SKA St. Petersburg – Admiral 4:3 (end)
final
SKA St. Petersburg
4:3 (0:1, 2:2, 2:0)
Admiral Vladivostok
Tuesday 23.09.2014, 17:30 • Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    The final buzzer has now sounded, and in a simply pulsating encounter SKA Saint Petersburg have dramatically seen off Admiral Vladivostok on home ice 4:3! That's SKA's eighth win in a row at the start of the season equalling the existing record, and they did it the hardest way possible! Konstantin Sokolov, Richard Gynge and Niclas Bergfors put the visitors three to the good, before Artemiy Panarin, Viktor Tikhonov, Patrick Thoresen and Yury Alexandrov gave SKA a hard earned win. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more exciting KHL action! (20:20:01)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:51
    We're now into the final seconds with SKA heading for an incredible eight victory in a row! It's been an absolute thriller today!
     
    59:21
    SKA are defending for their lives here, this is brilliant stuff from the hosts! Admiral can't even swap their goalkeeper for the extra skater as the hosts keep it down the other side of the rink! And the hosts are very relieved to be back at full strength!
     
    57:43
    Evgeniy Ivannikov does well to keep the puck out as it was blasted it from the point! It will be seriously hard for SKA to hang on here!
     
    57:08
    And that has very quickly turned into a five on three for Admiral, what a terrible time for SKA to collect such penalties! Dmitriy Kalinin is the guilty party for high sticking
     
    56:42
    Despite not being able to get anything going at all Admiral have got a very timely powerplay here, as SKA's Anton Belov has been called for tripping!
     
    54:39
    Dinar Khafizullin steaming in to the left of the crease tucks the puck away past the goaltender! But no, the SKA defenceman has been adjudged to have kicked it in and we play on at 4:3!
     
    53:55
    Anton Belov pinned up against the right hand boards lashes the puck in on net, and Ivan Nalimov is pleased to see that fly wide blocker side! That was hit with some power!
     
    52:49
    Roman Cervenka hanging behind the net dishes the onrushing Tony Martensson on the doorstep, but he can't stuff it under the goaltender as he was skating in with some speed!
     
    51:23
    Bergfors! The visitors could have burst SKA's bubble there! Richard Gynge behind the net feeds the open Niclas Bergfors directly by the right hand post, but Evgeniy Ivannikov does really well to get something on it!
     
    49:31
    Maxim Chudinov being pressed up against the boards finds room to skate around the net to the left, but visiting defencemen crowd him out. SKA keep on upping the pace!
     
    46:21
    Just after scoring that fourth marker it's a two on one as Evgeniy Dadonov sprints down the right wing, opts to shoot himself but Ivan Nalimov gets something on it! Admiral are rocking, they just can't keep up with their opponents' speed at all!
     
    45:33
    Goal for SKA!
    Wow! What a stunning comeback this is turning out to be from the hosts! All of a sudden they're leading! YURY ALEXANDROV takes aim from the point, and it crawls through everyone and into the net! It's 4:3! Assists- Alexey Ponikarovskiy and Ilya Kablukov
     
    45:01
    Tikhonov! Viktor Tikhonov escapes the entire Admiral defence, but going with the backhand one on one he can't find the target! SKA are overflowing with adrenaline now!
     
    44:36
    Goal for SKA!
    What brilliant character SKA are showing, and from three down they're back on level terms! Ivan Nalimov can't hold on to the puck as it's thrown in from the right faceoff circle, and PATRICK THORESEN is on hand to tap home from point blank range! It's 3:3! Assists- Anton Belov and Roman Cervenka
     
    44:27
    Belov! Making an opening for himself Anton Belov sneaks in down the left wing, looks for the right hand corner but his dangerous effort gets deflected up and out of play!
     
    43:23
    SKA have been gifted a fantastic powerplay opportunity to bring themselves, as for hooking Ilya Zubov of Admiral has been handed a two minute minor!
     
    43:15
    The puck is dumped into the slot high by Viktor Tikhonov, but no one is there and it's comfortable for the goalkeeper to collect
     
    41:11
    Panarin! Skating devilishly all the way around the net to the left of the crease Artemiy Panarin looks to catch out the netminder, but Ivan Nalimov is alert!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 36. Panarin (Dadonov), 37. Tikhonov (Kuteikin, Kovalchuk), 45. Thoresen (Belov, Cervenka), 46. Alexandrov (Ponikarovskiy, Kablukov) – 18. Sokolov (Bergfors), 25. Gynge, 35. Bergfors (Gynge)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Ivannikov (Salak)- Kalinin, Khafizullin, Kovalchuk, Kucheryavenko, Tikhonov- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Yudin, Ermakov, Ponikarovskiy, Kablukov, Ketov
    Admiral Vladivostok: Nalimov (Ahonen)- Davydov, Kolar, Ugarov, Zubov, Lisin- Pyett, Osipov, Gynge, Goroshanskiy, Bergfors- Zemenok, Kuzmin, Makarov, Sigaryov, Sokolov- Kozhokin, Vladislav Ushenin, Vyacheslav Ushenin, Gorshkov
    Referees: Sergey Belyaev, Mikhail Buturlin, Dmitriy Sivov, Sergey Shelyanin
    Attendance: 11718