KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Lokomotiv 2:3 (end) | Lev – Donbass 3:1 (end)
final
Lev Praha
3:1 (2:0, 0:1, 1:0)
HC Donbass Donetsk
Wednesday 26.03.2014, 19:00 • Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava • KHL
     
    Lev scored twice in the first period and that held up. Donbass got one back in the second period and pushed for the equaliser in the third but were unable to get it. Lev now lead this series 3-2 and can end it with an win on Friday, while Donbass will now try to force a 7th game back in Prague. (21:18:56)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:51
    Goal for Lev!
    Donbass was never able to get set up in the Lev zone with the 6th attacker and PATRIK ZACKRISSON puts this game away, shooting it into the empty net from a sharp angle. That will put this one away.
     
    59:30
    Lev clear again . ..
     
    59:15
    Donbass dump it in, Vehanen stops it behind the net.
     
    58:45
    Lev clear the zone again, Donbass regroup.
     
    58:20
    Jan Laco now on the bench for a 6th attacker. Remember, Donbass have already used their timeout.
     
    58:20
    Shot from Wilson was headed wide, Vehanen catches and holds on.
     
    57:45
    Podhradsky tries to centre the puck from the corner, knocked down and cleared.
     
    57:38
    Lev once again get the puck down to the Donbass zone and force them to come back. Long shot on Vehanen and he holds on for a faceoff in the Lev zone.
     
    56:20
    Lev now doing a good job of ragging the puck in the neutral and attacking zones.
     
    54:22
    Icing Lev.
     
    53:55
    Big slapper from Varlamov, Vehenan gets a piece of it but it slides through. Varlamov circles the net and tries to stuff it in the other side but it's Marc-Andre Gragnani who gets across to stop it.
     
    53:27
    Long wrister from Wilson, pad save Vehanen.
     
    52:53
    Lev tries to get something going in the Donbass zone, finally Laco covers the loose puck at the side of the net.
     
    51:53
    There's a wrestling match now between Fedotenko and Sevc. Not sure what was the cause of it, but there are no penalties and we have a faceoff in the Donbass zone.
     
    51:20
    And Lev manage to kill off the rest of the penalty and dump the puck deep in the Donbass zone.
     
    50:20
    Shot deflected by Podhradsky in front, right off the pad of Vehanen in the butterfly.
     
    49:40
    Lev clear the zone.
     
    49:12
    Timeout Donbass. They obviously see this as their best chance to tie this game and want to get it right.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Repik (Birner), 13. Zackrisson (Azevedo), 60. Zackrisson – 23. Kagarlitsky (Konev)

    Lev Praha: Vehanen (Engren) – Mäenpää, Ševc, Němec, Oystrick (A), O'Byrne, Gragnani, Nakládal, J. Mikúš – Zackrisson, Novotný (C), Azevedo – Sekáč, Thörnberg, Vrána – Řepík, Kapanen (A), Birner – Kubalík, Cingel, Matai.
    HC Donbass Donetsk: Leighton, 13. Laco – Kolář, Koněv, Podhradský, Wilson, Silnitsky, Razin, Petrukhno – Laine, Wirtanen, Robitaille – Dadonov (A), Fedotěnko (C) , Yakutsenya (A) – Kagarlitsky, Varlamov, Kašpar – Toryanik, Belukhin, Zakharov.
    Referees: Olenin, Rönn. Linesmen: Misjur, Raming