Admiral – SKA St. Petersburg 5:4 (1:0 after SO) | Khabarovsk – Lokomotiv 2:1 (end) | Novokuznetsk – Mytishchi 2:5 (end)
Novosibirsk – Cherepovets 2:3 (end) | Traktor – Lev 2:3 (0:1 after SO) | Metallurg M – HC Slovan 6:2 (end)
Salavat Yulaev – Riga 4:3 (after OT) | Neftekhimik – CSKA 1:4 (end) | Torpedo – Avtomobilist 4:3 (2:1 after SO)
Vityaz – Barys 1:2 (1:2 after SO) | Ak Bars – HC Yugra 4:2 (end) | Dynamo – Avangard 6:4 (end)
final
Ak Bars Kazan
4:2 (0:0, 2:1, 2:1)
HC Yugra
Friday 03.01.2014, 14:30 • TatNeft Arena (Kazan) • KHL
     
    This match was quite enjoyable also in the 3rd period. We could see 6 goals overall. AK Bars Kazan scored 3 points well deserved with this match but Yugra was fighting well too.
    Kazan is a top team, Yugra is standing way behind, but today it was not spectacle.
    Thanks for attention!
    ---- (16:48:22)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:17
    In the final minute, the match is over I think but Yugra is still attacking now.
     
    58:45
    Dyakov had a distant shot, but not good enough, Barulin deflected it easily.
     
    57:50
    Pesonen has taken the puck after a faceoff but after leaving the zone, Nikulin lost it. AKB tries to avoid the chance of attacks by Yugra.
     
    56:30
    Shot by Heshka was saved by the goalkeeper. AK Bars Kazan stayed in attacking mood, not allowing HC Yugra to score a single goal either.
     
    55:20
    Tkachev had a shot, Biryukov saved it. 11-3 the rate of shots in this period. Only 4,5 minutes left, no real chance for Yugra to equalize.
     
    54:00
    Full strength, but Tereschenko injured by a stick.
     
    52:30
    Yugra cannot afford these situations, they need to be in full strength.
     
    51:50
    Penalty for Yatsenko for 2 minutes shooting the puck on direct out towards the spectators.
     
    51:08
    Goal for AK Bars!
    And I think they decided it! The puck bounced in front of BURMISTROV after a shot and he fired immediately from the right side, in the middle of the mainly empty goal! The assist is by Stapleton.
     
    51:05
    Kazan can decide the match in these 2 minutes.
     
    50:37
    2 minute penalty for Tomas Starosta. Power play for AKB now.
     
    49:55
    Goal for Yugra!
    GUSEV shot from the left side, he hit the goalpost, then the puck bounced on Barulin's back and went across the goal line! The standings is 3-2, so the game is far from to be decided yet!
     
    47:45
    Yatsenko almost answered but Barulin was able to jump after the puck and took it after the shot of Yatsenko from the left.
     
    47:10
    Goal for AK Bars!
    Very quick fastbreak from the own zone, SVITOV had a solo and fired the puck from the left wing and scored the third AKB goal! Yugra's situation is very complex now.
     
    46:45
    Biryukov had a skilled save after the shot of Nikulin from the right wing. Kazan is leading attacks in these minutes mostly.
     
    46:20
    Full strength for Yugra as well.
     
    46:05
    Smolenak had a chance by a fastbreak but Barulin saved, goal moved so recovering is running now.
     
    45:38
    Heshka had a superb chance from the left, but his pass was taken by Biryukov, faceoff.
    Commentary by

    Kármán Zoltán

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 21. Petrov (Nikulin, Korneyev), 38. Petrov (Lukoyanov), 48. Svitov, 52. Burmistrov (Stapleton) – 24. Bulyansky (Khlyntsev), 50. Gusev

    Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin, Garipov – Nikulin, Zakharchuk, Bodrov, Stapleton, Svitov, Varnakov, Golubev, Pesonen, Korneev, Heshka, Tereschenko, Obukhov, Svechnikov, Tkachev, Burmistrov, Panin, Medvedev, Lukoyanov, Petrov, Faizullin
    HC Yugra: Kuznetsov, Biryukov – Tyulyapkin, Plotnikov, Khlyntsev, Dixon, Shefer, Bulyansky, Sokolov, Sitnikov, Khvostov, Zhukov, Melart, Dyakov, Yatsenko, Smolenak, Yakubov, Kruchinin, Knyazev, Shvidenko, Starosta, Gusev