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after shootout (1:0)
HC Donbass Donetsk
3:2 (0:2, 0:0, 0:2 - 0:0)
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Wednesday 25.12.2013, 18:30 • Druzhba Palace of Sports, Donetsk • KHL
     
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    Stats of the game:

    Shots on goal: 35-17
    Face-offs won: 37-22
    Penalty in minutes: 2-8
     
    In the first period Traktor scored a two-goal-lead and held it confidently. Donbass had a couple of promising shots, but either missed the target or Garnett denied them. Then, in the last third Donbass put Traktor under stunning pressure and they could not sustain it. Overtime and shootout was coming and Donbass grabbed the chance and won it by 1:0 getting two points after the match. Donbass is on the third spot of Western Conference with 70 points, while Traktor is on the eighth place of Eastern Conference.
     
    Game over.
     
    HC Donbass Donetsk has won after the penalty shoot-out.
    LUKAS KASPAR scored the goal after sent Garnett to the left side and he flicked the puck in the middle of the empty net! 1:0
     
    Glinkin missed it too! he missed the control of the puck, thus he could not direct it, Leighton saved easily. 0:0
     
    Yakutsenya has the next shot, but he missed it either! Garnett made a beautiful save! 0:0
     
    Sayustov's shot was saved by Leighton. 0:0
     
    Robitaille has the next shot and he hit the bar! 0:0
     
    Leighton remained on his net, but Kontiola fired wide! 0:0
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    Kontiola has the first penalty shot.
     
    Penalty shootout is coming! What an excitement in the end of this match!
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    64:50
    Ten seconds left.
     
    63:52
    Dadonov got the puck on the left and made a slapshot from long distance, but it was saved again by Garnett.
     
    63:35
    Yakutsenya was coming again, but his next shot was also denied by Garnett!
     
    63:00
    Two minutes left!
     
    61:45
    Offiside for Donbass.
     
    61:10
    Yakutsenya carried the puck forward between two defencemen and fired, but his shot was pushed over the bar by Leighton!
    Commentary by

    Salacz Bence

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 45. Yakutsenya (Nedorost), 58. Kolar (Kaspar), dec. p.s. Kaspar – 11. Kostitsyn (Kontiola, Bondarev), 17. Kokuyov (Popov, Glinkin)

    HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton (Shevchuk) – Kolar, Piganovich, Wirtanen, Fedotenko, Laine – Wilson, Podhradsky, Nedorost, Yakutsenya, Dadonov – Bartulis, Razin, Robitaille, Kiiskinen, Kaspar – Silnitsky, Varlamov, Zakharov, Toryanik
    Traktor Chelyabinsk: Garnett (Danilishin) – Ryabikin, Bondarev, Chistov, Kontiola, Kostitsyn – Vasilchenko, Kondratyev, Popov, Glinkin, Kuznetsov – Borodkin, Katichev, Kokuyov, Sayustov, Valeyev – Klimontov, Artamonov, Zavarukhin, Abdullin, Mokin
    Referees: Yakov Deyev, Yury Tsyplakov – Dmitry Sivov, Sergei Shelyanin
    Attendance: 3937