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Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
2:0 (1:0, 1:0, 0:0)
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Saturday 28.12.2013, 12:00 • KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg • KHL
     
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    Statistics of the game: shots total: 55:52, shots on target: 27:23, faceoffs: 24:25, blocked shots: 15:12, checking: 8:7, foul against: 6:4, penalties (min.): 8:22.
     
    Statistics of the 3rd period: shots total: 13:20, shots on target: 6:11, faceoffs: 10:8, blocked shots: 6:4, checking: 3:1, foul against: 1:1, penalties (min.): 2:12.
     
    All in all a comfortably win for Avtomobilist today. Kovar's got a clean sheet, and the home team's got this important victory – what else should they need? The last period was almost boring sometimes, except the final minutes. Malykhin's two goal decided this game, the away team couldn't find a way to beat the home goaltender today.
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:33
    The home side is at full strength again.
     
    59:03
    Kovar catches the puck at the end of an away team attack and sends it to his teammates.
     
    58:14
    Finally Antonov sends the puck into the neutral zone.
     
    57:42
    Skutar's shot from the blue line is well blocked by the home defenders.
     
    57:33
    Lozhkin on the bench now, Metallurg will play 6 on 4, with an empty net!
     
    57:33
    Visiting team timeout.
     
    57:33
    Powerplay for the away team, Viklund is called for tripping.
     
    57:12
    Martynov sends the puck into the neutral zone following a home attack.
     
    56:05
    Gusev brings the puck into the attacking zone, but the home team loses it, chance for a counter attack now by Metallurg.
     
    55:25
    Metallurg tries to attack by the end of the game, without any results so far.
     
    54:30
    This time Arzamastsev tries to attack, but couldn't beat Kovar.
     
    53:00
    Following the home timeout Avtomobilist controls the game again, they've got the puck most of the time.
     
    51:31
    Home team timeout.
     
    50:50
    Chernov is before the target now, but he couldn't overcome Lozhkin.
     
    50:05
    A shot by Skutar is saved easily by Kovar.
    Commentary by

    Attila Varsányi

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Malykhin (Lazarev), 33. Malykhin (Lazarev, Lepisto)

    Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg: Kovar (Lobanov) – Gusev, Rybnitsky, Yefimov, Yemeleyev, Lewandowski – Viklund, Lepisto, Chernov, Malykhin, Lazarev – Megalinsky, Antonov, Demagin, Fyodorov, Simakov – Zhuravlyov, Arkalov, Golyshev, V. Streltsov, A. Streltsov
    Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Lozhkin (Sorokin) – Martynov, Arzamastsev, Akhmetov, Galimov, Musin – Giroux, Mantyla, Gareyev, Kartayev, Kosourov – Kuklev, Kapotov, Lapenkov, McLean, Valuisky – Skutar, Kanarsky, Vyglazov, Yemelin, Velichkin
    Referees: Buturlin, Nalivaiko – Golyak, Dedyulya
    Attendance: 5570