KHL
CSKA – Admiral 2:1 (end) | Mytishchi – Ak Bars 1:2 (after OT) | Lokomotiv – Dynamo 3:4 (end)
Cherepovets – Vityaz 7:3 (end) | SKA St. Petersburg – Torpedo 4:5 (1:2 after SO) | Riga – Khabarovsk 4:1 (end)
HC Slovan – Novokuznetsk 2:3 (end) | Lev – Novosibirsk 3:1 (end)
after shootout (1:2)
SKA St. Petersburg
4:5 (3:2, 0:2, 1:0)
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Sunday 19.01.2014, 14:00 • Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    In a thriller Torpedo have come out on top, 5-4 after penalty shots! Despite being three down in the first period, they managed to show real character to come back and eventually win on penalty shots and for their efforts they take away two points, whereas SKA get the one. Thanks for following the game with us, until next time! (16:31:50)
     
    Game over.
     
    The winning penalty shot is scored by SAKARI SALMINEN
     
    Kovalchuk is denied by Kasutin, and that's it!
     
    Sakari Salminen beats Shikin at his left post, 2-1!
     
    Wojtech Wolski with a great penalty shot scores, 1-1 and now it's sudden death!
     
    Alexander Kucheryavenko waits for a long time before firing into Kasutin's glove!
     
    Shikin laying on the ice denies Evgeniy Skachkov!
     
    Ilya Kovalchuk beats the goalkeeper at his left post, 1-0!
     
    Jarkko Immonen shoots directly into Shikin!
     
    Kasutin reads what Roman Cervenka wanted to do and he saves well!
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    SKA will shoot first
     
    We're off to the shootout!
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    64:00
    We're into the last minute of overtime, will we see a winner or is it going to be decided on penalty shots?
     
    63:24
    The puck is sent across the SKA crease and Shikin once again is made to work!
     
    62:35
    Wolski forces his way through the defence, and Shikin makes a great save!
     
    62:11
    Skachkov on the right flank backhands the puck into Shikin's glove
     
    61:01
    Chudinov! From the point he fires into the goalkeeper who is once again reliable
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 3. Makarov (Panarin), 4. Ketov (Kablukov), 7. Shipachyov (Kovalchuk, Ketov), 44. Khafizullin (Shipachyov, Cervenka) – 14. Denisov, 18. Salminen (Valentenko, Hietanen), 30. Wolski (Grigoryev), 37. Hietanen (Immonen, Salminen), dec. p.s. Salminen

    SKA St. Petersburg: Ezhov (Shikin)- Kalinin, Dallman, Kovalchuk, Shipachyov, Ketov- Khafizullin, Chudinov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Ryasensky, Alexandrov, Panarin, Kucheryavenko, Barabanov- Yudin, Ponikarovskiy, Kablukov, Makarov
    Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod: Kasutin (Demidov)- Khomitskiy, Hietanen, Salminen, Immonen, Wolski- Valentenko, Bernatskiy, Krasnoslobotsev, Galuzin, Skachkov- Denisov, Grigoryev, Kulemin, M Potapov, Lyuduchin- Belokhvostikov, Tverdokhlebov, Badyukov, A Potapov, Zharkov
    Referees: Anisimov, Bondar, Morozov, Shikhanov
    Attendance: 12238