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Novosibirsk – Ak Bars 3:2 (after OT) | Torpedo – Salavat Yulaev 6:2 (end)
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Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
6:2 (2:1, 0:1, 4:0)
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Sunday 16.03.2014, 14:00 • Trade Union Sport Palace, Nizhny Novgorod • KHL
     
    Thank you for following the KHL with us today, until next time, goodbye! (16:37:51)
     
    Shots on goal: TOR 14 (29), SAL 7 (31)
    Faceoffs: TOR 18 (40), SAL 15 (34)
    Penalties: TOR 11 (25), SAL 11 (23)
    Ice leaders:
    TOR – Vladimir Denisov – 21:03
    SAL – Arturs Kulda – 21:57.
     
    There will be some more penalties at the end of the game, but it won't spoil the joy for the home fans and Torpedo who survive the first elimination match and will have to face Salavat in Ufa for Game 7. An unbeliveable period by Torpedo scoring 4 goals in 20 minutes and a huge win for them to demolish Salavat prior to that final game.
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:18
    Sergei Sentyurin (TOR) and Brent Sopel (SAL) both get 5 min major penalties for fighting. 5-on-5 continues.
     
    59:18
    We have a fight! Brent Sopel (SAL) and Sergei Sentyurin (TOR) drop the gloves and decide to deal with each other using their fists and after exchanging a few hits before the fight druing play and a couple during the fight – Sentyurin comes out victorious. Unfamiliar scene for the KHL but finally we've seen one!
     
    58:16
    A scramble in front of Salavat's goal after Roman Lyuduchin couldn't have deked out the defence and take a shot but got his feel on the netminder. Nothing serious coming out.
     
    57:06
    Both teams at full strength.
     
    56:48
    Goal for Torpedo!
    They've started to finish their opponents off! Sakari Salminen looks like he's about to shoot from the point but instead feeds for JARKKO IMMONEN on the left post whose first shot gets deflected by Sokhatsky and then on the second attempt he sneaks it through.

    Assist: Sakari Salminen.
     
    56:25
    Interference called on Alexander Mereskin (SAL) – Torpedo with the man advantage.
     
    56:06
    Torpedo are in no hurry to form an attack so they hold onto the possession in the zone and move the puck around before going on the offense.
     
    55:06
    Both Teemu Hartikainen (SAL) and Pavel Valentenko (TOR) get called for roughing and it will be 4-on-4.
     
    55:06
    A bit of pushing and shoving in front of Torpedo's net between Hartikainen and Valentenko as nerves start to work.
     
    53:40
    Torpedo are back to full strength. A couple of shots, but nothing too serious from Salavat during the powerplay.
     
    53:03
    Teemu Hartikainen gets a good feed from the middle on the right post, but Kasutin doesn't let that one in.
     
    51:40
    Vadim Khomitsky (TOR) is called for tripping. Can the shocked visitors strike back?
     
    51:13
    Goalie change for Salavat:
    OUT – Andrei Vasilevsky
    IN – Vladimir Sokhatsky.
     
    51:13
    Goal for Torpedo!
    This one might as well be over! SAKARI SALMINEN fires on a bounce off a defenceman after a shot taken from the blue, the puck gets through between the goalie and the left post.
     
    50:48
    Torpedo get denied at the blue as Salavat are playing a good penalty kill.
     
    50:31
    No organization in the zone by Torpedo.
    Commentary by

    Alan Ilijic

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 19. Parshin (Galuzin), 20. Immonen (Valentenko), 48. Galuzin, 49. Salminen, 52. Salminen, 57. Immonen (Salminen) – 20. Makarov (Sopel), 34. Dubrovsky (Vishnevsky, Makarov)

    Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod: Kasutin (Gelashvili) – Wolski, Hietanen, Salminen, Immonen, Bernatsky – Valentenko, Galuzin, Parshin, Khomitsky, Krasnoslobodtsev – Grigoryev, Badyukov, Denisov, Skachkov, Lyuduchin – Konkov, Osipov, Sentyurin, Belokhvostikov, Potapov
    Salavat Yulaev Ufa: Vasilevsky Andrei (Sokhatsky) – Makarov, Sopel, Kulda, Hartikainen, Pankov – Vishnevsky, Shchitov, Mereskin, Khlystov, Dubrovsky – Zubarev, Mirnov, Pihlstrom, Kaigorodov, Vasilevsky Alexei – Isangulov, Stepanov, Proshkin, Slepyshev, Zaborsky
    Referees: Ravodin, Odins – Birin, Morozov
    Attendance: 5600