KHL
Lokomotiv – Lev 3:2 (after OT)
final/OT
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
3:2 (0:0, 1:2, 1:0 - 1:0)
Lev Praha
Tuesday 08.04.2014, 17:00 • KHL
     
    So, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl have managed to fight off one match point. They still have an uphill climb ahead of them, but it's a start. Petri Vehanen was once again brilliant for Lev but Lokomotiv seemed a determined bunch today. Twice tying it and finally winning it in the last minute of the first overtime.

    Lev now lead this Western Conference final 3-1. Game 5 will be played Thursday night in Prague at 19:00 CEST. See you then. (20:10:31)
     
    Game over.
     
    79:45
    Goal for Lokomotiv!
    From that last faceoff they had saveral chances. First Kronwall tried to stuff it in the short side, then he circled the net and tried again but was stopped, Vehanen made yet another stop of Kartayev but he was down and out and SERGEI PLOTNIKOV was there to put the puck into the empty net for the game winner.
    Assists: Vladislav Kartayev, Staffan Kronwall.
     
    79:32
    Yuri Petrov leads a Lokomotiv rush with a head of steam, cuts in front but can't beat Vehanen between the legs, then there's a poke at the goalie and we've got some pushing and shoving, but nothing will come of it.
     
    79:08
    Lev rush now, Michal Repik the wrister from the high slot, right on Sanford, who holds on.
     
    78:27
    Now a long wrister from Plotnikov and a glove save by Vehanen, and he hangs on.
     
    77:47
    Now Konkov with the backhand pass in front to Galimov and he couldn't handle the pass, otherwise he was alone in front too.
     
    76:51
    Turnover behind the Lev net, Geoff Platt feeds Mikelis Redlihs in front all alone, but Petri Vehanen makes an enormous right pad save to save this game. It looked like it was finished there but the Finnish goalie saved the day.
     
    76:14
    Dangerous-looking Lev rush into the zone, Vrana drops for Sekac for the high wrister, and another big glove save for Curtis Sanford.
     
    75:10
    Off the draw, Sevc shoots from the point, but it's blocked and hits Sanford in the pads, then the zone is cleared.
     
    75:05
    Azevedo to Ridderwall for the quick shot, deflected out of play. Faceoff in the Lokomotiv zone.
     
    74:59
    Another wrister from Ridderwall, again caught and held by Sanford.
     
    74:02
    A faceoff win for Zackrisson and Nathan Oystrick with the quick shot off the draw but Curtis Sanford makes a nice glove save and holds it again.
     
    73:57
    Birner with a shoot-in from the neutral zone right on Sanford, who covers it again.
     
    73:15
    Vrana wins the draw, Repik with a shot through traffic, deflects wide.
     
    73:09
    Low wrister from Kapanen, scooped up by Sanford and held.
     
    72:08
    Lokomotiv rush through the neutral zone but a pass attempt is deflected out of play, faceoff in the Lev zone.
     
    70:49
    Now the puck slides to Sanford and he covers it.
     
    70:27
    Kapanen with a wrister on a Lev rush, pad save Sanford.
     
    69:48
    Plotnikov made a nice backhand pass to Averin, then there's a scramble in the Lev crease. Nobody could get to the rebound and Lev ice it.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 35. Yakovlev, 54. Konkov (Holos, Kartayev), 80. Plotnikov (Kartayev, Kronwall) – 25. Novotny (Ridderwall), 39. Oystrick (Vrana, Thornberg)

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