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HC Yugra
3:4 (0:4, 2:0, 1:0)
SKA St. Petersburg
Wednesday 17.09.2014, 15:30 • Arena Yugra • KHL
     
    The final buzzer has now sounded, and in a very dramatic encounter SKA Saint Petersburg have won their sixth game in a row by beating HC Yugra 4:3! The hosts came within one goal of a famous comeback, but SKA held firm in the end. An Ilya Kovalchuk double coupled with markers from Artemiy Panarin and Patrick Thoresen put SKA to the good in the opening period of play, but Ivan Yatsenko, Toni Rajala and Vitaliy Stinikov goals for Yugra made the visitors sweat. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more engrossing KHL action! (18:02:19)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:54
    Yugra move offside and with just a few seconds left SKA are heading for a very nervy 4:3 triumph!
     
    59:30
    Yugra have now pulled their netminder for the extra attacker! It's now or never for the hosts!
     
    57:45
    Nikita Filatov neatly sets up Denis Sokolov to the left of the crease, he wrists danegrously but the goalkeeper just gets something on it to turn it around the far post!
     
    56:25
    Sitnikov! Wow, what a chance to potentially take this game into overtime! Sprinting out of the penalty box Vitaliy Sitinikov finds himself one on one, but he's denied by a massive Evgeniy Ivannikov save! What a save that is from the young netminder!
     
    56:20
    Shipachyov! Falling to his feet Vadim Shipachyov wrists wide of the left hand post from the doorstep! That was a very presentable opportunity!
     
    55:16
    Alexandrov! All on his own Yury Alexandrov slaps with all his might on the left faceoff circle, but it's directly down Stepan Goryachevskikh's throat who holds on!
     
    54:24
    The visitors have earned themselves what could be a vital powerplay here as time is starting to run down! Yugra's Vitaliy Sitnikov has been handed a two minute minor for slashing against Evgeniy Dadonov!
     
    53:18
    Artyom Bulyanskiy with a wonderful skates beats his opponents all ends up twisting to the right, but he has no support in sight and the chance fizzles out!
     
    51:43
    Nikita Filatov has a bit of space drifting to the left from the middle, but his effort lacks pace and Evgeniy Ivannikov fends it off with his body
     
    51:12
    SKA looked solid on that penalty kill and they're back at full strength. They can't keep taking silly penalties though!
     
    50:23
    Sergeev! Andrey Sergeev looks to cause mayhem on the crease, and after a moment's panic the SKA defence hack it clear!
     
    49:12
    But already SKA have picked up yet another needless penalty! Andrey Kuteikin is now the guilty party, this time for interference
     
    49:06
    It's a five on five hockey game again and Yugra won't be wanting to give away any more penalties!
     
    48:23
    Kovalchuk! Ilya Kovalchuk lets rip with a huge slapshot on the left faceoff circle, but Stepan Goryachevskikh pushes it away despite being under heavy pressure!
     
    47:06
    SKA are desperately on the ropes but they've been helped out by Ben Maxwell of Yugra here, as he has been sent to the penalty box for slashing
     
    46:10
    Goal for Yugra!
    There's the punishment from the hosts! SKA are in serious danger of throwing this away! Evgeniy Ivannikov just stretches to a slapper from the point, but at the left of the slot VITALIY SITNIKOV slots it in! Powerplay goal and it's 3:4! Assists- Alexey Pepelyaev and Andrey Sergeev
     
    45:28
    And that's quickly become a five on three for Yugra, SKA are running into penalty trouble at the worst possible time! For slashing Roman Cervenka has now been penalised
     
    44:30
    SKA have made their life a bit harder here, as Dmitriy Yudin has virtually out of nothing been handed a 2+10 penalty for holding!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 25. Yatsenko (Lesnukhin), 32. Rajala (Maxwell, Kaspar), 47. Sitnikov (Pepelyaev, Sergeev) – 4. Kovalchuk (Yudin), 7. Panarin (p.s.), 8. Thoresen (Martensson), 13. Kovalchuk (Ericsson)

    HC Yugra: Biryukov (Goryachevskikh)- Sergeev, Pepelyaev, Sitnikov, Magogin, Bulyanskiy- Larsen, Putilov, Kaspar, Maxwell, Rajala- Sokolov, Zheldakov, Filatov, Bortnikov, Gorbunov- Nikolaev, Knyazev, Yatsenko, Lesnukhin
    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Ivannikov)- Kalinin, Yudin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Tikhonov- Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Semenov, Ermakov, Ponikarovsky, Kablukov, Ketov
    Referees: Vladislav Kiselyov, Denis Bondar, Dmitriy Golyak, Ivan Dedyulya
    Attendance: 2800