KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Barys 5:3 (end)
final
SKA St. Petersburg
5:3 (1:1, 3:2, 1:0)
Barys Nur-Sultan
Tuesday 21.10.2014, 17:30 • Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    59:31
    Goal for SKA!
    That's that now! What an enthralling period this is turning out to be! ILYA KOVALCHUK picks up the puck driving in from deep on the right, and he has no problems with hitting the empty net! It's 5:3! Assists- Anton Belov
     
    34:38
    Goal for Barys!
    It really is game on now as Barys are back to within one! The home defence has simply gone to sleep as ROMAN STARCHENKO feeding off loose change on the right faceoff circle is free to slap in, and he beats the despairing Alexander Salak! It's 4:3! Assists- Konstantin Rudenko and Dmitriy Upper
     
    30:23
    Goal for Barys!
    Just like that the visitors are back into things! The SKA defence is completely caught cold as down the right the puck is slid across to the far post, and MIKHAIL RAKHAMNOV excellently finds the target! It's 4:2! Assists- Konstantin Pushkaryov and Andrey Gavrilin
     
    29:57
    Goal for SKA!
    Wow, on his season debut SKA's number 94 opens up his own personal scoring account! Ilya Kovalchuk from the left dumps the puck into the slot, and ALEXANDER BARABANOV pokes it over the line with Jan Laco struggling! It's 4:1! Assists- Jimmie Ericsson and Ilya Kovalchuk
     
    24:17
    Goal for SKA!
    SKA's powerplay is working perfectly so far today! PATRICK THORESEN tries his luck from the high slot cutting in from the left, and with Jimmie Ericsson jumping in front of the goalkeeper it hits the net! Powerplay goal and it's 3:1! Assists- Roman Cervenka
     
    20:47
    Goal for SKA!
    For the first time today the hosts have got their noses ahead! Maxim Chudinov's heavy slapper from distance cannons back off the boards, and lurking on the left hand post JIMMIE ERICSSON taps home! Powerplay goal and it's 2:1! Assists- Roman Cervenka and Maxim Chudinov
     
    14:26
    Goal for SKA!
    It didn't take SKA long to respond! Patrick Thoresen being pressed into the left hand boards brilliantly whips it across to the far post, and ANTON BELOV all alone finds the net! It's 1:1! Assists- Patrick Thoresen
     
    11:08
    Goal for Barys!
    Despite coming under increased pressure Barys have drawn first blood! ROMAN SAVCHENKO winds up at the blue line, and with heavy traffic in front of him Alexander Salak can't get anything on it! It's 0:1! Assists- Nigel Dawes and Evgeniy Blokhin
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 15. Belov (Thoresen), 21. Ericsson (Cervenka, Chudinov), 25. Thoresen (Cervenka), 30. Barabanov (Ericsson, Kovalchuk), 60. Kovalchuk (Belov) – 12. Savchenko (Dawes, Blokhin), 31. Rakhmanov (Pushkaryov, Gavrilin), 35. Starchenko (Rudenko, Upper)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Ivannikov)- Kalinin, Yudin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Barabanov- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Tikhonov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Khafizullin, Ryasensky, Ponikarovskiy, Kadeikin, Ketov
    Barys Nur-Sultan: Laco (Ivanov)- Dallman, Lundin, Bochenski. Boyd, Dawes- Semyonov, Bartulis, Rudenko, Upper, Starchenko- Blokhin, Savchenko, Gavrilin, Pushkaryov, Zhailauov- Tserenok, Ryspaev, Likhotnikov, Rakhmanov, Romanov
    Referees: Nikolay Akuzovskiy, Alexey Belov, Sergey Morozov, Ivan Fateev
    Attendance: 12077