KHL
Dynamo – Lokomotiv 1:5 (end) | Donbass – Riga 3:1 (end)
final
HC Donbass Donetsk
3:1 (2:1, 0:0, 1:0)
Dinamo Riga
Monday 17.03.2014, 19:00 • Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava • KHL
     
    Thank you for following this match and the series with us! The last team to advance to the Conference semifinals will be found tomorrow, Tuesday, at 14.00 CET when Salavat Yulayev Ufa receive Torpedo Nizny Novgorod for the 7th and last game of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals! (21:17:50)
     
    Donbass Donetsk (4th) advance to the Conference semifinals where they face Lev Prague (3rd). In the other Western Conference series SKA St. Petersburg (2) will meet Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (8) after Lokomotiv sensationally threw out the winners of the last two Gagarin Cups, Dynamo Moscow, earlier today!
     
    Donbass Donetsk defended their small lead clever in the last 20 minutes and had the luck in the right moment when Evgeny Dadonov decided the match – and thus this best of seven series – in the 47th minute for a 3-1 win (series won by 4-3 wins)!

    Shots on goal: Donbass 3 (24) – Dinamo 9 (25)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:54
    Dinamo have to leave the Donbass third to start an attack again...
     
    59:23
    Timeout by Dinamo! Too little, too late!
     
    59:23
    A Donbass attempt to score into the wide open net – Dinamo have pulled their goalie out for an additional attacker half a minute ago – ends with an icing against the hosts!
     
    58:50
    Dinamo manage to keep the puck inside the Donbass third but not to create any scoring opportunities...
     
    58:07
    Dinamo are back at full strength.
     
    57:21
    The first Dinamo player returned from the penalty box.
     
    56:45
    Donbass keep the puck inside the Dinamo third but don't risk anything with their shots and try to avoid a counter or break away.
     
    56:07
    Georgijs Pujacs (Dinamo) gets two minutes for hooking. Donbass have a very long 5 on 3 power play. That should be it in this game!
     
    55:21
    Sandis Ozolins (Dinamo) gets two minutes for hooking. This penalty comes at a very crucial point of this game and could end all the remaining hopes by the guests.
     
    55:16
    A shot by Marcel Hossa from the right circle towards the left bottom corner is stopped by Jan Laco with a block towards the slot and then Sergei Varlamov clears the situation for his goalie.
     
    54:00
    Dinamo force the Ukrainians deep into their own third but time is running out slowly but steadily.
     
    51:45
    Dinamo are taking over the initiative again while Donbass completely concentrate on defense and counter opportunities. Can Dinamo come back in the last minutes of this game?
     
    50:53
    Dinamo forward Lauris Darzins appears just in front of the Donbass net but fails to beat Jan Laco from short distance! That was more than close!
     
    50:21
    The hosts are back at full strength after a harmless Dinamo power play where the Latvians never found to their power play formation.
     
    49:40
    Several long clearances by the Donbass defense who don't risk anything.
     
    48:33
    With a shorthanded attack Tuomas Kiiskinen almost decides this game and the series! From the left wing his powerful shot towards the right bottom corner was stopped by Sedlacek in the last moment with a pad save!
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 4. Dadonov (Kiiskinen, Fedotenko), 7. Laine (Wilson), 47. Dadonov (Yakutsenya, Fedotenko) – 17. Meija (Bicevskis)

    HC Donbass Donetsk: Laco (Leighton) – Kolar, Piganovich, Wilson, Podhradsky, Bartulis, Razin, Silnitsky – Wirtanen, Kiiskinen, Laine, Fedotenko, Yakutsenya, Dadonov, Kagarlitsky, Robitaille, Kaspar, Varlamov, Zakharov, Toryanik
    Dinamo Riga: Sedlacek (Tellqvist) – Ozolins, J. Redlihs, Robinson, Pujacs, K. Redlihs Sotnieks, Porejs – Szczechura, Bukarts, Darzins, Nizivijs, Dzerins, Hossa, Cipulis, Meija, Bicevskis, Begovs, Hascak, Sarkanis
    Referees: Zakharov, Olenin – Alyoshin, Ivanov