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final
Barys Nur-Sultan
5:3 (1:0, 2:1, 2:2)
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Wednesday 11.12.2013, 14:00 • KHL
     
    60:00
    Game over. (16:14:57)
     
    58:47
    A shot by Musin denied by Ahonen.
     
    57:15
    Upper is back on the ice and reduces Metallurg powerplay to a one-man advantage.
     
    56:45
    Offside called against Novokuznetsk, not a good powerplay so far.
     
    56:05
    Litvinenko and Boyd managed to create an offensive opportunity for themselves while their team is short two players.
     
    55:32
    Metallurg calls a timeout.
     
    55:32
    And now a five-on-three is coming up again, Antropov called again.
     
    54:33
    Metallurg will have another powerplay as Upper receives two minutes.
     
    53:34
    Goal for Barys!

    It looks like the drama will be avoided. Barys converts their first powerplay of the day and regain a two-goal lead. Great PP formation with passes all round ends up with ROMAN STARCHENKO putting the puck into the back of the wide-open net.

    Assisted by Alexei Litvinenko and Nikolai Antropov.
     
    51:48
    And now the first powerplay for Barys as Galimov goes to the penalty box for diving.
     
    50:24
    Timeout for Barys.
     
    50:24
    Goal for Novokuznetsk!

    And they do exactly that! The lead is cut to a single goal as Metallurg converted a man-advantage into a goal. KURTIS McLEAN fired one through a maze of bodies and it somehow found its way through and into the back of the net for his second of the night.

    Assisted by Pavel Kanarsky.
     
    48:27
    Polischuk gets two minutes for tripping, a chance for Novokuznetsk to get back within one.
     
    47:28
    Goal for Novokuznetsk!

    A little twist to the story or a start of a big comeback? We'll see, but Novokuznetsk cuts the lead to two. A hard shot by KURTIS McLEAN found its way past Ahonen.

    Assisted by Evgeni Lapenkov.
     
    47:04
    Goal for Barys!

    And now it looks like the deal is sealed. It's pretty early in the third, but Barys has just expanded its lead to three goals. Litvinenko left the puck for BRANDON BOCHENSKI to fire it and the forward one-timed a blast past Sorokin.

    Assisted by Alexei Litvinenko and Mikhail Rakhmanov.
     
    45:48
    Ahonen had to make a big-time save after quite a long time as Yemelin's drive was heading top shelf.
     
    44:45
    Not much happening in Astana as the home team controls the pace and wants it to be as slow as possible in order to defend the lead.
     
    42:26
    Interesting shot by Gareyev, Ahonen makes a pad save.
     
    40:56
    Barys is in full strength.
     
    40:37
    Good PK so far for Barys.
    Commentary by

    Radoslav Vavřina

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Boyd (Bochenski), 26. Antropov (Rudenko, Starchenko), 32. Antropov (Litvinenko, Rudenko), 48. Bochenski (Litvinenko, Rakhmanov), 54. Starchenko (Litvinenko, Antropov) – 30. Lapenkov (Kanarsky), 48. McLean (Lapenkov), 51. McLean (Kanarsky)

    Barys Nur-Sultan: Ahonen (Poluektov) – Lundin, Blokhin, Savchenko, Litvinenko, Semyonov, Barker – Dawes, Bochenski, Boyd – Rudenko, Starchenko, Antropov – Zhailauov, Upper, Romanov – Polischuk, Rakhmanov, Pushkaryov.
    Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Sorokin (Lozhkin) – Martynov, Arzamastsev, Giroux, Mäntylä, Kapotov, Kuklev, Kanarsky, Skutar – Akhmetov, Galimov, Yemelin – Kosourov, Gareyev, Kartayev – Kurepanov, Velichkin, Musin – McLean, Valuisky, Lapenkov.
    Referees: Karabanov, Kherenkov – Shelyanin, Medvedev