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final
Amur Khabarovsk
2:1 (0:0, 2:0, 0:1)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Friday 03.01.2014, 07:00 • KGU SZK Platinum-Arena (Khabarovsk) • KHL
     
    This match was great enough for starting the year! Khabarovsk finally stored their advantage and scored the victory by 2-1 against Yaroslavl.
    The game was exciting, speedy and good-quality.
    Thanks for the attention!
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    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:20
    Vasilev is out for penalty for holding the stick. The game looks to be decided with this fact.
     
    59:02
    Goal for Lokomotiv!
    KRONWALL scored from the right side right in front of the goal. 2-1, it's very exciting, only a single minute left!
     
    58:40
    Platt shot, Murygin saved.
     
    58:00
    First opportunity for shooting is denied. Goalkeeper of Yaroslavl is down, 6 field players now against 4.
     
    57:40
    Dmitri Lugin is penalised for 2 minutes. 2 more minutes for Lokomotiv to score. And in the mean time time out for Yaroslavl.
     
    57:30
    Full strength for Amur again.
     
    57:05
    Gorokhov had a strong shot from the right side, Murygin is in superb form today.
     
    55:45
    Averin had a huge chance, but he was too close to the goal, Murygin closed the angle and saved, faceoff!
     
    55:23
    Alexandre Loginov is out for 2 minutes, penalty. Power play for Yaroslavl, maybe the last chance.
     
    55:10
    Khabarovsk has just changed its lineup.
     
    54:00
    Vishnevski had a shot in the middle, Murygin saved it and right after this, Lugin had a solo and a shot, Kolesnik saved with great skills. Two chances in a minute!
     
    51:30
    V. Loginov passed to Stepanov, he almost fired but a defender blocked it with his body. In the mean time Lokomotiv has an attack already, but Khabarovsk is making superb defence today.
     
    49:50
    Amur spent again minutes in front of the visitors' net. Only 10 minutes left for Lokomotiv to score at least two goals.
     
    48:00
    Tarasov had a huge shot in the middle, Kolesnik did a reflex-movement to do a superb save, the puck bounced in front of the goal without the players to know where it is.
     
    46:00
    Shishkanov and Lugin had a trial but a defender stole the last pass before shooting. Already full strength for both teams, Amur escaped the last 2 minutes.
     
    44:40
    Tarasov almost stole the puck, he has broken the attack of Lokomotiv.
     
    43:10
    Klimchuk is penalised for 2 minutes. Power play for Yaroslavl.
     
    41:40
    It looks like Yaroslavl wants to have all out attacks in the closing stage risking everything to score 2 goals.
     
    40:30
    Gorokhov had an imminent shot from the middle, Murygin saved.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    It was the inverse of the 1st period. Khabarovsh has taken the domination and the 2-goal advantage before the last 20-minute time. Great match, stay with us after the break!
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    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:40
    Goal for Amur!
    Fastbreak after the previous chance. KLIMCHUK got the puck in the middle after a shot and he scored the second Amur goal! Assist by Tarasov.
     
    39:20
    Sedunov guided his goal with jumping in front of the puck.
     
    38:40
    Bilalov was close to fire, but the defenders cleaned him and faceoff is coming.
     
    38:00
    Interesting that Yaroslavl could have scored more goals in the first 20 minutes, but in the 2nd period, the situation has changed, Amur is dominating and Lokomotiv reaches the zone only rarely.
     
    36:40
    Amur has escaped this 5-minute one man down situation. Now full strength already.
     
    35:05
    The last minute of the penalty has started, Gorokhov's distant shot blocked then mayhem in front of the goal, but Amur escaped.
     
    33:50
    Plotnikov had a shot from the left, Murygin saved it, game not stopped.
     
    32:40
    No real chance to score for the visitors, but now they are in power play formation.
     
    31:35
    Yes, the penalty is 5+20 minutes. Long power play for Yaroslavl.
     
    31:20
    Redlihs injured badly after a foul, penalty for Amur. Expectedly it will be more than a simple 2-minute penalty! Smurov is penalised due to high sticking.
     
    30:50
    Goal for Amur!
    LOGIN has taken the lead for Khabarovsk, he shot from the middle already in full strength. The assist was by Yunkov.
     
    30:30
    Vladimir Loginov had a distant shot from the blue line on the right but shot deflected.
     
    29:15
    Shot of Shishkanov deflected by the goalkeeper.
     
    28:40
    Penalty for Yaroslavl. Out for 2 minutes Igor Yakovlev. Power play for Khabarovsk, big chance!
     
    27:20
    Apalkov had a solo, shot twice, the 1st in the middle, the 2nd one from the left in tough angle, Murygin saved twice.
     
    26:30
    Vasiliev had a shot from the right, Kolesnik held it with his gloves. Amur had more attacks in these 7 minutes so far than in the whole 1st period!
     
    26:00
    Yunkov got the puck in the middle close to the goal, but his shot was halfly blocked by a defender, Kolesnik could hold the puck easily for a faceoff.
     
    24:35
    Lugin fired from the right side, Kolesnik again saved with his stick. Khabarovsk had 2 big chances.
     
    24:00
    Shishkanov had a superb chance in the middle from about 4 meters, clean shot but Kolesnik saved cleverly!
     
    21:20
    Lugin had an opportunity to shoot but Platt blocked it and took the puck.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Today's attendance is 7100.
     
    No goals in the first period, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl is much more active in attacking, they were very close to the scoring already.
    Stay with us with the second period too!
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    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:00
    Klimchuk had a trial to attack, but a defender stole the puck in the zone. Amur very rarely can lead any attacks.
     
    18:30
    Musatov had a distant shot in the middle, Murygin saved it easily.
     
    17:20
    What a missed shot by Korenev! Full strength for home team but still in formation by Yaroslavl. Murygin saved a shot with his left leg, the puck bumped right ahead of Korenev, 1 meter from the goal line, the left side of goal is totally empty but he shot too wide!
     
    16:05
    Lokomotiv is playing the power play in formation but still no serious shot.
     
    14:40
    Siskanov is out for 2 minutes, power play for visitors again! Reason: throwing puck.
     
    14:20
    Amur reach the opponents' zone hardly ever in the last 10 minutes.
     
    12:50
    Koledov had a distant shot from the right side but it was really strong. It reached to the goal but goalkeeper saved with his body.
     
    11:50
    Superb save by Murygin from the left very close to the goal by Chernikov's shot. The crowd was afraid of a goal, but it wasn't.
     
    10:50
    Gorokhov had a shot from the middle by the blue line, Murygin again successful by the save and Khabarovsk in full strength now.
     
    09:30
    Konkov had two shots in 30 seconds. The first is from the middle, the second, a much stronger shot from the right side, Murygin saved both of them.
     
    08:45
    2 minute penalty for Lugin. Power play for Yaroslavl. Reason is tripping.
     
    08:30
    Plotnikov passed from behind the home team's goal, but the pass was not exact, he found only an Amur player.
     
    07:53
    Korenev had a chance from the left side, slid towards the middle part very close to the goalie, he saved, but the forward fell off, slid into the net, goal moved away, now recovering.
     
    07:30
    Chernikov copied it but on the other side – shot from shadow on the right side, Murygin saved, but he held the puck in his hands, so faceoff after the commercial break.
     
    06:15
    Stepanov shot from shadow on the left side, Kolesnik guided the net with his body.
     
    04:40
    Chernikov had shot, Murigin is the destination again. Lokomotiv looks to take over the domination of attacks.
     
    04:15
    Platt fired in the middle from close, Murigin saved again.
     
    03:50
    Musatov had a chance to fire, he made it but Khabarovsk's goalie, Murigin saved again.
     
    03:00
    Kapustin had a shot from a hard angle from the left, Murigin saved with his stick.
     
    02:00
    Sedunov had a shot from the middle, defenders blocked again. The first minutes are dominated by Khabarovsk.
     
    00:30
    First attack was taken by the home team, Bilalov wanted to turn around behind the goal, but defenders stole the puck.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    The teams are introduced at this moment and the Russian national anthem has just started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Amur Khabarovsk: Murygin, Jarvinen – Sedunov, Yeznov, Loginov Vladimir, Tarasov, Dubinin, Loginov Alexandr, Lugin, Yunkov, Shishkanov, Teslenko, Bykov, Stepanov, Smurov, Bilalov, Klimchuk, Teryayev

    Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford, Kolesnik – Koledov, Vishnevski, Holos, Plotnikov, Konkov, Redlihs, Chernikov, Petrov, Kronwall, Averin, Apalkov, Vasiliev, Yakovlev, Musatov, Zotov, Kapustin, Galimov, Gorokhov, Korenev

    Referees: Gofmann, Zakharov.
     
    Welcome to KHL in this early time again. The superb hockey is continuing in 2014 too, let's watch the first match (in the same time with Vladivostok's match) from Khabarovsk! The game is starting very soon.
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    Welcome. Game starts at 07:00.
    Commentary by

    Kármán Zoltán

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 31. Login (Yunkov), 40. Klimchuk (Tarasov) – 60. Kronwall

    Amur Khabarovsk: Murygin, Jarvinen – Sedunov, Yeznov, Loginov Vladimir, Tarasov, Dubinin, Loginov Alexandr, Lugin, Yunkov, Shishkanov, Teslenko, Bykov, Stepanov, Smurov, Bilalov, Klimchuk, Teryayev
    Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford, Kolesnik – Koledov, Vishnevski, Holos, Plotnikov, Konkov, Redlihs, Chernikov, Petrov, Kronwall, Averin, Apalkov, Vasiliev, Yakovlev, Musatov, Zotov, Kapustin, Galimov, Gorokhov, Korenev, Platt
    Referees: Gofmann, Zakharov
    Attendance: 7100