First faceoff won by Lokomotiv players
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Latvian National Anthem is played
     
    Russian National Anthem is played inside Riga Arena
     
    Dinamo lost their Sunday home game vs Atlant (1:2). It was a big dissapointment and their today's plan is to improve on poor performance. Lokomotiv might not be the right opposition for such improvement, as they have won their previous game in Moscow against CSKA (3:1). However, Dinamo is higher on Western Conference standings (4th) than Yaroslavl (8th), but who's to determine favorites for today's game? Supportive crowd inside Arena Riga might be the extra factor for home team, but...
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    Ben Kelsson

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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 33. WILSON (Ozolins, Hossa), 50. WILSON (Upitis), 53. REDLIHS (Szczechura, Indrasis), 60. INDRASIS – 30. GALIMOV (Kronwall, Chernikov)

    Dinamo Riga: Tellqvist Cimermanis – Rekis Ozolins Wilson Hossa Upitis – Sotnieks Robinson Szczechura Cipulis Indrasis – Redlihs K, Redlihs J., Dzerins Bukarts Pavlovs – Begovs Skvorcovs Bicevskis
    Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Kolesnik Sanford – Vasilyev Gorokhov Plotnikov konkov Apalkov – Kronwall Pashnin Khlopotov Redlihs M., Musatov – Holos Yakovlev Chernikov Petrov Galimov – Vishnevsky Zotov Kapustin Maltsev Korenev
    Referees: Romasko, Soin – Parfyonov, Sysuyev
    Attendance: 6,360