Lev at full strength, Sevc feeds Thornberg, he shoots but it hits a stick and goes to the corner.

A shot from Mezei is deflected out of play. Faceoff in the Lev zone with just :07 left in the penalty.

Now a shot by Rozin hits Vehanen and he holds on with :48 left in the penalty.

Two attempts from Porseland, one blocked, the next wide.

The puck again goes out of play, this time the faceoff will be outside, so this game will definitely go to overtime.

Puck deflected out of play in the Vityaz zone. Faceoff inside. After a period of Vityaz pressure, it's Lev once again on the offensive, looking for 3 points.

Kapanen with a blast from the top of the circle, I don't think Saprykin saw it with all the traffic in front and it deflects wide.

Birner with a long shot from the blueline, easily caught and held by Saprykin.

Korolyuk stakes in on Oystrick one-on-one, can't beat him and forced wide.

Maenpaa's shot is deflected up, then comes down and Saprykin catches it and holds on.

Vityaz keep up the pressure, nice move from Vasiliev but his shot along the ice goes just wide.

Solodukhin with a rising slapper from a sharp angle, hits Vehanen in the mask and play is stopped. Faceoff inside.

Now the puck comes out and back in, offside Vityaz.

Sudden pressure from Vityaz, chants of "shaibu! shaibu!" from the crowd, the front of the net is clogged up, though, and nothing getting through.

Sevc with the head-man pass to Zackrisson, who fires a slapper right on Saprykin, who hangs on.

Porseland again from the point, might have hit a body in front before hitting Vehanen's pad and going to the corner.

Lev back up ice again, Zackrisson tries to find Repik with a lane to the net but he couldn't handle the pass.

Finally Vityaz carry the puck to the Lev blueline, Porseland with the long shot, pad save Vehanen.

Lev rush back up ice, Birner the wrister, caught and held by Saprykin.

Lev keep the pressure on, Ullstrom against tries to find Azevedo, that attempt is blocked and cleared.

Saprykin covers the puck again, as Lev keep Vityaz pinned deep in their own zone with good puck possession that last shift.

Lev rush, Ullstrom to Azevedo, shot right on Saprykin, who holds on.

Now the other way, puck deflected out of play in the Lev zone, faceoff inside.

Maenpaa carries the puck into the Vityaz zone, his shot deflected out of play, faceoff inside.

Battle for the puck in the corner involving Thornberg, Porseland falls on it and gets a stoppage. Lev want a penalty but none coming, faceoff in the Vityaz zone.

Lev back at full strength, Ullstrom takes a long shot on Saprykin, who saw it all the way and holds on.

Novotny has been great on the PK today and he rags the puck for a while before sending it deep and Vityaz has to regroup.

Lev rush, Sevc to Novotny for the one-timer, off Saprykin's glove and to the corner.

Play in the Lev zone, Kousal and Cibak both get shots, Vehanen stops both and finally covers.

Pass from Jaakola misses its target and goes for icing against Lev.

Vrana the pass to Nathan Oystrick for the one-time slapper, off Saprykin and up out of play with 1:02 left in the Lev power play, faceoff inside.

Lev back at full strength and they rush up ice, Vrana tries to feed a streaking Thornberg but the puck goes into his skates and he never gets a shot away.

Korolyuk fires from the point, deflected in front and up out of play. It must have hit a Vityaz player last, as the faceoff is going outside with :50 left in the penalty.

Azevedo with a high wrister from the faceoff dot, hits Saprykin in the shoulder and goes out of play with just :03 left in the penalty, faceoff in the Vityaz zone.

Shorthanded rush for Vityaz, Koksharov shoots from near the boards, Vehanen catches it and thinks about playing it, but then holds on. 1:09 left in Lev's power play, faceoff in their own zone.

Play in the Lev zone, the puck takes a bounce and hits Vehanen in the chest, and he covers it again.

Icing Vityaz.

Play continues in the Lev zone, Vehanen turns away a shot from a sharp angle.

Vityaz back at full strength but Lev continue to buzz in the zone. The goal-scoring line back at it again, as Birner's wrister hits Backlund, who covers it. After a cautious start it's all Lev right now.

Justin Azevedo fires a slapper from the top of the circle, hits Backlund up high and he holds it against his body for a stoppage with 1:17 left i the penalty.

Jiri Novotny wins a battle for the puck in the corner and and shot from a sharp angle, no room between Backlund and the post, and he freezes it.

Puck out of play in the neutral zone, faceoff at centre ice. Not a lot of offence so far in this game.

Vrana with a shot, deflected by Repik in front right on Backlund, who holds on for a whistle. We get some pushing and shoving afterward, but it doesn't seem any penalties will come of it.

Porseland with another drive, but it's blocked in front, play continues in the Lev zone.

Lev back at full strength, as Vityaz never really got much going.

Vityaz try to regroup but a pass misses the target and Novotny clears the zone again.

Rozin with a slapper from the point, sails just wide of the post, and Novotny sends the puck the length of the ice. Both units change up.

The first shot on goal of the game comes from far out by Vityaz's Mathias Porseland, pad save Vehanen. Porseland played for Lev last season.

The national anthems of the Czech Republic and Russian Federation are complete, and the opening faceoff is moments away.

Vityaz Podolsk are wearing their home red Detroit Red Wings-style uniforms with white trim, red pants and helmets. Lev Praha are wearing their road white uniforms with blue and red trim, red NY Rangers-style pants and white helmets.

Starting Lineups:

Vityaz Podolsk: Backlund (Saprikhyn) – Porseland, Malevich, Seleznyov, Golovkov, Rozin, Berdyukov, Mezei, Kudinov – Kousal, Cibák, Korolyuk – Makeyev, Koksharov, Shitikov – Soloďukhin, Ziazov, Korolyov – Ivanov, Poltorak, Vasiliev.

Lev Praha: Vehanen (Engren) – Ševc, Mäenpää, Oystrick, Gragnani, Jaakola, O'Byrne, Mikuš – Azevedo, Novotný, Ullström – Zackrisson, Kapanen, Thörnberg – Birner, Vrána, Řepík – Pacovský, Cingel, Matai.

Referees: Bulanov, Morozov – Rönn, Fateyev.

Way back on September 17, HC LEV Praha opened their home schedule against Vityaz Podolsk. They got two goals from Martin Thörnberg, singles from Justin Azevedo and Niko Kapanen and 22 saves from Petri Vehanen in the home debuts of all four players in a 4-1 win.

At almost the opposite end of the season, the same two teams meet in the final home game of the season for Vityaz. Lev have already clinched a playoff spot and Vityaz have already been mathematically eliminated, but there´s still plenty at stake for the visitors.

"Absolutely not," said defenceman Martin Ševc, when asked if it would be difficult to find motivation for Tuesday´s game. "On this trip, we haven´t picked up enough points yet, so of course we want to win. We want to finish in the top four in the conference and SKA and Dynamo are already solidly in there, so we need every point we can get."

Indeed, they head into action on Tuesday tied for 3rd place in the Western Conference with Donbass Donetsk. Each team has 88 points, while Dinamo Riga, Medveščak Zagreb and CSKA Moscow have 85, 84 and 83 points, respectively. There´s little margin for error.

As for Vityaz, a team with no pressure on them is always an opponent to be wary of. Their main offensive sparkplug is Maxim Afinogenov, who leads the team with 11 goals and 26 points. A familiar face to Lev fans will be defenceman Mathias Porseland, who has played 13 games with Vityaz since being acquired from Admiral Vladivostok. In goal, Ivan Lasutin has done an admirable job, considering the changes that have gone on around him.

Welcome. This game starts at 19:00 MSK, 16:00 CET 10:00 EST.