DON 3:2 SPM | HC Donbass Donetsk - Spartak Moscow (KHL)

KHL

Medvescak – Dinamo Minsk

4:1 (end)

Donbass – Spartak

3:2 (after OT)

final/OT

HC Donbass Donetsk

3:2 (1:0, 1:0, 0:2)

Spartak Moscow

Monday 06.01.2014, 18:00 • Druzhba Palace of Sports • KHL

		Welcome. Game starts at 18:00.
		Good evening to all, and welcome to Donetsk for this KHL regular championship between the hosts Donbass and their visitors from Moscow, Spartak. Donbass will be looking to get another home win, whereas Spartak will hope that this game can be a turning point for them.
		Donbass sit in a surprising third in the Western Conference with 74 points, and have won four out of their last six games. Spartak on the other hand are in wretched form, having lost seven games in a row coming in to this game and are drifting further away from the playoff zone.
		Spartak however did win the first game between these sides this season, 2-1 in Moscow.
		Starting lineups: HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton (Laco)- Kolar, Piganovich, Laine, Virtanen, Kiiskinen- Wilson, Podkhradskiy, Dadonov, Nedorost, Yakutsenia- Bartulis, Razin, Kagarlitskiy, Fedotenko, Kaspar- Silnitskiy, Toryanik, Varlamov, Zakharov Spartak Moscow: Glass (Ivanov)- Quint, Sergeev, Spirko, Wandell, Anderson- Bodrov, Kulik, Krutov, Yunkov, Kozlov- Zheldakov, Grishin, Volkov, Kvasha, Toluzakov- Mamkin, Bobrov, Medvedev, Ignashin, Peshekhonov Referees: Nalivaiko, Schenyov, Maytak, Pronskyh.
		The teams are out on to the ice, and now we will have the Ukrainian and Russian national anthems.
	00:01	Game started.
	00:25	Very quick penalty here, Teemu Laine for interference has given Spartak an early powerplay
	01:13	Clay Wilson makes a good shorthanded rush to the Spartak net but from up close can't find space to get a shot away
	02:25	Donbass are back to full strength
	03:35	Quint shoots harmlessly wide from just inside the Donbass zone
	04:43	Leighton has to make his first save of the night, and easily turns a close up effort wide
	05:23	Offside from Donbass
	07:44	Icing from Spartak. No big chances as yet in the game
	08:08	Glass makes a good save from a Wilson wrist shot!
	08:51	Zakharov goes on a dangerous breakaway, has a partner with him on the left but himself tries to beat Glass. but the goalkeeper makes a good poke check!
	10:21	Another dangerous looking pass into the Spartak crease but there's just no one in the right place
	10:51	Yunkov cuts inside from around the net, shoots but the puck goes high and out of play
	13:20	Just under seven minutes to go in the first period and the game is yet to come to life
	15:15	Kagarlitskiy gathers a pass from Kaspar on the crease, goes for the near post but Glass covers well
	16:42	Icing from the hosts
	18:05	Peshekhonov gets called for holding and it's Donbass's turn to have a man advantage
	19:17	Goal for Donbass! Just a few seconds before the end of the period! DMITRIY KAGARLITSKIY with a good slapshot right into the left hand corner leaves Glass helpless and it's 1-0! Assists- Ruslan Fedotenko
	20:00	1st period finished.
		Statistics after the first 20 minutes of play- Shots (on target)- 21 (10)- 7 (3) Faceoffs- 5-6 Hits- 3-5 Penalty minutes- 2-2
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:09	Great chance for Spartak in the first seconds of the second period, Anderson tries to go five hole on Leighton but the goalkeeper's there!
	20:53	Goal for Donbass! EVGENIY DADONOV hits the post with his first effort, Glass hasn't a clue where the puck is and Dadonov gets his own rebound and hits the open net, 2-0! Assists- Toumas Kiiskinen
	22:25	Oleg Piganovich from a very tight angle shoots on goal instead of passing and Glass easily gathers up the puck
	22:41	Spartak go offside
	22:54	Virtanen has a go from the left, Glass turns it round, the puck rebounds off the boards and Glass covers for a faceoff
	23:08	Tom Wandell is pressed out wide well from the Donbass defence, still shoots but from an impossible angle and it comes to nothing
	23:32	Mikhail Yunkov for holding gives Donbass their second powerplay of the day
	25:28	Laine! Powerful slapshot, and Glass beats the puck away with his blocker!
	25:32	Yunkov is back into the action for Spartak
	25:55	Glass again doesn't know where he is, but thankfully for him the attempt from Dadonov goes wide of the post
	26:18	Peshekhonov passes to the open Medvedev at the far post, but he can't keep his balance on the ice!
	28:02	Quint sends a pass right along the crease but no one anticipated it
	28:54	Kolar from right on the blue line fires in on Glass, the puck is travelling upward and Glass makes an awkward save
	29:37	Spartak have looked a bit better in the last few minutes and they've got themselves a powerplay, Alexander Toryanik for roughing is sent to the box
	31:15	Offside from Spartak
	31:37	Spartak couldn't create much and the hosts are back to full strength
	32:21	Ignashin! Finds himself unmarked, his first shot hits the boards but he gets hit own rebound and can't control it!
	34:17	Glass keeps his team in the game after Toryanik charged towards his goal and hit the puck into Glass's pads!
	35:27	Yakutsenia! Beats Toluzakov easily to go through on goal, but Zheldakov at the last moment pokes the puck away with a big stretch!
	36:34	Varlamov picks up the puck and shoots powerfully but Glass reacts well
	38:00	Last two minutes of an entertaining second period
	38:25	From distance Dadonov through traffic tries to catch out the goalkeeper but it's right into Glass's chest
	39:05	Great chance for Donbass! Spartak defenders are nowhere, Kagarlitskiy gets the puck on the left close to the net but the goalkeeper gets down well!
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		Statistics after the first two periods- Shots (on target)- 44 (26)- 22 (11) Faceoffs- 22-14 Hits- 5-8 Penalty minutes- 4-4
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	41:21	Donbass start the period aggressively around the Spartak net
	42:40	Chance for Spartak on the powerplay coming up, Varlamov for slashing gets sent to the penalty box
	44:31	Chance for Yunkov on the right side of the net, goes with the backhand but Leighton covers his post well
	44:40	Varlamov is back on the ice
	44:45	But right after that they are again on the penalty kill, Piganovich for slashing is called
	45:31	Deron Quint holds on to the puck, eventually finds space to shoot but it goes wide of the right post
	46:19	Kulik! Gets close to the Donbass goal, but the puck gets deflected up and out of play!
	46:44	Quint again from the left fires in on goal, this time hits the target but right into Leighton!
	46:45	Donbass are once again back to full strength
	47:02	Icing from Spartak
	47:24	Donbass not attacking so much in this period, they seem content to sit on what they have
	47:07	Nedorost picks up a big rebound, Glass seems already beaten but his defenders save the situation!
	50:00	We're halfway through the third period, and Spartak need to find a goal soon if they're going to have any chance
	50:15	Icing from the Muscovites
	51:03	Bit of a scramble on the Donbass crease, but Leighton prevents any danger by clinging on to the puck
	52:01	4 on 4 breakway for Donbass, but the pass back to the blue line isn't met by anybody
	52:36	Offside from Spartak
	54:01	Laine from the right hand boards and somehow even hits the bar!
	55:01	Goal for Spartak! Out of nowhere they're back in the game! The puck comes off the boards, PAVEL MEDVEDEV twists around and squeezes the puck over the line, Leighton lost his bearings!
	56:20	Donbass looked to be cruising to victory, but that goal from Medvedev has made it a nervy finish for the hosts
	57:45	Fedotenko! He could of finished it there and then, but Glass sends it away!
	58:01	Kaspar this time tries to rid Donbass of their nerves, but once again Glass is equal to it and he freezes the puck
	58:37	Goal for Spartak! Unbelievable! Just like their first goal the puck gets stuck behind the Donbass net, and OLEG KVASHA catches Leighton out and the puck's in the net, 2-2! Assists- Igor Volkov
	59:30	We seem to be heading to overtime with only half a minute left in the game now
	60:00	3rd period finished.
	60:01	Overtime began.
	60:01	I didn't think we'd have overtime but here it is, next goal wins of course if there will be one
	60:13	Yunkov gets called for slashing, and Donbass have a powerplay opportunity in overtime!
	60:44	Piganovich from the point, the puck flies off target
	61:19	Glass! Fantastic glove save by the netminder! Kargalitskiy thought he'd won it for his team with a pacy wrist shot!
	61:39	Goal for Donbass! MAXIM YAKUTSENIA with an unstoppable wrist shot from the right goes topshelf on Glass and it's Donbass's game 3-2! Assists- Petr Podkhradskiy
		Game over.
		A rather average game came to life in the last few minutes of the third period with those two late Spartak goals, but Maxim Yakutsenia made sure that Donbass weren't to be denied the win! The visitors for their efforts still take a point away however, Donbass get the two. Dmitriy Kagarlitskiy opened up the scoring right at the end of the first period, before at the start of the second Evgeniy Dadonov made it two. Spartak came to life with two very late goals from Pavel Medvedev and Oleg Kvasha, but Yakutsenia was just too good. Thanks for following the game with us, and join us tomorrow for a busy day of KHL action! (20:18:40)

Commentary by

Shaun Nicolaides

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 20. Kagarlitskiy (Fedotenko), 21. Dadonov (Kiiskinen), 62. Yakutsenia (Podkhradskiy) – 56. Medvedev, 59. Kvasha (Volkov)

HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton (Laco)- Kolar, Piganovich, Laine, Virtanen, Kiiskinen- Wilson, Podkhradskiy, Dadonov, Nedorost, Yakutsenia- Bartulis, Razin, Kagarlitskiy, Fedotenko, Kaspar- Silnitskiy, Toryanik, Varlamov, Zakharov

Spartak Moscow: Glass (Ivanov)- Quint, Sergeev, Spirko, Wandell, Anderson- Bodrov, Kulik, Krutov, Yunkov, Kozlov- Zheldakov, Grishin, Volkov, Kvasha, Toluzakov- Mamkin, Bobrov, Medvedev, Ignashin, Peshekhonov

Referees: Nalivaiko, Schenyov, Maytak, Pronskyh

Attendance: 3997

1st period
	00:25
	18:05
	19:17
1st intermission
2nd period
	20:53
	23:32
	29:37
2nd intermission
3rd period
	42:40
	44:45
	55:01
	58:37
After 3rd period
Overtime
	60:13
	61:39
Final/OT