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final
Lev Praha
5:2 (1:0, 4:0, 0:2)
HC Donbass Donetsk
Thursday 20.03.2014, 19:00 • Tipsport Arena, Prague • KHL
     
    Lev strike first blood in this series with a 5-2 win, scoring the game's first five goals before Donbass battled back with two in the third period.

    Game 1 was a physical affair and that should only continue in the upcoming games. Both teams surely have some banged up bodies from this one and we'll see if there are lineup changes for tomorrow. Come back and visit us for coverage of that game, and of all the KHL Gagarin Cup playoffs. (21:54:58)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    58:14
    Ryan O'Byrne of Lev takes a slashing penalty after the goal has scored, so Donbass with a chance to maybe get another goal before this one's done.
     
    58:14
    Goal for Donbass!
    There's a shot on goal, Vehanen stops it but DMITRI KAGARLITSKY gets to the rebound and puts it in from a sharp angle. Not likely to make a difference at this point.
    Assists: Viktor Zakharov, Jan Kolar.
     
    56:44
    Puck out of play in the Donbass zone, faceoff inside with :38 left in the penalty.
     
    56:16
    Lev now on the power play, Mikko Maenpaa tries to pick the top corner but just misses.
     
    55:22
    Donbass's Sergei Varlamov going to the penalty box for slashing, so we'll be 4-on-4 for :14, then Lev to the power play.
     
    55:16
    Lev ice the puck again, Donbass still shotless on this power play, finally the puck slides to Vehanen and he covers with :20 left.
     
    54:00
    Teemu Laine rips a slapper wide and the puck rings around the boards and out of the zone.
     
    53:36
    Michal Repik of Lev gets called for roughing from a confrontation in the neutral zone, Donbass to the power play, they're 0/1 today.
     
    53:22
    Varlamov hammers Sevc in the corner, Vehanen covers the puck.
     
    52:05
    Donbass ices the puck to kill the rest of the penalty.
     
    51:25
    One-time slapper from Kapanen whistles wide.
     
    51:10
    Gragnani with a wrister from the point, just wide.
     
    50:01
    Sergei Varlamov with a slash on Jiri Sekac in front of the net, and he's going off for two minutes or less. Lev to the power play, 0/3 today.
     
    48:32
    Goal for Donbass!
    Just out of the penalty box, VIKTOR ZAKHAROV takes a breakaway pass, he goes to the forehand deke and slips it in between Vehanen's pad and the post to get Donbass on the board.
     
    48:12
    Shorthanded breakaway for Lukas Kaspar, goes to his backhand and a pad save by Petri Vehanen.
     
    46:58
    Offside Lev with 1:25 left in the power play.
     
    46:42
    Lev to the power play, Niko Kapanen the slapper, pad save Leighton.
     
    46:23
    Zakharov is in the box for Donbass, Jiri Sekac for Lev, and 2:00 is on the board on the Donbass side. Toryanik also going to the box for Donbass, not sure if it's his own penalty or serving one of Zakharov's. We'll await the calls.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 15. Azevedo (Sekac), 24. Matai (Ridderwall), 24. Novotny (Azevedo, Ullstrom), 28. Vrana (Gragnani, Repik), 38. Zackrisson (Kapanen, Repik) – 49. Zakharov, 59. Kagarlitsky (Zakharov, Kolar)

    Lev Praha: Vehanen (Engren) – Ševc, Mäenpää, Oystrick, Němec, Gragnani, O'Byrne, Nakládal – Ullström, Novotný, Azevedo – Sekáč, Vrána, Thörnberg – Zackrisson, Kapanen, Řepík – Ridderwall, Cingel, Matai – Birner.
    HC Donbass Donetsk: Laco, 24. Leighton – Kolář, Piganovich, Wilson, Podhradský, Bartulis, Razin, Silnicky – Laine, Virtanen, Kiiskinen – Dadonov, Fedotěnko, Yakutsenya – Kagarlitsky, Varlamov, Kašpar – Toryanik, Bělukhin, Zakharov.
    Referees: Anisimov, Gofman – Birin, Medvedev