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final
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
3:2 (1:0, 1:1, 1:1)
SKA St. Petersburg
Tuesday 07.01.2014, 11:00 • Kuznetskyh Metallurgov Stadium • KHL
     
    58:48
    Empty net for SKA!
     
    55:12
    McLean skates away on a fast attack for the hosts, but his shot into the near post is seen by Salak who covers
     
    55:02
    Big powerplay now for SKA. Galimov for delaying the game is given a two minute minor
     
    54:40
    Kovalchuk goes one on one with Sorokin but the goalkeeper comes out on top!
     
    47:37
    Goal for Metallurg! CURTIS MCLEAN picks up a rebound on the crease and fires home into the right hand corner, powerplay goal and it's 3-2! Assists- Sergey Emelin and Evgeniy Lapenkov
     
    45:59
    Kovalchuk is denied by a big save from Sorokin! And then the SKA forward is called for cross checking, powerplay for Metallurg
     
    43:01
    What a chance for Martinov! He's already floored Salak, but somehow he cannot put the puck into the empty net!
     
    42:00
    Goal for SKA! Right after that powerplay ended SKA even up the score! MAXIM CHUDINOV with a thunderous slapshot into the roof of the net makes it a tied game at 2-2! Assists- Vadim Shipachyov and Evgeniy Ketov
     
    39:55
    Alexandrov for delaying the game has been given a two minute minor and Metallurg will start the second period on the powerplay
     
    39:43
    Goal for Metallurg! Right at the end of the period they regain the lead! EGOR MARTINOV is given a fantastic pass by Lapenkov and one times it into the right hand corner, 2-1! Assists- Evgeniy Lapenkov
     
    37:15
    Straight after that penalty ended there's another one coming up, this time against Metallurg. Ilya Sorokin for tripping has got it, and Evgeniy Lapenkov will sit it out for him
     
    34:25
    SKA give Metallurg a powerplay though, Ilya Kovalchuk for interference is punished
     
    33:32
    Goal for SKA! It's been coming in the last few minutes! Mad scramble on the crease, ARTEMIY PANARIN who is in red hot form finds the puck and slams it into the net, 1-1!
     
    32:45
    Makarov is unmarked at the far post, Tikhonov finds him but he loses control of the puck!
     
    30:02
    For tripping as well Ansel Galimov evens the numbers up on the ice
     
    29:28
    Metallurg play around with the puck, quick pass to the far post where one of their forwards just can't make contact with the puck!
     
    28:25
    Trouble time now for SKA. Yury Alexandrov for tripping is sent to the penalty box and it's a 5 on 3 for their opponents
     
    27:46
    Now though it's going to be a powerplay for Metallurg. For having too many men on the ice SKA are penalised and Alexey Ponikarovskiy will sit this one out
     
    26:15
    Sigaryov! Breaks clear, but can't beat Sorokin 1 on 1!
     
    24:32
    For tripping Vladislav Kartaev gets called and SKA go on the powerplay
     
    18:01
    Lapenkov receives a pass practically on the goal line but somehow misses! The hosts are completely dominant
     
    17:19
    Another breakaway for Metallurg and Salak saves his team on a 1 on 1 situation!
     
    11:11
    Goal for Metallurg! ARTEM GAREEV breaks away on a counterattack and finds the top left hand corner, 1-0 and the hosts have a deserved lead! Assists- Tuuka Mantyla and Alexey Kosourov
     
    04:46
    Salak! Another excellent save after his defence lost their bearings, the Metallurg attacker would have been more advised to pass though
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 12. Gareev (Mantyla, Kosourov), 40. Martinov (Lapenkov), 48. McLean (Emelin, Lapenkov) – 34. Panarin, 42. Chudinov (Shipachyov, Ketov)

    Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Sorokin (Lozhkin)- Martinov, Arzamastsev, Akmetov, Galimov, Musin- Kanarskiy, Mantyla, Gareev, Kartaev, Kosourov- Aksenenko, Kapotov, Emelin, McLean, Lapenkov- Kuklev, Kamalov, Vyglazov, Kurepanov, Mityarkov
    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Ezhov)- Dallman, Alexandrov, Kovalchuk, Shiapchyov, Ketov- Kalinin, Kuteikin, Panarin, Kucheryavenko, Tikhonov- Yudin, Chudinov, Cervenka, Martensson, Skachkov- Malyshev, Ponikarovskiy, Sigaryov, Makarov
    Referees: Gashilov, Zakharov, Koposov, Otmakhov
    Attendance: 3558