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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
     
    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.
     
    Roman Cervenka takes the shootout series calm and easy beating Janus from the slot into the lower left.
     
    64:00
    Time out Slovan Bratislava.
     
    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!
     
    62:42
    Milan Bartovic goes alone on Ezhov, gets tripped from behind and since he was all alone, it's a PENALTY SHOT!
     
    53:59
    Roman Cervenka (SKA) is called for hooking Vondrka so Slovan might get a chance on the powerplay.
     
    52:44
    Jaroslav Janus saves Slovan to go a goal down as he makes the save on a one-on-one diving for the puck and deflecting it off the stick of the forward with his stick.
     
    49:54
    Evgeny Ketov fires coming to the net from the right wing, fires as he gets close to the post, Janus lifts his arm and makes the save deflecting the puck aside, but the danger is still here.
     
    42:26
    Libor Hudacek couldn't take advantage of a defensive mistake by SKA who lose the puck leaving him alone in the zone with only one defenseman in front, but his shot from outside the slot is wide to the left.
     
    39:43
    Martin Skoula (SLV) gets called to the box for slashing, as he broke the stick to a SKA player, and it will probably be taken to the third period.
     
    37:56
    Goal for SKA!
    And we're right where we started, again. Alexander Kucheryavenko has possession on the left boards and in desperation sends the puck to Janus, he makes a pad deflection already kneeling and at instance IGOR MAKAROV is there on the puck and scores on his second attempt to tie the game.

    Assist: Alexander Kucheryavenko.
     
    34:49
    Peter Olvecky (SLV) skates to the box, so it's against the home team and they're called for delaying the game. Although my opinion is that Olvecky's shot on the previous play went out into the netting and should be considered a shot and not delaying the game.
     
    32:23
    Martin Stajnoch (SLV) – 2 min and Artemy Panarin (SKA) – 2+10 min who both initiated the fight get both called for roughing, the play will continue 4-on-4.
     
    28:56
    Goal for Slovan!
    I guess this is what hockey has for you if you dominate the game. MARIO BLIZNAK intercepted the pass in the neutral zone, drove it to the net over the left wing with Michal Vondrka on the other side, passes to him and picks up the deflection on his shot to beat Ezhov and get Slovan in front.

    Assist: Michal Vondrka.
     
    23:28
    Jaroslav Janus saves Slovan in this situation, the puck was sent to the slot from the right side lined with the goal line, but Yury Alexandrov who onskates for it and fires a one-timer, hits Janus who deflects the shot aside.
     
    20:28
    Right at the start Slovan are very dangerous, they send a feed from the left side to the right post but the one timer before Ezhov retrieves, goes wide.
     
    18:27
    Bliznak keeps the puck behind the net with no one putting pressure and tries to look for a feed in the slot, the puck is deflected, they don't let it slip away, though the pass back to the slot is intercepted.
     
    12:19
    Peter Olvecky gets the puck into the zone for Tomas Netik who drives the puck from the left wing into the slot, dekes out a defender in front and tries to score on the backhander, but Ezhov makes the defletion and the defence picks up the rebound.
     
    06:46
    A great feed from the left side to the onskating Martin Stajnoch coming from Statan, but he slips on the ice and in full speed gets hammered against the boards, so we'll have a brief stoppage. Otherwise, if he had got a good grip on the puck, it would have brought the lead to the home side.
     
    05:21
    Goal for Slovan!
    What a score! A great solo effort by ANDREJ STASTNY who dekes out Dmitry Kalinin as he crosses the blue line in the middle and drives into the zone, takes the puck back and then to the side, going one-on-one with Ilya Ezhov beating him without a problem.

    Assist: Martin Stajnoch, Tomas Mojzis.
     
    03:22
    Tomas Netik leads the breakaway over the left wing and takes a hard slapper as he reaches the circle, though it's a bit wide to the side.
     
    02:12
    Goal for SKA!
    SKA open the scoring early in the first as Alexander Kucheryavenko holds the puck at the boards behind Janus' net and makes a blind pass backwards to the left post, where ARTEMY PANARIN strikes a one-timer into the empty net before Janus could cover.

    Assist: Alexander Kucheryavenko.
     
    01:40
    Another shot by SKA, after deflecting a shot from the blueline from the left side, Ilya Kovalchuk turns in the slot and takes the shot, but Janus dives and makes the 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