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after shootout (2:3)
Ak Bars Kazan
2:3 (1:0, 0:1, 1:1 - 0:0)
Lev Praha
Friday 24.01.2014, 16:30 • KHL
     
    Wow, what a game! It seemed like a playoff game between these two teams who each hope to go deep into the playoffs -- if they happen to meet again, it would have to be in the finals, and we would be lucky to get hockey like that. (19:09:44)
     
    Game over.
     
    Lev Praha has won in a shootout.
     
    Petruzalek again, but Petri Vehanen stops him with the glove.
     
    Thornberg shoots again and beats Garipov five-hole. Lev with a chance to win again.
     
    Petruzalek had to score hand he did, going to the backhand and up over Vehanen's pad, 2-2 after 5.
     
    Beautiful backhand deke by Martin Thornberg, he ended up with a wide-open net to put the puck into.
     
    Pesonen on his 2nd attempt tries to go low, pad save Vehanen, 1-1 after 4.
     
    Lev shoots first to lead off round 4, Kapanen tries to go five-hole but Garopov closes the pads.
     
    David Ullstrom goes backhand but Garipov knocks it away to the glove, 1-1 after 3 rounds, onto sudden death . . .
     
    Jakub Petruzalek also tries to go five-hole, stick save Vehanen. Lev can go for the win now.
     
    Niko Kapanen goes five-hole along the ice, 1-1 after 2 rounds.
     
    Janne Pesonen goes high blocker side on Vehanen, just under the crossbar, 1-0.
     
    Martin Thornberg tries to go forehand on Garipov but hits the post.
     
    Alexander Burmistrov tries to makes a move on Vehanen but loses it without a shot.
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    Ak Bars will shoot first, it seems.
     
    Overtime is finished without a goal, though both teams had chances, so this game will be decided by a shootout.

    Shots on goal are 36-22 Lev after 65 minutes of hockey.
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    63:45
    Korneyev shoots just wide from far out.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 2. Pesonen (Stapleton), 55. Stapleton (Medvedev) – 34. Kapanen (Azevedo, Sevc), 60. Nemec (Kapanen), dec. p.s. Thornberg

    Ak Bars Kazan: Garipov (Barulin) – Kornyeyev, Nikulin, Heshka, Medvěděv, Zakharchuk, Osipov Yarullin – Těreschenko, Petrov, Lukoyanov – Stapleton, Pesonen, Burmistrov – Svitov, Golubev, Obukhov – Petružálek, Milovzorov, Tkachyov.
    Lev Praha: Vehanen (Engren) – Ševc, Nakládal, Oystrick, Němec, Gragnani, Jaakola, Mikuš – Azevedo, Novotný, Ullström – Zackrisson, Vrána, Thörnberg – Ridderwall, Kapanen, Řepík – Pacovský, Cingel, Matai.
    Referees: Komarov, Schenyov – Zakharenkov, Shikhanov