Sekac fires a wrister just wide.

The puck slides down to Brust, who covers for a faceoff in the Medvescak zone.

Lev back at full strength, play in their zone.

Jessiman tries to go high near side, Vehanen gets an arm on it.

Now the Lev net is dislodged with 1:04 left in the penalty, faceoff inside..

Medvescak get a shot on Vehanen, who covers with 1:28 left in the penalty.

Lev back into the zone and Brust makes the save and covers.

Slapper from Michal Repik, butterfly save Brust.

Maenpaa right off the draw, misses and hits the glass.

Icing Medvescak.

Maenpaa tries to cut through the middle but his wrister is high and wide.

Long slapper by Gragnani whistles wide.

Barry Brust scoops up a shot from the corner by Jaakola and holds on.

Vrana with a wrister from the point, blocked.

Azevedo with the shot in close, I think Brust got a pad on it, then Maenpaa misses from the point.

Offside Medvescak on the shoot-in, faceoff at centre ice.

Shot off the draw by Ryan Vesce, right on Vehanen, who holds on.

Icing Lev.

Nemec with the one-timer wide.

Nathan Oystrick with the slapper from the point, hits Brust in the chest and he covers it with :50 left in the 5-on-3.

Maenpaa to Vrana for the one-timer, deflected to the corner.

A couple of chances for Bjorkstrand, save Vehanen, second goes wide.

Puck goes into the Lev bench, faceoff at centre ice.

Thornberg with a wrister from the right wing boards, right on Brust, who holds on.

Gragnani with a blast from the point just misses the far post.

Lev back at full strength and Medvescak regroup again in their own zone.

Medvescak power play continues, shot from the point by Katic, pad save Vehanen, and Lev ice it.

Medvescak with control off the draw, a shot from the point by Ellison is wide, and play is stopped as the puck goes out of play with 1:49 left in the penalty. Faceoff outside.

Offside Lev.

Icing Lev.

Cheechoo from a tight angle, fires wide on the near side.

Oystrick with a couple of attempts from the point, both blocked. He then ends up battling in the crease with the puck behind the net.

Azevedo with a wrister from the blueline, again caught by Brust and held on.

Long shot from Jaakola, Brust catches it and hangs on.

Back the other way, Thornberg with a slapper from the left wing, right on Brust, who holds on. Usually it's Thornberg on the opposite wing.

Medvescak back at full strength but play continues in their zone.

Lev on the power play but a bad pass goes out of the zone and they have to regroup.

Lev rush, Maenpaa and Vrana both with chances, then Medvescak are called for icing. Lev go to the power play in :07.

A hard wrister from Cheechoo hits Vehanen square in the mask, so play is stopped, still 4 on 4, faceoff in the Lev zone.

Shot by Linglet misses the net and rings around the boards out of hte zone.

Michael Ryan from the mid slot, kicked out by Vehanen.

Shot from Ryan Vesce, kicked out by Vehanen, delayed penalty coming to Lev.

Puck deflected out of play in the Lev zone, faceoff inside. Medvescak back at full strength, Lev got 1 shot on that power play.

Oystrick with the pass for the one-timer, pad save Brust and it's iced again. That should do it for the penalty.

Brust clears the puck himself -- he's good at handling the puck -- Lev start back again.

And Lev is called for icing trying to come back, they're not getting much going on this power play. :54 left.

Popovic leads a shorthanded rush for Medvescak, pad save Vehanen on the long shot.

Offside Medvescak with 1:08 left in the power play.

Icing Lev, a lot of icings this period, as both teams are coming with high pressure and sometimes the other team has no other choice to relieve it.

It looks like Medvescak's Matt Ellison was injured on the play blocking a shot in the ankle area, so we'll see if he returns.

Repik with a long wrister, kicked out by Brust.

Zackrisson with the low wrister, Brust sticks out the right pad and deflects it out of play, faceoff inside.

Icing Medvescak

Sevc's shot is blocked, then Vrana blasts it wide.

Hugh Jessiman with a long backhander, turned to the corner by Vehanen.

Offside Medvescak, the puck barely coming outside the line.

Nemec shoots from the point and it's deflected out of play, faceoff in the Medvescak zone.

Lev called for a hand pass in the neutral zone, faceoff at centre ice.

Martin Sevc winds and fires, hits Brust in the chest.

Puck deflects into the benches, faceoff at centre ice.

Offside Lev on the shoot-in, faceoff at centre ice.

Icing Medvescak.

Matai finds the trailer Nakladal, Brust turns his blast to the corner.

Offside Medvescak. Shots already 11-4 for the home side, but they have had a power play.

Medvescak win the draw, shot from the point hits a body in front and dribbles just wide of the post.

Icing Lev.

Boyd Kane rips a wrister wide.

One-time blast from the point by Jaakola, stick save Brust.

Mike Ryan with a wrister, stick save Vehanen.

Lev is back at full strength just as Vehanen stops a shot from the point through traffic, Lev start up ice.

Puck played by a Lev high stick in their own zone and play is stopped with 1:12 left in the penalty, faceoff inside.

The Lev net is dislodged, faceoff inside with 1:42 left in the penalty.

There was a long Medvescak shot from the point, off Vehanen's shoulder, played by a Medvescak high stick, Lev touched the puck next though and finally Petri Vehanen covered the puck.

We've just heard nice chorus renditions of the national anthems of the Czech Republic and Croatia, and it's now time to start the game.

Medvescak Zagreb is wearing their home navy blue uniforms with white trim, navy blue pants and helmets. Lev Praha is wearing their road white uniforms with blue and red trim, red NY Rangers-style pants and white helmets.

It's a packed house here in Zagreb for the first-ever KHL playoff game in Croatia, and game three is set to begin.

Starting Lineups:

Medveščak Zagreb: Brust (Dekanich) – Popović, Martinović, Švarný, Foster, Klubertanz, Katić, O'Connor – Thomas, Murley, Cheechoo – Linglet, Vesce, Ellison – Ryan, Jessiman, Glumac – Kane, Murray, Björkstrand – Nyström.

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

Referees: Olenin, Bondar. Linesmen: Sivov, Shelyanin.

After HC LEV Praha took the first two games of the series on home ice, the series now shifts to Zagreb, where Lev and Medveščak will play on Monday and Tuesday. The Bears will be looking to get back in the series, while the Lions will be looking for the strangle-hold.

Obviously, a 2-0 series lead is the best Lev could have hoped for from the opening two games. This outcome is especially favourable when you consider that they were tied entering the third period in game one, and trailing 2-1 in game two, yet won both. Of course, everybody knew it wouldn´t be an easy series.

"We hoped to win the first two games, yeah, even though we knew it would be tough," said captain Jiří Novotný. "Now we go to Zagreb, where we will have a harder time because Medveščak play well at home and have great fans. For us, it´s a change to a smaller rink, but we have to deal with it."

Indeed, Medveščak was strong on home ice this season, but Lev was strong on the road, too. The Bears had the eight-best home record in the KHL with 53 points in 27 games this season -- tied with Lev, incidentally. On the road, they ranked 11th with 39 points, while Lev was the league´s fifth-best road team with 46 points. Lev also won in their lone visit to Zagreb during the regular season, 3-1 back on September 10. While they know it won´t come easy, the shift in venue might not be as intimidating as it first appears.

"We often played better on the road than at home," said Novotný. "We always try to force our opponents to play our style, not the other way around, so that´s what we have to do now."

Whatever style they play, Medveščak will now try to equal what Lev accomplished in the first two games by winning their two at home. Said Jonathan Cheechoo: "Nothing has been lost because now they´re coming into our house. We´ve gotta do a good job and return to Prague and steal a game there."

Those sentiments were echoed by head coach Mark French, who said: "The series is never lost until you lose on home ice. We can still tie the series."

One decision French will have to make for game three is who to start in goal. Both Mark Dekanich and Barry Brust surrendered 4 goals against in losing causes on 28 and 32 shots, respectively. Despite distinctive styles, both put in strong efforts, but not strong enough to get a win.

"They´re both great goalies -- I´ve played against both of them in North America," said Lev defenceman Nathan Oystrick. "Dekanich tries to stay in his net and Brust comes out to play the puck more. We knew we had to keep the puck away from him because he can make a breakout pass as well as any defenceman."

Petri Vehanen has played both games for Lev and won twice. The only thing that might put him on the bench is the rigorous schedule of four games in five nights. Head coach Kari Jalonen indicated before the series that Atte Engren might see some action for that reason.

Through the first two games, Medveščak has been led by the line of Charles Linglet, Ryan Vesce and Matt Ellison. Linglet is the leading scorer with 3 points -- all assists -- while Ellison is the only player on the team to score twice. Lev has three players with 3 points -- Justin Azevedo and Martin Thörnberg each have 2 goals and 1 assist, while Jiří Sekáč has 3 assists.

Not surprisingly, the first two games have been marked by their physical play, and that should only continue in Zagreb. Said Oystrick: "It´s going to be like that in Zagreb too. It´s a smaller rink and players will be coming hard. They´re going to be talking and we´re going to be talking and there´s going to be scrums after every whistle again."

Welcome. Game 3 of this Western Conference quarterfinal series starts at 19:15 CET local time in Zagreb and Prague, 13:15 EST.