JHC Spartak – Krasznaja Armija 1:3 (end)
final
JHC Spartak Moscow
1:3 (0:0, 1:2, 0:1)
Krasznaja Armija
Tuesday 22.04.2014, 16:00 • Sokolniki Arena • MHL
     
    There's the final buzzer, and in an enthralling encounter Krasnaya Armiya have beaten Spartak 3-1 to go up in the series 2-1! Ilya Pavlyukov opened up the scoring in the second period for Spartak before the hosts were hit by two quickfire goals from Alexander Timirev and Artem Blazhievskiy. In the third period Spartak had their chances, but Pavel Podluboshnov sealed the deal for Krasnaya Armiya with an empty netter. Thanks for following the game with us, and join us again tomorrow for the fourth game of this MHL playoff final series! (18:06:48)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:46
    Prokhorov! Neat combination play finishes with Prokhorov one timing it from the top of the crease but it's right into Shesterkin's body! And we're now into the final few seconds of the game
     
    59:01
    It really is all going wrong for the hosts who are losing their heads, Alexey Tkachuk for checking to the head has been sent to the penalty box and this time it is a Krasnaya Armiya powerplay
     
    58:47
    Spartak's tempers are flaring now and Evgeniy Krutikov has been handed a ten minute disciplinary penalty but his team will still have five players on the ice
     
    58:47
    Goal for Krasnaya Armiya! That should do it! PAVEL PODLUBOSHNOV plays a nice one two with Artem Prokhorov in the Spartak zone and he with ease hits the empty net, it's 3-1! Assists- Artem Prokhorov
     
    58:28
    Samoilov covers his left hand post well to freeze and bodies start to pile on top of him
     
    58:03
    Krasnaya Armiya grab a hold of the puck center ice but miss the gaping empty net!
     
    57:50
    Spartak have taken a timeout with only just over two minutes remaining, and Shesterkin surprisingly has already been pulled for the extra skater!
     
    57:13
    And Krasnaya Armiya are now back at full strength
     
    57:12
    Demidov! How didn't he score! Lurking on the right of the crease Nikolay Demidov somehow fires high over the bar with Samoilov not having a clue where the puck was!
     
    56:20
    Krutikov! Batting the puck out of the air on the right he just misses the far post! And then Samoilov is bailed out by his defenders who shuffle away the loose puck on the slot!
     
    55:23
    Samoilov has to lay flat out on the puck to prevent it from crossing the line! He will becoming under serious pressure now
     
    55:13
    Spartak are starting to play with more urgency and Dmitriy Ogurtsov is once again on his way to the penalty box for hooking
     
    53:57
    Artem Prokhorov skates into the zone cutting to the left flank, wrists early but it's right down Shesterkin's throat
     
    52:28
    Samoilov! What a save from the Krasnaya Armiya netminder! Wonderful combination play is finished off by Peshekhonov from point blank range but Samoilov somehow gets his body in the way!
     
    52:01
    Peshekhonov is now back on the ice and his team have just under eight minutes left to draw level
     
    51:06
    Maxim Mamin jinks his way around his defender at the top of the crease, but he loses control of the puck and it rolls into Shesterkin's awaiting glove
     
    50:10
    Just like in the second period it's a two on one shorthanded breakaway for Spartak but Igor Boldin makes terrible contact on the puck when looking for his teammate!
     
    50:01
    Vladimir Peshekhnov for putting his stick right into his opponents' face has been called and now it is Krasnaya Armiya's turn to have a man's advantage
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 23. Pavlyukov (Yudov, Ermakov) – 25. Timirev (Vorobyov), 31. Blazhievskiy (Sharov, Timirev), 59. Podluboshnov (Prokhorov)

    JHC Spartak Moscow: Shesterkin (Kondrashov)- Ablaev, Solovyov, Vorobyov, Khatsey, Krutikov- Alexeev, I Nekolenko, Batrak, Peshekhonov, Kucherkov- Demidov, Ermakov, A Nekolenko, Pavlyukov, Yudov- Provolnev, Klechkin, Tkachuk, Boldin, Ipatov
    Krasznaja Armija: Samoilov (Shupinskiy)- Voronkov, Ogurtsov, Podluboshnov, Silaev, Prokhorov- Makkaev, Blazhievskiy, Mamin, Sharov, Timirev- Ogienko, Vorobyov, Svetlakov, Kramskoy, Kovalevskiy- Kucherov, Kashtanov, Krasheninnikov, Kuzmenko
    Referees: Romasko, Ovchinnikov, Nikolaev, Matyukhov