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final
HC Donbass Donetsk
4:2 (1:1, 1:0, 2:1)
SKA St. Petersburg
Thursday 23.01.2014, 18:00 • Druzhba Arena • KHL
     
    That's the final buzzer, and it's Donbass's day with a 4-2 victory over SKA! Despite being on the back foot for the first period, Donbass came out in the second and third periods to sweep away their Russian opponents. Clay Wilson opened up the scoring only for SKA to then dominate and Viktor Tikhonov to equalise, but Oleg Piganovich restored the hosts lead before Jan Kolar and Ruslan Fedotenko finished off the game, rendering Artemiy Panarin's late goal a mere consolation. Thanks for following today's KHL coverage with us, until next time! (20:14:33)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:52
    Goal for SKA! They've got a consolation goal right at the end! Kevin Dallman forces Laco to give up a rebound on the crease and ARTEMIY PANARIN sends it top shelf, 4-2! Assists- Viktor Tikhonov and Kevin Dallman
     
    59:30
    There are now only 30 seconds left, and being three down SKA haven't bothered taking Salak out for the extra attacker
     
    58:00
    The game is now petering out and we're into the final two minutes of play
     
    56:45
    Icing from the hosts
     
    55:23
    Donbass are now back to full strength with just under five minutes left in the third period
     
    55:13
    Tikhonov right from the right faceoff circle sends a weak wrister into Laco's glove
     
    53:23
    SKA have a powerplay coming up here though, Oskars Bartulis for interference has been sent to the penalty box
     
    53:01
    Kucheryavenko hits an effort against the boards for SKA, and before anyone can get there Laco freezes for a faceoff
     
    52:03
    Nedorost forces Salak to give up a rebound with a fierce drive, it falls to Yakuntsenia but he just can't get the rebound
     
    51:04
    SKA really do look like a beaten team now, Donbass are cruising at 4-1 up
     
    The pictures from Ukraine are once again not great at all unfortunately
     
    49:33
    Goal for Donbass! The goal has been given! The referees rule that there was nothing dirty about RUSLAN FEDOTENKO's goal and the score is now 4-1! Laine passed it along the crease where Fedotenko backhanded it past Salak! Assists- Teemu Laine
     
    49:33
    Donbass have the puck in the net for the fourth time, but we don't yet know if it will be counted!
     
    47:38
    Goal for Donbass! Brilliant goal from the hosts! JAN KOLAR finishes off a flowing team move with an instant shot into the top right hand corner and it'a 3-1! Assists- Dmitriy Kagarlitskiy and Randy Robitaille
     
    46:15
    SKA go offside
     
    46:08
    Fedotenko slaps the puck hard from the right side of the crease and Salak is alert!
     
    45:42
    Donbass are themselves giving SKA the initiative, but in defence they are looking very hard to beat
     
    44:24
    Four players to the right of Salak's goal battle for the puck against the boards for a long time, and eventually SKA manage to get it away from danger
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 9. Wilson (Podkhradskiy), 39. Piganovich (Kagarlitskiy), 48. Kolar (Kagarlitskiy, Robitaille), 50. Fedotenko (Laine) – 20. Tikhonov (Alexandrov, Panarin), 60. Panarin (Tikhonov, Dallman)

    HC Donbass Donetsk: Laco (Leighton)- Kolar, Piganovich, Laine, Fedotenko, Virtanen- Podkhradskiy, Wilson, Dadonov, Nedorost, Yakutsenia- Bartulis, Konev, Kagarlitskiy, Robitaille, Kaspar- Silnitskiy, Toryanik, Belukhin, Zakharov
    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Shikin)- Khafizullin, Chudinov, Kovalchuk, Shipachyov, Ketov- Dallman, Alexandrov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Ryasensky, Yudin, Panarin, Kucheryavenko, V Tikhonov- Barabanov, M Tikhonov, Ponikarovskiy, Kablukov, Makarov
    Referees: Romasko, Gashilov, Gordenko, Tomilov
    Attendance: 4053