KHL
Neftekhimik – SKA St. Petersburg 1:5 (end)
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HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
1:5 (1:2, 0:0, 0:3)
SKA St. Petersburg
Friday 19.09.2014, 17:00 • Nizhnekamsk Arena • KHL
     
    53:13
    Goal for SKA!
    Neftekhimik have well and truly given up here! From behind the net on the right the puck is pushed across the face of goal, and ROMAN CERVENKA with his body bundles it over the line! It's 1:5! Assists- Dmitriy Kalinin and Ilya Kovalchuk
     
    50:24
    Goal for SKA!
    SKA are flying now, and it's that man again! Patient build up play sees the puck flashed across to the right faceoff circle where ILYA KOVALCHUK thumps it hard into the net! Powerplay goal and it's 1:4! Assists- Artemiy Panarin and Vadim Shipachyov
     
    48:51
    Goal for SKA!
    That could be a crucial goal for SKA! The Neftekhimik defence goes missing as Patrick Thoresen is all alone down the left flank, and he dishes it to the far post where VADIM SHIPACHYOV lashes it in! It's 1:3! Assists- Patrick Thoresen
     
    12:48
    Goal for SKA!
    They've been on the back foot nearly the whole period so far but all of a sudden they're ahead! Artemiy Panarin picking up the puck at the left of the slot slides it across to the far post, and EVGENIY DADONOV is there to tap home! It's 1:2! Assists- Vadim Shipachyov and Artemiy Panarin
     
    09:47
    Goal for SKA!
    Out of nothing the visitors are back on terms! ALEXEY PONIKAROVSKY skates with serious pace down the left flank, he has his first wrister saved but on his own rebound he stuffs it into the net! It's 1:1! Assists- Dinar Khafizullin and Ilya Kovalchuk
     
    00:38
    Goal for Neftekhimik!
    With the first shot of the game Neftekhimik take a very early lead! ALEXANDER RYAZANTSEV opts to absolutely blast the puck in through traffic, and it flies past the goalkeeper and in! It's 1:0! Assists- Dan Sexton and Egor Milovzorov
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 1. Ryazantsev (Sexton, Milovzorov) – 10. Ponikarovsky (Khafizullin, Kovalchuk), 13. Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin), 49. Shipachyov (Thoresen), 51. Kovalchuk (Panarin, Shipachyov), 54. Cervenka (Kalinin, Kovalchuk)

    HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk: Kolppanen (Sudnitsin)- Eronen, Ryazantsev, Sexton, Stapleton, Milovzorov- Berezin, Kosmachyov, Stepanov, Hennessy, Khokhryakov- Evseenkov, Bilalov, Zhukov, Rybin, Klimenko- Bryntsev, Trunyov, Polygalov, Tverdohlebov
    SKA St. Petersburg: Ivannikov (Bogdanov)- Kalinin, Khafizullin, Kovalchuk, Tikhonov, Ponikarovskiy- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Ermakov, Yudin, Burdasov, Kucheryavenko, Makarov
    Referees: Roman Gofman, Konstantin Olenin, Dmitriy Sivov, Ivan Sazonov
    Attendance: 5500