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
     
    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.
     
    58:20
    Jan Laco now on the bench for a 6th attacker. Remember, Donbass have already used their timeout.
     
    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.
     
    50:20
    Shot deflected by Podhradsky in front, right off the pad of Vehanen in the butterfly.
     
    49:12
    Timeout Donbass. They obviously see this as their best chance to tie this game and want to get it right.
     
    49:12
    The puck is cleared out of play by Ryan O'Byrne from the Lev zone and he gets a delay-of-game penalty, so Donbass with a golden opportunity to tie this game.
     
    45:34
    Donbass pressing hard for the equaliser, big crowd around the net, Wirtanen shoots through a crowd and I don't think Vehanen saw it til the last minute -- juggles it but keeps it out.
     
    38:10
    Matai to Kubalik for the one-timer, denied by Laco from point blank. Good work form Lev's 4th line.
     
    35:33
    Great chance for Lev on the power play. The shot from the point was deflected, Azevedo got a shot from in close, then got his own rebound but couldn't force it over the line with Laco down.
     
    33:38
    Now we get a goaltender interference call ag the other end, as Yevgeny Belukhin backs into Vehanen and he goes down. May be an even-up call, but in any event we'll play 4-on-4 for 1:22.
     
    33:00
    Petr Vrana bumps Laco, both players go down and Vrana is getting the gate for goaltender interference. Vrana protests that he was railroaded in there by Razin, but he's not going to win this argument. Donbass to the power play.
     
    30:31
    And a nice tic-tac-toe play by Donbass, finishing with a one-timer and a save by Vehanen. Donbass now on the power play for another :50.
     
    29:45
    2-on-1 Lev, Sekac misses with the slapper.
     
    29:21
    Lev now off the power play as Michal Birner knocks down a Donbass defender in front of the net and is called for interfernce. We'll play 4-on-4 for :50.
     
    28:11
    And we've got a DOnbass penalty on the play, cross-checking against Yuri Silnitsky.
     
    26:02
    Martin Sevc with a shot to the head of Podhradsky as he tried to get past him along the boards and he's called for roughing. Donbass to the power play.
     
    22:32
    Goal for Donbass!
    There was a collision at the Lev blueline between Varlamov and Nakladal and Nakladal went down. While he was still lying on the ice, DMITRI KAGARLITSKY skated past him with the puck and fired a wrister high blocer side on Vehanen to get Donbass on the board.
    Assist: Andrei Konev.
     
    19:16
    Collision in the corner between Peter Podhradsky and Martin Thornberg, Podradsky gets either an elbow or stick up on Thornberg and he's going to the box for two minutes or less. Lev to the power play late in the first.
     
    12:36
    Jan Laco has taken over for Michal Leighton in the Donbass net, after he surrenders 2 goals on 8 shots.
     
    12:36
    Goal for Lev!
    PATRIK ZACKRISSON the shot from the boards, Jiri Novotny is being tied up in front by Wilson and it originally looked like Novotny got his stick on the shot but it turns out it was Wilson's stick that deflected the puck past Leighton for the second Lev goal.
    Assist: Justin Azevedo.
     
    05:45
    Another great chance for Donbass, and Vehanen makes a huge save off a one-timer from Kaspar.
     
    04:38
    Donbass nearly tie it up quickly. Fedotenko took the puck hard to the net, Vehanen went down but the puck slid just wide of the post.
     
    04:13
    Goal for Lev!
    They've had good pressure on since killing off the penalty, and MICHAL REPIK picked up the puck down low, circled back to the high slot and fired a wrister that beat Leighton far side.
    Assist: Michal Birner
     
    01:25
    A collision in the Donbass zone and Martin Thornberg is being penalised for tripping. He's furious with the call, making the diving sign and still protesting in the box. Donbass to the early power play.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

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    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