KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Lokomotiv 1:0 (end) | Lev – Donbass 5:2 (end)
final
SKA St. Petersburg
1:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Thursday 20.03.2014, 16:30 • Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    There's the final buzzer, and in a nervy encounter SKA Saint Petersburg have claimed a 1-0 victory to take the early lead in the series! Patrick Thoresen scored what turned out to be the only goal in the fourth minute, and the home side had to rely on their goaltender Alexander Salak to make some excellent saves to preserve their lead. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more breathtaking KHL playoff action! (18:39:23)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:48
    We're now into the final seconds of the third period with Lokomotiv failing to get set up in the attacking zone
     
    59:23
    Somehow SKA mess up a great chance to seal it with the empty net gaping!
     
    58:55
    Lokomotiv have pulled their netminder in favour of the extra skater!
     
    58:00
    Salak sees a long pass come in towards his net blocker side and he freezes as to take no chances
     
    57:20
    Lokomotiv commit icing as time now starts to run down
     
    56:39
    Igor Makarov breaks through one on one, goes up close with Sanford looking for the five hole but the goalkeeper comes up trumps to keep his team in it!
     
    55:48
    It's icing from the hosts
     
    55:23
    Sergey Plotnikov bursts his way into the slot with teammates waiting but Salak finds the puck and covers it up before anyone can get to it
     
    55:03
    Cervenka behind the net looks to set up a teammate skating in but Thoresen snaps the puck into Sanford's pads!
     
    54:14
    Tikhonov! Breaking into the zone at pace Viktor Tikhonov cracks an effort wide of the left hand post!
     
    53:54
    And now Lokomotiv go offside as they look to fully take the initiative
     
    53:21
    The visitors ice the puck
     
    52:46
    Kronwall! Niklas Kronwall twists sharply at the right of the crease and backhands the puck towards the far post but it drifts wide!
     
    51:10
    Two on one breakaway for the hosts, Shipachyov feeds his teammate at the right far hand post but the puck ends up rolling in front of the goal and Lokomotiv clear!
     
    50:31
    Lokomotiv are now back to full strength and have just under ten minutes left to get back into the game
     
    49:20
    Sanford sends away a heavy slapper from the blue line and no one can get to the rebound up close!
     
    48:31
    Emil Galimov for elbowing Vadim Shipachyov in the face has been sent to the penalty box and SKA have a timely powerplay to calm their nerves
     
    48:03
    Platt! His testing wrister is just about dealt with by Salak glove side, the puck pops back out but SKA defenders force it round into the boards
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 4. Thoresen (Cervenka, Semyonov)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Ezhov)- Alexandrov, Dallman, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Semyonov, Chudinov, Ponikarovskiy, Kablukov, Kovalchuk- Kuteikin, Ryasensky, Tikhonov, Shipachyov, Makarov- Yudin, Barabanov, Malyshev, Kucheryavenko, Sigaryov
    Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Kolesnik)- Yakovlev, Kronwall, Averin, Apalkov, Plotnikov- Lyubushkin, Vasiliev, Platt, Sprukts, Redlihs- Pashnin, Gorokhov, Konkov, Kartaev, Galimov- Vishnevskiy, Kapustin, Petrov, Musatov, Akhmetov
    Referees: Sergeev, Ravodin, Sivov, Shelyanin
    Attendance: 12389