KHL
Lev – Lokomotiv 2:1 (end)
final
Lev Praha
2:1 (1:0, 1:0, 0:1)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Friday 04.04.2014, 19:00 • O2 Arena, Prague • KHL
     
    A nerve-wracking finish from a Lev perspective, but Lokomotiv was really fired up for that third period and threw everything they had. They finally got a goal on a two-man advantage but couldn't get another, as Lev holds on for the 2-1 win to take a 2-0 series lead.

    The series now shifts to Yaroslavl for games 3 and 4 on Sunday and Tuesday, and we'll have them for you, and don't forget the Eastern Final between Magnitogorsk and Ufa on the days in between. (21:28:12)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:45
    Holos shoots, blocked by Thornberg.
     
    59:12
    Staffan Kronwall walks in and shoots, hits Vehanen in the chest.
     
    59:05
    Another slapper from Platt, this one hits Vehanen in the chest, then Lev ice it. Big faceoff back in the Lev zone, Vrana vs Apalkov.
     
    58:50
    Platt the long shot from the point through a crowd, tipped just wide. I don't think Vehanen saw a thing.
     
    58:24
    Battle for the puck along the boards in the Lev zone, Novotny gets it out.
     
    57:45
    Kapanen dumps it in the Loko zone, Lev try to keep it down there.
     
    57:15
    Loko into the zone, Galimov fires a wrister wide.
     
    56:57
    No goal. The faceoff is coming outside the zone, as there were a bunch of Lokomotiv players in the crease.
     
    56:57
    We're now going to video replay. There was a mass of bodies down there in the crease so it was hard to see, but the puck would have had to go in the net before Vehanen's helmet came off, as that would stop play.
     
    56:57
    We get a big scramble in the Lev crease, Vehanen is knocked down and his helmet comes off, forcing a whistle. I think it was still loose.
     
    55:35
    Icing Lev.
     
    55:10
    Wrister from Konkov from the slot is just wide, but it bounces off the end boards and back in front, a couple of players whack at it with Vehanen down but it stays out and the zone is cleared.
     
    54:07
    Shot from the point by Martin Sevc, right on Sanford, who holds on.
     
    53:55
    Now Oystrick knocks down Plotnikov in the corner.
     
    53:25
    Lokomotiv clearing attempt went off the glass and out of play, faceoff inside.
     
    52:15
    Big hit by Novotny on Chernikov into the boards in front of the Lev bench.
     
    51:35
    Now Chernikov fires it in from the neutral zone right on Vehanen, who holds on.
     
    51:08
    Plotnikov the long wrister, pad save Vehanen.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 12. Oystrick (Vrana, Maenpaa), 39. Zackrisson (Sakac) – 50. Averin (Plotnikov, Konkov)

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