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final
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
6:5 (3:1, 3:1, 0:3)
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Tuesday 04.03.2014, 13:00 • Sibir Ice Palace • KHL
     
    59:45
    With now just 15 seconds remaining Metallurg have pulled their goalkeeper for the extra skater!
     
    58:28
    Goal for Metallurg! This is simply an unbelievable match! From five goals down the visitors are within one! SEMYON VALUISKY forces the puck home on the slot to make the home fans worry, it's 6-5!
     
    57:32
    A quick counterattack from Sibir puts them through two on one, but with Lozhkin slipping around the place they contrive to put the puck wide!
     
    52:28
    This game is becoming littered with penalties and this time it's against Metallurg, for high sticking Raymond Giroux has been punished
     
    51:07
    Sibir take a well needed timeout straight after that goal and they have decided to pull Koskinen for Nikita Bespalov as they look to change the momentum
     
    51:07
    Goal for Metallurg! What a game! NIKITA KAMALOV stuffs the puck under Koskinen as panic erupts in the Sibir defence and it's now only a two goal game! Powerplay goal and it's 6-4! Assists- Artem Gareev
     
    50:07
    And Lehtera himself has now been sent to the penalty box for holding, and for just under a minute it's a five on three powerplay for Metallurg
     
    49:01
    The home side are starting to pick up needless penalties, Vyacheslav Belov now has been called for slashing
     
    47:03
    Goal for Metallurg! Just as Sibir are back at full strength TUUKKA MANTYLA fires a snapshot directly through Koskinen when cutting in from the right, it's now a three goal game at 6-3!
     
    45:01
    We have a penalty here though, Igor Ozhiganov for holding has been called and Metallurg are going on the powerplay
     
    39:28
    Galimov! One on one he seems to have beaten Koskinen who is already laid on the ice, but he fails to lift the puck above the goalkeeper's outstretched right pad!
     
    38:50
    Goal for Metallurg! EVGENIY LAPENKOV is fed a pass free on the right with Koskinen out of position and he sends the puck into the near post unchallenged, powerplay goal and it's 6-2! Assists- Curtis McLean
     
    38:26
    Karamnov and Gareev has predictably both got five minute penalties each for fighting, while Nikita Kvartalnov for roughing also in that incident has been penalised
     
    38:26
    Now we have a real fight! And what a fight! Artem Gareev and Vitaliy Karamnov drop the gloves and really go for it, and the referees finally manage to break them up with Karamnov's head bleeding heavily!
     
    35:34
    Goal for Sibir! JORI LEHTERA is found unmarked at the right faceoff circle and he one times the puck into the net with feeling, powerplay goal and it's 6-1! Assists- Alexander Kutuzov and Jonas Enlund
     
    34:20
    Metallurg are really falling apart. For tripping Nikita Kamalov has been sent to the penalty box and for now it's a five on three powerplay for the home side
     
    33:00
    We have a fight on our hands! Igor Velichkin inexplicably takes down his opponent, throws some heavy punches and he's been sent to the locker room for that with a 5+20 penalty, and Sibir will have an extended powerplay
     
    32:24
    And Sorokin's night is done after that, he's now been pulled in favour of Nikita Lozhkin
     
    32:24
    Goal for Sibir! Just like in the first period Sibir really dig the knife in! JARNO KOSKIRANTA is found on the crease unmarked and he gives Sorokin no chance, it's now 5-1! Assists- Sergey Shumakov and Alexey Kopeikin
     
    31:37
    Goal for Sibir! It didn't take them long to make use of that powerplay! Jonas Enlund is denied by Sorokin's left pad as he tries to find the far corner but the puck lands right on to the stick of JORI LEHTERA who taps into the empty net, powerplay goal and it's 4-1! Assists- Jonas Enlund
     
    31:33
    Mikhail Kuklev swings his stick into Dmitry Monya's face and sure enough the referees have noticed it, Kuklev is off to the penalty box for two minutes and Sibir have a powerplay opportunity
     
    30:07
    The puck is bobbling all around Sorokin's crease but with Lehtera and co. battering away at it Metallurg manage to somehow clear!
     
    27:15
    Zhafyarov! Fantastic chance for the young forward to get his team back into the game! He cuts through the entire Sibir defence at ease, but Koskinen denies him!
     
    26:20
    We have the first penalty of the day and it's against Sibir, Igor Ozhiganov for checking to the head has received a 2+10 penalty and we won't see him again on to the ice for another ten minutes
     
    24:08
    Two on one breakaway for the visitors, but Velichkin instead of passing shoots himself and forces Koskinen into a useful save at his near post!
     
    23:18
    Koskiranta! Free on the slot he's found with a quick pass from behind the net but with the goal gaping he one times the puck into Sorokin's chest!
     
    19:50
    Goal for Sibir! They really didn't want to go into the break level and with two quickfire goals they've seized complete control of the game! Sorokin is being pulled from pillar to post, JONAS ENLUND is fed unmarked on the left and with ease he sends the puck home, it's 3-1 already! Assists- Ivan Lekomtsev
     
    19:08
    Goal for Sibir! Just as we enter the final minute of the first period Sibir take the lead again! OLEG GUBIN is found with a cross ice pass free at the left hand post and he makes no mistake with Sorokin already beaten, it's 2-1! Assists- Sergey Shumakov
     
    15:05
    Goal for Metallurg! Out of nothing the visitors are back on terms! The Sibir defence poorly gives up the puck to SERGEY YEMELIN who makes them pay with a rasping wrist shot into the right hand corner of the net, it's 1-1!
     
    14:44
    Vadim Mityarkov wins the puck up against the boards, sharply turns in towards Koskinen's near post glove side but the goaltender stays alert to just keep out Mityarkov's attempt!
     
    11:05
    Enlund! Sorokin finds a slapshot from the point too hot to handle, and as the puck pops out to Enlund Sorokin sticks out a big pad to save his team excellently!
     
    04:53
    Goal for Sibir! The hosts have made the much better start and they have their early reward! JONAS ENLUND is found on the doorstep from behind the net and he one times the puck home, it's 1-0! Assists- Dmitriy Monya
     
    02:30
    Big early chance for Sibir to take the lead! Jori Lehtera hits the post when Ilya Sorokin in the Metallurg net was taken out of position!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Enlund (Monya), 20. Gubin (Shumakov), 20. Enlund (Lekmotsev), 32. Lehtera (Enlund), 33. Koskiranta (Shumakov, Kopeikin), 36. Lehtera (Kutuzov, Enlund) – 16. Yemelin, 39. Lapenkov (McLean), 48. Mantyla, 52. Kamalov (Gareev), 59. Valuisky

    HC Sibir Novosibirsk: Koskinen (Bespalov)- Alekseev, Belov, Hrabal, Kutuzov, Martynov, Lekomtsev, Ozhiganov- Shumakov, Monya, Lehtera, Karamnov, Kugryshev, Gubin, Kopeikin, Enlund, Romanov, Sannikov, Koskiranta, Kvartainov, Ignatushkin
    Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Sorokin (Lozhkin)- Giroux, Mantyla, Aksyonenko, Kanarsky, Kapotov, Skutar, Kuklev, Kamalov- Kurepanov, Velichkin, McLean, Gareev, Valuisky, Galimov, Yemelin, Lapenkov, Skladnichenko, Mityarkov, Kosourov, Zhafyarov
    Referees: Kiselyov, Belyaev, Nazarov, Chubykin
    Attendance: 7400