JAR 5:3 JEK | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL)

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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

5:3 (0:1, 3:1, 2:1)

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

Wednesday 26.02.2014, 16:00 • Arena 2000 • KHL

		After a calm start of the game it became an eventful, enjoyable one with fast pace, many opportunities and a lot of goals. Lokomotiv could turn the game on their side from two goals deficit mostly with a succesful and effiient second period. Viewing this and the fact that they did not give up the match, this winning is absolutely deserved. Thanks for this three points Lokomotiv strengthened their eighth spot of the East and have 75 points, while Avtomobilist is still sixth of the Western Conference 83 points. Thank you for following our live coverage. Please, keep reading eurolives.com, cecause we are coming with more KHL matches! (18:29:07)
	60:00	Game over.
	59:59	Goal for Lokomotiv! One more goal in the end of the game! Avtomobilist lost the puck, then Lokomotiv made a break and in the end of this Plotnikov passed to YEGOR AVERIN, who fired to the empty net from the blue line, 5-3! Assist: Sergei Plotnikov.
	59:28	Home team timeout.
	59:28	Simakov is called for tripping.
	59:04	Empty net for Avtomobilist!
	58:38	Simakov brought the puck from the right to the middle, fired and just missed the target!
	58:00	Two minutes left.
	56:39	Plotnikov crossed the slot and got to the left side and fired from short distance, but Kovar saved again!
	54:01	Galimov's shot from long distance was denied by Kovar.
	52:39	Lokomotiv tried to make a break, but Kovar skated out of his goal to the blue line and cleared!
	50:00	Ten minutes to go.
	49:50	Home team put their opponent under pressure now. Although Lokomotiv leads, but do not get back to the defending zone.
	49:29	After a scramble in the middle in front of Kovar's net a defenseman could took the puck under possession.
	48:02	Lepisto made a shot from long distance, but two defenders was in the way to the net and one of them blocked.
	47:00	Redlihs escaped from his defender on the left, carried the puck down and fired toward the far corner, but Kovar managed to deflect it!
	45:18	Goal for Lokomotiv! Home team took advantage of the powerplay soon! JONAS HOLOS got the puck on the left and fired from identical position than Vasilyev did, but with not the same result! He shot it just below the bar, 4-3! Assist: Staffan Kronwall, Sergei Plotnikov)
	45:13	Gusev gets the third penalty of the game for slashing.
	44:21	Vasilyev was uncovered on the left side and fired from long distance, but he hit only Kovar's chest.
	43:21	Home team attempted to score a couple of times, but all of them was denied either by Kovar or the defense.
	43:00	Platt's shot from lond distance on the right was deflected by Kovar.
	41:51	Goal for Avtomobilist! TOBIAS VIKLUND had a plenty of space on the right side, he broke to the middle, then made a perfect stick-deke and a backhanded the puck to the bottom left corner, 3-3! Assist: Sami Lepisto.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		The beginning of the second period was more eventless than the first was. However, then a crazy period was coming. Lewandowski doubled Avtomobilist's lead, but Lokomotiv scored three goals in a row within seven minutes and got the lead of the game. The pace was fast and finally, we could see many dangerous shots and nice actions. We hope the teams keep on doing this in the last third as well! Do not miss it!
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:00	One minute left until the end of the second period.
	38:39	A. Streltsov turned on the net on the right side and fired, but it was no problem for Sanford to save.
	37:21	In the end of a very fast break Redlihs fired from the middle, but Kovar barely deflected it to the left! What a save it was!
	36:11	Plotnikov almost lost the puck in his own slot, but the team mates fixed his mistake and cleared.
	35:00	What a period of the match is this for home team! They scored three goals within seven minutes and took the lead from two goals deficit!
	34:27	Goal for Lokomotiv! Sprukts got the puck behind the net, then made a perfect passout to GEOFF PLATT, who immediately made an extremely fast slapshot from the right face-off spot and it went to the bottom far corner, 3-2! Assist: Janis Sprukts.
	33:31	Apalkov's shot from long distance on the left was not dangerous.
	32:21	Plotnikov came forward with a break, but he could not shot then.
	30:00	The half of the game is over and there are many questions remained for the rest of the game!
	29:31	Goal for Lokomotiv! Lokomotiv equalized within a couple of minutes! Kartayev deked his defenceman on the right, centered the puck to EMIL GALIMOV, whose first shot was saved by Kovar, but then he flicked the rebound to the half empty net, 2-2! Assist: Vladislav Kartayev.
	28:54	Lokomotiv can not get out of their defending zone now.
	27:23	Goal for Lokomotiv! SERGEI KONKOV was possessing the puck on the left and then was faking a pass inside and made a shot on the net and it went to the near corner, 1-2! Assist: Alexei Vasilyev, Yury Petrov
	26:00	After a breakaway Sanford had to make a save!
	25:00	Demagin hurt is elbow. It seems he has to be substituted.
	24:34	Antonov made a shot from the blue line, but two defenders got there and prevented him to make a strong shot. In spite of this, he could direct it on goal, but it was an easy job for Sanford.
	23:00	Goal for Avtomobilist! Gusev fired from the blue line in the middle, EDUARD LEWANDOWSKI put his stick in the shot from short distance and deflected it to the net, 0-2! Assist: Sergei Gusev.
	22:00	There is nothing special happened so far. The puck is mostly in the neutral zone.
	20:50	Redlihs was left uncovered on the right, got the puck and fired immediately, but Kovar reached for the puck and caught it in front of the near corner!
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		After Simakov's early goal Avtomobilist focused on defending and not forced make actions in the first half of the period. They denied all of Lokomotiv actions and did not let them shot many times that time. Then, they tried to attack again, but could not score. The match is not so evenful so far the defense of the teams is good. We hope there will be more dangerous situations in the rest of the match!
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:30	A shot arrived on Sanford's net, but he could catch the puck with his left hand with no problem.
	19:21	Icing for Lokomotiv.
	18:21	Averin's strong slapshot from the blue line was not accurate enough and went wide.
	17:28	Kartayev got a good pass on the left and made a one-timer shot, but Kovar rapidly got back to the near side and made a perfect deflection!
	16:19	Malykhin got the puck luckily in the inner side of the left circle and fired from short distance, but could not direct it accurately, thus Sanford could save! A defender harassed him well.
	15:00	Although, there is not so many shots on the ice, we can see a struggling and aggressive game with many battles.
	13:38	Home team at full strength.
	13:00	Konkov came down the ice with two defenders and shot from the blue line, but his shot went wide then.
	12:19	A scramble occurred in the middle, but Sanford not had to make save because the puck was cleared.
	11:38	Lyubushkin get a minor penalty for tripping.
	10:19	Konkov made a shot from long distance, but it was not strong enough to cause any trouble for Kovar.
	09:00	Lokomotiv attacks and tries to score the equalizing goal. However, Avtomobilist defense is tight and are able to deny every attack so far.
	08:01	After a scramble in the Avtomobilist slot the defencemen managed to make a clearance.
	07:27	Visiting team at full strength.
	07:19	Kronwall was uncovered in the right circle got the puck and fired it on goal, but Kovar made a beautiful save!
	06:20	Musatov got the puck on the left struck inside and fired, but a defenceman deflected it.
	05:27	A. Streltsov gets the first call of the game for holding.
	04:19	Lokomotiv is forced defending now. The puck is mostly circling around in their defending zone.
	04:03	Icing for visiting team.
	03:39	Redlihs brought the puck forward, but was not supported by any team mates, so had to shot from long distance, but it was not dangerous. Kovar saved easily.
	02:33	Zhuralyov shot from long distance on the right after a won face-off by visiting team, but was easily blocked.
	00:53	Goal for Avtomobilist! And here is an early goal! ALEXEI SIMAKOV took the puck in the middle carried it forward between two defenders and fired it to the bottom left corner from medium distance, 0-1! Assist: Andrei Antonov.
	00:01	Home team is wearing red kit and red helmet, while visiting team is wearing white-red uniform with white helmet.
	00:01	Game started.
		The warming up is ended, the Russian National Anthem is on. The match is started soon!
		Starting lineups: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford, Koleshnik – Vishnevsky, Lyubushkin, Redlihs, Platt, Sprukts – Holos, Kronwall, Plotnikov, Averin, Apalkov – Vasilyev, Yakovlyev, Galimov, Kartayev, Konkov – Pashnin, Peretyagin, Musatov, Kapustin, Petrov Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg: Kovar, Lobanov – Gusev, Tryamkin, Lewandowski, Develaux, Yemeleyev – Viklund, Lepisto, Lazarev, Vyglazov, Malykhin – Megalinsky, Antonov, Demagin, Fyodorov, Simakov – Zhuravlyov, Prostnikov, A. Streltsov, V. Streltsov, Arkalov Referees: Alexei Anisimov, Sergei Kulakov – Ivan Fateyev, Dmitry Sivov.
		Dear hockey fans! The Olympic Games break is over in KHL and the championship of the hosts is continuing. We are coming with not less than twelve games today. At 7 pm MSK (4 pm CET, 3 pm GMT) we are going to have a visit at Arena 2000 Yaroslavl where local Lokomotiv hosts Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Home team is keep struggling for the playoffs positions. They are barely inside of this on the eighth spot and need the three points of this game to get their chance better to manage it. It seems visiting team will surely take part of the playoffs because they are sixth of the Eastern Conference and have 14 points lead to the ninth place Admiral. However, they have chance either to take a better position so they may not feel comfortable. Follow every moment of the game on eurolivesores.com!
		Welcome. Game starts at 16:00.

Commentary by

Salacz Bence

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 28. Konkov (Vasilyev, Petrov), 30. Galimov (Kartayev), 35. Platt (Sprukts), 46. Holos (Kronwall, Plotnikov), 60. Averin (Plotnikov) – 1. Simakov (Antonov), 23. Lewandowski (Gusev), 42. Viklund (Lepisto)

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Koleshnik) – Vishnevsky, Lyubushkin, Redlihs, Platt, Sprukts – Holos, Kronwall, Plotnikov, Averin, Apalkov – Vasilyev, Yakovlyev, Galimov, Kartayev, Konkov – Pashnin, Peretyagin, Musatov, Kapustin, Petrov

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg: Kovar (Lobanov) – Gusev, Tryamkin, Lewandowski, Develaux, Yemeleyev – Viklund, Lepisto, Lazarev, Vyglazov, Malykhin – Megalinsky, Antonov, Demagin, Fyodorov, Simakov – Zhuravlyov, Prostnikov, A. Streltsov, V. Streltsov, Arkalov

Referees: Alexei Anisimov, Sergei Kulakov – Ivan Fateyev, Dmitry Sivov

Attendance: 9000

1st period
	00:53
	05:27
	11:38
1st intermission
2nd period
	23:00
	27:23
	29:31
	34:27
2nd intermission
3rd period
	41:51
	45:13
	45:18
	59:28
	59:59
Final