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
     
    55:28
    Out of almost nothing SKA have a very important powerplay here to practically kill the game! Jokerit's Juhamatti Aaltonen has been penalised for slashing, and his coach doesn't look very happy about that!
     
    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
     
    48:35
    The visitors have been gifted a way back into things here though, as SKA's Yury Alexandrov has been punished for slashing
     
    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
     
    43:46
    And the home captain has managed to win a very useful powerplay for his team, as Jokerit's Jere Karalahti has been sent to the penalty box for tripping!
     
    36:41
    Moses! Linus Omark drives it in falling on to the left of the crease, Steve Moses twists with it near post but he can't stuff it beyond the goalkeeper! Jokerit are having some chances!
     
    34:31
    Jokerit are really on the ropes now but they have a very timely powerplay to get back into it as Maxim Chudinov has been handed a two minute minor for high sticking!
     
    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
     
    24:31
    Just seconds after SKA come back to full strength Jokerit have yet another golden opportunity to make the breakthrough! Jere Sallinen all of a sudden finds himself one on one, but from point blank range he's somehow denied by Evgeniy Ivannikov! That's a quite fantastic save!
     
    23:31
    Omark! The SKA defence goes missing as Linus Omark speeds down the left wing, with clear space opening up in front of him he goes for a powerful slapper but it thunders wide of the far post! That was a very promising opportunity for the visitors!
     
    22:20
    Jokerit are creating some problems for SKA just like earlier on in the first period and they've earned a powerplay for themselves, home defenceman Anton Belov has been called for hooking
     
    14:51
    Panarin! That was a real opening there! Artemiy Panarin after a teasing play is teed up at the left faceoff circle, but with the netminder slightly out of position he contrives to slap wide of the near post!
     
    13:36
    The referees have their arm up here and SKA have been handed their second man's advantage, as now Niko Kapanen of Jokerit has been handed a two minute minor for holding
     
    06:34
    Not long after being on the powerplay themselves now SKA are going to have to defend for two minutes, as defenceman Dmitriy Yudin has been punished for tripping
     
    03:01
    Kovalchuk! Moments after Andrey Kuteikin slapped into the goaltender's pads from the left faceoff circle Ilya Kovalchuk brilliantly jinks his way through one on one, but Riku Helenius' glove denies him! For a moment it looked as though he had to score!
     
    02:46
    We have the first penalty of the day and it's against Jokerit, as for checking with the stick Jere Sallinen has been punished
    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