KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Mytishchi 5:4 (end)
final
SKA St. Petersburg
5:4 (2:1, 3:2, 0:1)
Atlant Mytishchi
Thursday 25.09.2014, 19:30 • Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    The final buzzer has now sounded, and in a seriously nervy and enthralling match SKA Saint Petersburg have got the better of Atlant Mytishchi 5:4 for a record breaking ninth win in a row! They had to really work for the three points today, and were left clinging on at the end. Artemiy Panarin with a double, Alexey Ponikarovskiy, Roman Cervenka and Tony Martensson all got on the board for SKA, whereas Artyom Chernov, Artyom Voronin, Andreas Enqgivst and Nikita Soshnikov replied for the visitors. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more thrilling KHL action! (19:59:55)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:58
    With the last few seconds now upon us SKA are heading for a thrilling 5:4 triumph on home ice!
     
    59:32
    Atte Engren has now been pulled for the extra skater as we're already into the final minute!
     
    58:03
    Tyulyapkin! Just how didn't that go in! On the right faceoff circle with the goaltender seemingly down and out Mikhail Tyulyapkin slaps in, but it looks to cannon off the near post!
     
    56:35
    Atlant get set up in SKA's zone for what seems an age, but a combination of Alexander Salak and his defenders clear it! They're trying to hold on with time starting to run down!
     
    54:45
    Artemiy Panarin falling off the left faceoff boards devilishly whips the puck into the slot, but Evgeniy Dadonov can't get a decisive touch on it! SKA want to finish the game here and now!
     
    53:24
    Anton Burdasov throws the puck across the goal line from a tight angle on the left, and the puck is seriously close to going in! Atte Engren got lucky there!
     
    52:27
    Panarin! Artemiy Panarin is open on the doorstep, but with the goaltender down he smacks the base of the left hand post! And on the rebound he still can't get the better of Atte Engren, that looked sure to go in!
     
    51:57
    Evgeniy Ryasensky delivers a massive hit against Atlant forward Konstantin Koltsov, the home fans loved that!
     
    50:40
    SKA are back at full strength again and they won't be wanting to go on the penalty kill any more times today!
     
    50:29
    Now by his right hand post Alexander Salak has to freeze a very dangerous looking puck. SKA look full of nerves at the moment!
     
    49:52
    Sergey Shmelyov hanging behind the net feeds a teammate who is completely open to the left of the slot, but the puck is whacked into Alexander Salak's body! The netminder didn't seem to know where that was!
     
    49:49
    Atlant move offside as they look to get set up deep in their opponents zone, they know that this is a real chance
     
    48:40
    The hosts keep on taking needless penalties and it's hurting them! Now Alexey Ponikarovskiy is the next to be punished, as for checking to the head he has been handed a 2+10 penalty
     
    47:33
    SKA are looking very vulnerable at the back today and they have to tighten things up if they are to keep their lead! Atlant just will not lay down at all!
     
    46:27
    Roman Cervenka skates up, but he wrists high and wide of the left hand post! We play on with the score still at 5:4!
     
    46:27
    It's a penalty shot to SKA! Roman Cervenka was slashed while speeding away one on one, and the referees has indicated a penalty shot for the hosts!
     
    44:34
    Goal for Atlant!
    As soon as I said that SKA were looking more confident they let their opponents back into the game again! NIKITA SOSHNIKOV squeezes the puck across the face of goal from a tight angle on the left, and the unfortunate Vadim Shipachyov bundles it into his own net! It's 5:4!
     
    44:09
    Martensson! Picking up the puck right off the faceoff draw Tony Martensson drags it past the doorstep, but Atte Engren on his knees still manages to get something on it! That was a real chance!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 4. Panarin (Kovalchuk, Shipachyov), 7. Ponikarovskiy (Tikhonov, Kovalchuk), 28. Cervenka (Martensson), 31. Martensson (Chudinov, Cervenka), 37. Panarin (Shipachyov, Chudinov) – 8. Chernov (Engqvist, Shemlyov), 25. Voronin (Glukhov), 35. Enqgvist (Dyblenko, Shmelyov), 45. Soshnikov

    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Ivannikov)- Semenov, Khafizullin, Kovalchuk, Tikhonov, Ponikarovskiy- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Ryasensky, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Ermakov, Yudin, Burdasov, Kucheryavenko, Makarov
    Atlant Mytishchi: Shikin (Engren)- Gilroy, Dyblenko, Shemlyov, Engqvist, Chernov- Nemec, Novopashin, Voronin, Tatarukhin, Glukhov- Tyulyapkin, Rukavishnikov, Leschenko, Yashin, Koltsov- Malevich, Boldaev, Levitskiy, Kadeikin, Soshnikov
    Referees: Pavel Komarov, Eduard Ozolins, Dmitriy Golyak, Ivan Dedyulya
    Attendance: 12281