KHL
Admiral – Novosibirsk 3:1 (end) | Khabarovsk – Novokuznetsk 2:7 (end)
final
Amur Khabarovsk
2:7 (0:2, 1:2, 1:3)
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Saturday 01.03.2014, 07:00 • Platinum Arena • KHL
     
    59:53
    Goal for Metallurg! Just before the match is over they make it seven! TUUKKA MANTYLA receives the puck at the far post unmarked and he compounds Amur's misery, shorthanded goal and it's 7-2! Assists- Damir Zhafyarov
     
    48:36
    Goal for Metallurg! And what a goal! Artem Gareev with a stunning backhand pass from behind the goal leaves SERGEY YEMELIN with an empty net to fire into which he does with ease, it's 6-2! Assists- Artem Gareev
     
    41:46
    Goal for Metallurg! Just like in the second period Metallurg shut down Amur just as they get back into the game! DAMIR ZHAFYAROV shows fantastic stick handling skills as he dinks around his defenders and backhands the puck high into the net, it's 5-2!
     
    40:50
    Goal for Amur! They've come out all guns blazing in this period and they have their reward! Alexander Yunkov twists around Lozhkin's net, finds DMITRIY LUGIN unmarked at the far post and he makes the score 4-2! Assists- Alexander Yunkov
     
    33:40
    Goal for Metallurg! A pass into the crease is picked up by SEMYON VALUISKY and he makes no mistake giving Murygin no chance, it's already now 4-1! Assists- Raymond Giroux and Evgeniy Lapenkov
     
    32:57
    Goal for Metallurg! Just as Amur regained hope Metallurg show their ruthless side! Murygin denies Skladnichenko with his right pad but he can't prevent ALEXANDER AKSYONENKO from tapping home, it's 3-1! Assists- Nikolay Skladnichenko
     
    30:08
    Goal for Amur! Mikhail Fisenko from the point fires the puck into the crease and ILYA KRIKUNOV with his stick redirects it into the net, it's game on at 2-1! Assists- Mikhail Fisenko
     
    16:01
    Goal for Metallurg! The work the play around the zone well, send it back to the point where PAVEL KANARSKIY absolutely blasts the puck past the helpless Murygin, powerplay goal and it's 2-0! Assists- Denis Kurepanov and Anton Kapotov
     
    07:23
    Goal for Metallurg! They have just been starting to put the pressure on and they take the lead! As the puck comes into the slot EVGENIY LAPENKOV manages to poke it home past the goalkeeper, it's 1-0! Assists- Semyon Valuiskiy
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 31. Krikunov (Fisenko), 41. Lugin (Yunkov) – 8. Lapenkov (Valuiskiy), 17. Kanarskiy (Kurepanov, Kapotov), 33. Aksyonenko (Skladnichenko), 34. Valuiskly (Giroux, Lapenkov), 42. Zhafyarov, 49. Yemelin (Gareev), 60. Mantyla (Zhafyarov)

    Amur Khabarovsk: Murygin (Yarvinen)- Reese, Sedunov, Ezhov, V Loginov, A Loginov, Teslenko, Bykov, Bilalov- Krikunov, Fisenko, Tarasov, Lugin, Yunkov, Katsuba, Shishkanov, Litovchenko, Stepanov, Smurov, Klimchuk, Abramov
    Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Lozhkin (Sorokin)- Giroux, Mantyla, Aksyonenko, Kanarskiy, Kapotov, Skutar, Kuklev, Kamalov- Kurepanov, McLean, Gareev, Valuiskiy, Galimov, Yemelin, Lapenkov, Skladnichenko, Musin, Mityarkov, Kosourov, Zhafyarov
    Referees: Deev, Safiullov, Kuchava, Novikov
    Attendance: 6900