KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Jokerit 4:1 (end)
final
SKA St. Petersburg
4:1 (0:0, 2:0, 2:1)
Jokerit Helsinki
Friday 10.10.2014, 17:30 • Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    55:39
    Goal for SKA!
    That is surely that now! Clever and simply beautiful build up play deep inside Jokerit's zone ends with ARTEMIY PANARIN smashing in from the left faceoff circle, and this time he hits the target! Powerplay goal and it's 4:1! Assists- Vadim Shipachyov and Ilya Kovalchuk
     
    49:33
    Goal for Jokerit!
    Evgeniy Ivannikov will be disappointed to see his shutout hopes be chucked out the door! STEVE MOSES opts to take on a powerful effort just off the right faceoff circle, and it sears high into the roof of the net! Powerplay goal and it's 3:1! Assists- Daine Todd
     
    45:54
    Goal for SKA!
    That might just be the crucial goal for the hosts, the Saint Petersburg Ice Palace has exploded with joy! VIKTOR TIKHONOV finds a hole skating on to the tip of the slot, and his wrister goes right through Riku Helenius and in! It's 3:0! Assists- Dmitriy Kalinin and Ilya Kovalchuk
     
    34:00
    Goal for SKA!
    SKA have been upping the pressure after scoring and they've been rewarded with their second goal! ILYA KOVALCHUK cuts in menacingly from the right, closes down and goes upstairs on the goalkeeper! It's 2:0!
     
    26:38
    Goal for SKA!
    Despite being thoroughly on the back foot SKA have broken the deadlock! ILYA KOVALCHUK is picked out with a searching feed from deep, and one on one he gets the better of Riku Helenius! It's 1:0! Assists- Evgeniy Ivannikov and Dmitriy Yudin
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 27. Kovalchuk (Ivannikov, Yudin), 34. Kovalchuk, 46. Tikhonov (Kalinin, Kovalchuk), 56. Panarin (Shipachyov, Kovalchuk) – 50. Moses (Todd)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Ivannikov (Salak)- Kalinin, Ryasensky, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Tikhonov- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Ermakov, Yudin, Ponikarovskiy, Kadeikin, Ketov
    Jokerit Helsinki: Helenius (Karlsson)- Gunderson, Lajunen, Hagman, Kapanen, Aaltonen- Ohtamaa, Karalahti, Huhtala, McLean, Maki- Jaakola, Todd, Omark, Koukal, Moses- Vaananen, Sallinen, Hahl
    Referees: Tobias Bjork, Roman Gofman, Sergey Misyur, Stanislav Raming