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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, 16:30KHL
     
    Lev Praha has won in a shootout.
     
    59:57
    Goal for Lev!
    Kapanen made a great play to keep the puck inside the zone and then ONDREJ NEMEC gets another chance from the point and makes no mistake this time, beating Garipov just inside the post. Power-play goal. Assist: Niko Kapanen.
     
    54:34
    Goal for AK Bars!
    They move the puck around on the power play, finally Medvedev shoots from the point and TIM STAPLETON makes an absolutely beautiful tip on an airbourne puck, sending it just inside the post on the power play for the go-ahead goal. Assist: Yevgeni Medvedev
     
    33:31
    Goal for Lev!
    The pressure keeps up and they finally put it in. Sevc goes cross-ice to Azevedo, and NIKO KAPANEN re-directs his shot in. Power-play goal. Assists: Justin Azevedo, Martin Sevc.
     
    01:03
    Goal for AK Bars!
    Stapleton wins a battle for the puck in the corner and centres it out front to JANNE PESONEN who spins and fires, beating Vehanen just inside the post. For the second-straight game, Lev behind the 8-ball early. Assist: Tim Stapleton.

    Derek OBrien

    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