Lev – Lokomotiv 3:0 (end)
final
Lev Praha
3:0 (2:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Wednesday 02.04.2014, 19:00 • O2 Arena, Prague • KHL
     
    Lev did exactly that, moving the puck around the Lokomotiv zone for the last 1:53, not even really attempting a shot on goal, and this game is over. Petri Vehanen gets the shutout -- 2 straight shutouts for Lev dating back to game 6 vs Donbass -- and they take a 1-0 series lead in this Western Conference Final. (21:19:24)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    58:07
    Geoff Platt is now getting a minor penalty and a 10-minute misconduct for checking to the head on Kapanen, so he's done for the night. He's incensed with the call, indicating that he hit him in the chest. Nonentheless, Lev with a chance to kill off the rest of this game.
     
    58:02
    Goal for Lev!
    A terrible Lokomotiv pass in their own zone and NIKO KAPANEN jumps on the loose puck, Sanford stops his first shot but he gets his own rebound and puts it through his legs and in. That should put this game away too.
    Unassisted.
     
    57:43
    Now a Lev rush, slapper from Birner is kicked out by Sanford.
     
    57:00
    Lev back at full strength and Loko regroup with the puck.
     
    56:39
    And finally a one-timer from Holos, right on Vehanen, and he holds on this time with :13 left in the penalty. Lots of shots for Loko this time but not beating Vehanen.
     
    55:50
    Slapper from Platt, pad save Vehanen and Lev ice again.
     
    55:23
    Gorokhov with another blast from the point, this one hits Vehanen in the chest and then Lev ice it.
     
    54:56
    Facoff win for Kartayev and a quick shot from Gorokhov, right on Vehanen with only 4 seconds gone in the penalty.
     
    54:52
    Timeout Lokomotiv. Both teams have now used their timeouts at the starts of power plays. If they can cash in here, Lokomotiv can make things interesting.
     
    54:52
    Geoff Platt with a step on Martin Sevc, tries to get into shooting position but Sevc puts a hook on him and his now going off for the third time tonight. Lokomotiv is 0/4 on the power play tonight.
     
    54:35
    Lokomotiv back at full strength, Lev regroup in their own end.
     
    54:07
    Shot from the point by Gragnani, right on Sanford, who holds on with :23 left in the penalty.
     
    52:55
    Lev move the puck around, shot from Oystrick deflected wide.
     
    52:30
    Timeout Lev. They want to put this game away on the power play.
     
    52:30
    Shot from Musatov is stopped by Vehanen, then Musatov knocks down a player in front of the net is called for cross-checking. Lev back to the power play, 1/2 today.
     
    51:30
    Lokomotiv is now back at full strength.
     
    50:40
    Shot from Oystrick, Sanford gets a piece of it, scramble in front and it's put wide with Sanford down.
     
    49:16
    Puck out of play in the Loko zone, faceoff outside with 2:11 left in the major penalty.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 15. Nemec (Kapanen, Novotny), 15. Klepis (Sevc), 59. Kapanen

    Lev Praha: Vehanen (Engren) – Ševc, Mäenpää, Oystrick, Němec, Gragnani, O'Byrne, Nakládal – Zackrisson, Novotný (C), Azevedo – Sekáč, Vrána, Řepík – Birner, Kapanen, Řepík – Ridderwall, Cingel, Klepiš – Matai
    Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Kolesnik) – Yakovlev, Kronwall, Vishnevsky, Holøs, Vasiliev, Lyubushkin, Pashnin, Gorokhov (C) – Averin, Apalkov, Plotnikov – Platt, Petrov, Chernikov – Konkov, Kartayev, Galimov – Musatov, Sprukts, Redlihs
    Referees: Bulanov, Zakharov – Mikhel, Shikhanov