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final
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
3:6 (0:0, 1:3, 2:3)
Ak Bars Kazan
Wednesday 12.03.2014, 13:00 • Sibir Sports Complex (capacity 7,500) • KHL
     
    Final word -
    Enormous support for Sibir Novosibirsk didn't help home team. Opening period was poor with good hockey with both teams focusing on making as little mistakes as possibly can. Second period offered home team not focused enough and guests scored three times before home team replied with a gola on their own. Some hopes remained for last period, but Ak bars added three more goals to lead 6:1 already before letting home team to ease the defeat with two more goals.
    Series is now tied at 2 apiece.
    Eurolivescores player of the game – Shaun Heshka (Ak Bars) (15:33:42)
     
    Game stats -
    Shots: Sibir Nobosibirsk 24, Ak Bars Kazan 28
    Faceoffs: Sibir 31/66, Ak bars 35/66
    Penalties: Sibir 35, Ak Bars 33
    Ice time leaders: Yegor Martynov (20:27 on ice, 32 shifts) for Sibir and Shaun Heshka (23:52 on ice, 29 shifts) for Ak Bars
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:37
    Crowd still supports Sibir very loud despite poor result
     
    58:00
    Two minutes left to play in third period
     
    57:46
    Goal for Sibir!
    Ivan LEKOMTSEV scores on powerplay with a rocket-shot from right side
     
    55:02
    Koskiranta fires from left side, Garipov deflects puck
     
    53:50
    Stepan Zakharchuk (Ak Bars). 20min. leaving the players bench
     
    53:50
    Stepan Zakharchuk (Ak Bars). 4min. leaving the players bench
     
    52:46
    Nikita Kvartalnov (Sibir). 2min. high-sticking
     
    52:46
    Nikita Kvartalnov (Sibir). 20min. game misconduct
     
    52:46
    Nikita Kvartalnov (Sibir). 5min. fisticuffs
     
    52:46
    Alexander Burmistrov (Ak Bars). 5min. fisticuffs
     
    51:45
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    50:57
    Dmitry Kugryshev shoots from right side, Garipov saves another shot
     
    50:08
    Dmitry Monya fires from left faceoff circle, Garipov goes on his knees and savves shot
     
    49:45
    Janne Pesonen (Ak Bars). 2min. cross-checking
     
    49:22
    Goal for Sibir!
    Ten seconds later Jonas ENLUND scores for home team, but they seem far from any success for now
     
    49:12
    Goal for AK Bars!
    This already looks as a disaster for Sibir – Tomas VINCOUR extends Ak Bars lead to five goals
     
    45:29
    Goal for AK Bars!
    Shaun HESHKA fires from distance on left side and beats Bespalov 3 seconds into powerplay
    Commentary by

    Ben Kelsson

    CZ@MarcusLuxie

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 40. KOSKIRANTA, 50. ENLUND (Monya), 58. LEKOMTSEV (Monya) – 21. NIKULIN, 28. VARNAKOV (Nikulin, Heshka), 34. PESONEN (Heshka, Svitov), 45. BELOV, 46. HESHKA (Svitov, Nikulin), 50. VINCOUR (Tereshchenko, Petrov)

    HC Sibir Novosibirsk: Koskinen, Bespalov – Belov, Martynov, Alexeyev, Kutuzov, Karavayev, lekomtsev, Ozhiganov – Monya, Lehtera, Enlund, Kugryshev, Kopeikin, Koskiranta, Shumakov, Gubin, Sannikov, Romanov, Kvartalnov, Ignatushkin, Butuzov
    Ak Bars Kazan: Garipov, Barulin, Nikulin, Tokranov, Belov, Heshka, Zakharchuk, korneyev, Yarullin – Tereshchenko, Vincour, Petrov, Stapleton, Varnakov, Burmistrov, Svitov, Pesonen, Obukhov, Bodrov, Tkachyov, Lukoyanov
    Referees: Kiselyov, Buturlin – Birin, Medvedev
    Attendance: 7,400