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after shootout (0:1)
HC Slovan Bratislava
2:3 (1:1, 1:1, 0:0 - 0:0)
SKA St. Petersburg
Wednesday 04.12.2013, 19:00 • Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia • KHL
     
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    Eurolivescores MVP:
    Alexander Kucheryavenko – 2A, 2P, 2 shots, 7 faceoffs won, 18:03 on the ice.
     
    Full game stats:
    Shots on goal: SLV 27, SKA 38
    Blocked shots: SLV 7, SKA 3
    Faceoffs: SLV 25, SKA 31
    Hits: SLV 5, SKA 3
    Penalties: SLV 6, SKA 16
    Ice leaders:
    SLV – Michal Sersen – 24:35
    SKA – Evgeny Ryasensky – 21:51.
     
    SKA win it in the end, but Slovan can be satisfied with how they played. It was a fine effort, they put up a real fight but in the end SKA were the ones with more luck in the shootout. A point to them, SKA take two.
     
    Game over.
     
    SKA St. Petersburg has won after the penalty shoot-out.

    ROMAN CERVENKA the decisive scorer with a beatiful challenge and nice placed shot into the lower right.
     
    Miroslav Satan can't score against Ezhov who wins the game for SKA and brings them the extra point.
     
    Ilya Kovalchuk goes towards Janus, but when he was about to shoot, he loses control of the puck and Janus saves with ease.
     
    Tomas Netik gets denied by Ezhov and SKA will have the chance to win it.
     
    Roman Cervenka takes the shootout series calm and easy beating Janus from the slot into the lower left.
     
    Ilya Ezhov denies Branko Radivojevic who goes first for Slovan.
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    Overtime stats:
    Shots on goal: SLV 3, SKA 2
    Faceoffs: SLV 3, SKA 4
    Penalties: SLV 0, SKA 2.

    Shootout will begin soon, and full stats will follow the end of the game.
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    64:47
    Ilya Ezhov keeps the net untact with a couple of saves, as Slovan are eager to score.
     
    64:17
    Slovan circle around the zone with lots of space and look to tire down SKA, finding a couple of paths to shoot.
     
    64:00
    Time out Slovan Bratislava.
     
    64:00
    One minute left in the overtime period.
     
    64:00
    Bartovic gets tripped entering the zone, Evgeny Skachkov (SKA) gets the call so we'll go 4-on-3 for the final minute.
     
    63:51
    Slovan will have to thank their goalie if they pull this one. Artemy Panarin fires from within the slot going for upper right and Janus already kneeling down lifts his glove and makes a magnificent save!
    Commentary by

    Alan Ilijic

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 6. Stastny (Stajnoch, Mojzis), 29. Bliznak (Vondrka) – 3. Panarin (Kucheryavenko), 38. Makarov (Kucheryavenko), dec. p.s. Cervenka

    HC Slovan Bratislava: Janus (Godla) – Sigalet, Sersen, Miklik, Bliznak, Vondrka – Skoula, Netik, Mihalik, Bartovic, Olvecky – Stajnoch, Mojzis, Satan, Hudacek, Radivojevic – Mikus, Matousek, Stastny, Dano, Brejcak
    SKA St. Petersburg: Ezhov (Nalimov) – Kalinin, Tikhonov, Kuteikin, Cervenka, Skachkov – Kovalchuk, Ketov, Semenov, Ryasensky, Shipachyov – Alexandrov, Kucheryavenko, Ponikarovsky, Dallman, Panarin – Makarov, Sigaryov, Yudin, Burdasov
    Referees: Belov, Kiselyov – Gordenko, Tomilov
    Attendance: 10055