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
     
    59:01
    Evgeniy Ivannikov has to make a few fantastic saves squeezed up close against his right hand post! It's all a bit rushed from Neftekhimik and they can't get set up in the attacking zone!
     
    57:33
    Viktor Tikhonov of SKA has now also been penalised for tripping, and it's a promising five on three for Neftekhimik to build on!
     
    56:24
    Young SKA defenceman Dmitriy Yudin has received a late two minute minor here, as for unsportsmanlike behaviour he has been punished
     
    55:33
    Cervenka! Roman Cervenka is picked out directly on the left faceoff circle, the near corner of the net seems to be empty, he lets rip hard but Ville Koppinen with an amazing diving save to deny him! That's simply a stunning save, wow!
     
    53:48
    SKA have their opponents exactly where they want them now, it's become all rather easy! And the deflated hosts are already mentally in the dressing room as Joshua Hennessy has been called into the penalty box for roughing!
     
    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
     
    50:00
    And the home team isn't helping itself here, as forward Tim Stapleton has now been sent to the penalty box for slashing
     
    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
     
    37:25
    Dadonov! He is having some chances today! Brilliant patient build up play by the left hand post tees up Evgeniy Dadonov on the doorstep, but he can only smack Ville Koppinen's left pad!
     
    36:09
    Neftekhimik are ever more playing on the counterattack and they've picked up an unwanted penalty here, Maxim Berezin has been penalised for hitting with his stick
     
    26:13
    Ville Koppinen makes a fantastic glove save on a lightning quick SKA breakaway! But just seconds before that the hosts had a shorthanded two on one chance down the right flank, but it was wasted horribly! It's end to end stuff here!
     
    25:29
    Neftekhimik are going on the penalty kill for the first time here, as for slashing Alexander Bryntsev has been handed a two minute minor
     
    22:13
    Dadonov! What a perfect chance to doubles SKA's money! Fed almost on the goal line by the right hand post Evgeniy Dadonov is denied spectacularly by Ville Koppinen's glove! What a save that is!
     
    19:15
    The hosts have lost their way somewhat but they've got a powerplay opportunity to get something going here, SKA's Andrey Kuteikin has been penalised for slashing
     
    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
     
    11:23
    Sexton! What a fantastic chance to put Neftekhimik ahead again almost immediately! Dan Sexton breaks through the entire SKA defence, but one on one with the backhand he's brilliantly denied by Evgeniy Ivannikov!
     
    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
     
    07:41
    We have had a brief break up in pictures from Nizhnekamsk, but finally they have now come back!
     
    00:48
    And SKA now pick up a penalty, what a terrible start it's been from the hosts! Defenceman Andrey Kuteikin has been handed a two minute minor for interference!
     
    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