Home team timeout.

Desperate attempt by Vityaz was stopped and it seems we're going to see SO in several minutes

One minute left in overtime

Porseland fires from distance, Glass saves

Visiting team at full strength.

Vityaz is unable to capitalize on the numerical advantage and failes to keep the puck in  offensive zone.

Visiting team timeout.

Both teams are trying to do something with individuall actions if some chance occurs after all

Two minutes remain in third period

It doesn't look like we're going to see additional goals in regular time

It almost seems that both teams are now looking to get into overtime – very dissapointing approach at the moment

Krutov fires from wide angle, but Lisutin is focused and saves

Afinogenov comes into great position, but eventually his shot doen't find the net

Spartak reacts with coolness and obviously look to get this game into overtime

Vityaz is now the more active side – can they took the lead again?

Spartak continues to play very defensively. Can such approach prove as backfire to them or they will get at least point at the end?

Puck circles in front of Lisutin but there's no need to intervene at the end

Wandell firres against Lisutin, but home goalie saves his net

Spartak is unable to get in front of Lisutin in a dangerous manner

Long lasting Spartak attack was eventually finished in neutral period

Home team at full strength.

Spartak is trying to impose some pressure, but eventually all of their attempts are blocked by focused Vityaz defense

One minute left in second period

Spartak cannot apply any continuus pressure with less than two minutes remaining in second period

Home team at full strength.

Spartak performs bad in powerplay today . If they want to think about the potential points from this game they must improve on that aspect .

Spartak at the moment is a bit more lively and pushes into the attack, although they can not keep an offensive for a long time.

The game calmed down again, both teams are playing without major chances and we have a commercial break now . Let's see if something better happens later.

Home team at full strength.

Home team at full strength.

Errors in the on both sides prevents a smooth transition to the attack.

At the beginning of the second period both teams play very cautiously, no one  does not want to make a mistake.

Home team looks much more active after they tied the game

One minute left in opening period

Ziazov fires from blue line, Glass covers puck aventually

Porseland fires from distance, Glass saves

First line for Vityaz is for now absolutely invisible

Vityaz is increasing their activity, but they cannot endanger Glass by now.

Home team at full strength.

Lisutin saves tricky situation in front of his net and Vityaz is still one goal behind only.

Lisutin was exposed to several shots by nowo , but any great hockey is yet to be seen.

Afinogenov got in a good position to the left side of the ring, but he could not shoot on time and chance was wasted .

Wandell was getting into a good shooting position, but Tatalin managed to block the blade shot at the last moment .

Domestic team is dominating at the moment and trying to respond, but they are not yet successfull.

Golovkov demonstrated great solo effort, but Glass was focused enough to defend his net. 

Home team at full strength.

Afinogenov also tried with shorthanded breakaway and got into the attacking zone, but again failed to produce more .

Afinogenov found Mezírka in defense, but his shot ended up on the back cushion.

The game calmed down and Vityaz is obviously surprised at the moment, and cannot get into offensive third.

Volkov finds himself in first big chane for Spartak, but Lisutin keeps his net empty

Nothing significant happens at the beginning of the game , both teams stumble in passing and they can not get into the attacking zone.

Neither of today's oppsitional teams – Vityaz and Spartak – is not doing particularly well in current KHL campaign so far. Spartak is sure on disappointing 10th place on Wesern Conference standings. Vityaz is even worse – they sit on 12th place of the same division. Five points only split the two neighbouring teams and some great devotion is expected on both sides. Vityaz already lost similar game on the road against CSKA two days ago (2:5) and will want to improve on that performance in front of their home fans. Spartak was even worse – they lost home game vs Metallurg Mg (1:6) and they have a lot to prove today.

Welcome. Game starts at 16:00.