JUG 3:4 PET | HC Yugra - SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)

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HC Yugra – SKA St. Petersburg

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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

	59:30	Yugra have now pulled their netminder for the extra attacker! It's now or never for the hosts!
	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!
	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!
	49:12	But already SKA have picked up yet another needless penalty! Andrey Kuteikin is now the guilty party, this time for interference
	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!
	38:58	Rajala! Toni Rajala is dished again completely open to the right of the slot, but Evgeniy Ivannikov shuts the door with an excellent save near post! And Yugra are indeed back at full strength
	38:32	Ilya Kovalchuk goes upstairs on the goaltender, but he smashes it against the bar! And after video review the referees confirm that it didn't cross the line, we play on at 2:4!
	38:32	SKA are moving the puck excellently around the zone, but they aren't finding too many shooting opportunities! And all of a sudden a penalty shot has been awarded to the visitors after a goalmouth scramble, the home fans are very angry about that!
	36:35	Yugra have burst their own bubble here though, for interference while attacking Denis Sokolov has been sent to the penalty box
	33:16	Bulyanskiy! Artyom Bulyanskiy breaks through on to the slot from the right flank, he's denied excellently by Evgeniy Ivannikov but the referees have spotted an offence in that play! Defenceman Alexey Semenov has been handed a two minute minor for
	31:55	Goal for Yugra! Is this the start of a comeback to remember? The SKA defence simply goes missing as on a three on one TONI RAJALA is fed at the right hand post, and he smashes it into the roof of the net! Powerplay goal and it's 2:4! Assists- Ben Maxwell and Lukas Kaspar
	31:19	Yugra are feeling a lot better about themselves now and they've got a powerplay chance to extend their momentum, SKA's Dmitriy Yudin has been punished for holding
	24:40	Goal for Yugra! Out of nothing the hosts are now on the board! It's a two on one down the right flank, IVAN YATSENKO takes the shot on himself and he expertly finds the top far corner! It's 1:4! Assists- Sergey Lesnukhin
	22:55	Cervenka! A terrible defensive error lets in Roman Cervenka one on one shorthanded, but the SKA forward takes too long and his backhander is caught well by Stepan Goryachevskikh!
	21:05	It can surely only get better for Yugra after that disastrous first period and they've earned a very quick powerplay for themselves, SKA defenceman Andrey Kuteikin has been penalised for slashing
	20:23	Here we go in the second stanza! And interestingly SKA have made a goalkeeping change, with Evgeniy Ivannikov taking the place of Alexander Salak!
	18:51	Panarin! It's incredible just how many one on one opportunities SKA have had in this period alone! Artemiy Panarin shows a remarkable turn of pace, but the goalkeeper shuts the five hole in time!
	17:53	It wasn't a full strength game for long though as the hosts have now been spotted for having too many men on the ice, and Nikita Filatov will sit this one out for his team
	17:25	Artyom Bulyanskiy battling away for the puck by the right hand post almost squeezes it past the goalkeeper, but Alexander Salak spinning on his back just about manages to keep it out! That was Yugra's best move so far!
	15:51	Belov! Neat and patient combination play feeds Anton Belov to the right of the slot, but he slams his effort straight into the netminder from a fantastic position!
	15:37	Ilya Kovalchuk, who's already on a hat trick drifts to the middle from the left wing, wrists with serious pace but Stepan Goryachevskikh makes a beautiful glove save to deny him!
	14:51	The penalties keep on coming! Now it's Lukas Kaspar of Yugra who has been handed a two minute minor, this time for hooking
	13:08	The numbers have been evened up here though, as SKA's Vadim Shipachyov has been found guilty of tripping against his opponent
	12:21	For holding Sergey Lesnukhin of Yugra has now been called into the penalty box! The hosts are simply committing suicide here, they desperately need the first intermission!
	12:02	Goal for SKA! SKA are completely running away with this, this is so easy it's like a training session! Off a faceoff draw on the right the puck rolls to ILYA KOVALCHUK, and he lashes it with power into the far corner! It's 0:4! Assists- Jimmie Ericsson
	08:43	It is just so easy for SKA at the moment, I'm sure even they didn't expect such a superb start! And Yugra defenceman Andrey Sergeev has now been sent to the penalty box for slashing, it isn't getting any better for the hosts!
	07:40	Yugra have now taken a seriously well needed time out, and forlorn goaltender Evgeniy Biryukov has now been pulled in favour of Stepan Goryachevskikh!
	07:40	Goal for SKA! Wow, what is going on here! Yugra just haven't got started! It's shockingly another one on one for SKA, Tony Martensson is denied by the goalkeeper's left pad but PATRICK THORESEN sweeps home the rebound! It's 0:3! Assists- Tony Martensson
	06:54	Goal for SKA! ARTEMIY PANARIN skates in, goes up close with Evgeniy Biryukov and clinically finds the five hole! It's 0:2!
	06:54	Artemiy Panarin is now let through one on one, but he's slashed against and the referees have indicated a penalty shot! Yugra are struggling defensively!
	06:11	Tikhonov! A terrible mistakes from a Yugra defenceman lets in Viktor Tikhonov directly on the doorstep, but he contrives to hack it over the bar! That was a real chance to already make it two!
	03:04	Goal for SKA! With the first major chance of the game SKA make the breakthrough! And guess who, yes it's ILYA KOVALCHUK! He skates clean through one on one and finds the net! It's 0:1! Assists- Dmitriy Yudin

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

1st period
	03:04
	06:54
	07:40
	08:43
	12:02
	12:21
	13:08
	14:51
	17:53
1st intermission
2nd period
	21:05
	24:40
	31:19
	31:55
	33:16
	36:35
2nd intermission
3rd period
	44:30
	45:28
	46:10
	47:06
	49:12
	54:24
Final