KHL
Lokomotiv – SKA St. Petersburg 3:2 (2:1 after SO)
after shootout (2:1)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
3:2 (0:0, 1:1, 1:1 - 0:0)
SKA St. Petersburg
Monday 27.10.2014, 17:30 • Arena 2000 • KHL
     
    65:00
    Goal for Lokomotiv!
    STAFFAN KRONWALL scores the winning penalty shot!
     
    5. series
    2:1
    Staffan Kronwall has his third effort, and again with the backhand he finds the net! It's 3:2!
     
    5. series
    1:1
    Ilya Kovalchuk is very patient, but Vitaly Kolesnik's right stops him!
     
    4. series
    1:1
    Staffan Kronwall also can't score on his seconds as Alexander Salak gets the better of him!
     
    4. series
    1:1
    Artemiy Panarin has his second attempt, but this time he fires against the netminder's pads!
     
    3. series
    1:1
    Roman Cervenka can win it here for the visitors, but with going with the backhand he's denied by the goalkeeper's glove! It's sudden death!
     
    3. series
    1:1
    Staffan Kronwall now has to score for Lokomotiv, and he does sliding the puck in with the backhand! It's 1:1!
     
    2. series
    0:1
    SKA's Artemiy Panarin takes his time, and wrists clinically into the right hand corner for 0:1!
     
    2. series
    0:0
    Sergey Konkov cuts sharply to the right hand post, but Alexander Salak's pad glove side gets in the way!
     
    1. series
    0:0
    It's Ilya Kovalchuk for SKA now, and after what seems an age he can't get an attempt away when waiting for the goalkeeper to go down!
     
    1. series
    0:0
    Daniil Apalkov skates up first for Lokomotiv, but he can't find the five hole from point blank range!
     
    60:30
    We almost have a fight on our hands here and both sides have had a man sent to the box for roughing, with it being Sergey Plotnikov for the hosts and Andrey Kuteikin for SKA. The referees did well to break that up immediately!
     
    57:21
    The puck is slapped in from the blue line with serious force, and with Jimmie Ericsson and Patrick Thoresen falling on top of him Curtis Sanford somehow prevents it from crossing the line! That was seriously close!
     
    56:39
    SKA will be very disappointed to having conceded just as they were edging closer to the end! But they out of nothing have been gifted what could be a crucial powerplay, as for high sticking Lokomotiv's Sergey Plotnikov has been penalised!
     
    55:47
    Goal for Lokomotiv!
    The hosts just will not lie down and they have their reward! No one can grab a hold of the puck as it squirms into the danger zone, and falling down on the tip of the crease SERGEY KONKOV knocks it in! It's 2:2! Assists- Martin Thornberg and Daniil Apalkov
     
    49:52
    Just as SKA have five players on the ice again the referees have their arm up for a Lokomotiv offence, as now Steffan Kronwall has been found guilty of delaying the game. These two really are enjoying taking it in turns to go on the powerplay!
     
    49:00
    Kronwall! The SKA defence let Staffan Kronwall drift to the left of the crease, he attempts to find the far corner but with Alexander Salak helpless the puck sails wide! That had the home crowd on their feet!
     
    47:29
    Here's another penalty but this time it's against SKA, who have some defending to do as they have been caught with having too many men on the ice
     
    45:08
    Lokomotiv have made their task harder here as they looked to build up some pressure, forward Sergey Plotnikov has been penalised for interference
     
    41:39
    Goal for SKA!
    Just like in the previous period SKA are simply the more alert in the opening few minutes! PATRICK THORESEN bullies his way onto the crease from the right hand boards, and he brilliantly finds the far corner! It's 1:2!
     
    38:54
    Thoresen! Just how didn't he find the back of the net! Roman Cervenka fools Curtis Sanford, dishes to Patrick Thoresen at the left of the slot but with a practically empty net to aim at the latter hits only the side netting! SKA are having all the chances now!
     
    33:30
    Goal for Lokomotiv!
    And immediately SKA have been punished for their wastefulness! SERGEY PLOTNIKOV picks up the puck from behind the net, twists around to the right of the slot and wrists ruthlessly into the near corner! Alexander Salak just didn't expect it and it's 1:1! Assists- Egor Yakovlev and Jiri Novotny
     
    32:43
    Dadonov! It maybe should have been two for SKA there! Evgeniy Dadonov squeezes his way through one on one, he opts to go for an unexpected backhander but Curtis Sanford reads the play and kicks it out! What a chance that was!
     
    28:44
    Lokomotiv have a very promising opportunity to put the pressure on here as SKA forward Tony Martensson has been sent to the penalty box for slashing
     
    22:26
    Goal for SKA!
    Right at the beginning of the second period SKA do indeed draw first blood! With the puck bobbling all around the Lokomotiv slot ALEXANDER BARABANOV takes a whack at it on the doorstep, and the goalkeeper can't stop it! It's 0:1! Assists- Dinar Khafizullin and Ilya Kovalchuk
     
    18:48
    Both teams keep taking it in turns to hand each other powerplays and now it's SKA with a numerical advantage, as Lokomotiv's Jiri Novotny has been punished for hooking
     
    14:49
    This period really is being littered with penalties and here's already the fourth, as SKA's Maxim Chudinov has been handed a two minute minor for holding
     
    11:41
    And Lokomotiv again pass up a gaping chance! Sergey Plotnikov slaps in when pinned against the boards on the left, it trickles through to the far post and somehow Jiri Novotny pokes off target with the netminder already on his backside! The home fans can't believe that didn't go in!
     
    10:34
    Lyubushkin! What a fantastic opportunity to give Lokomotiv an early lead! Found all on his own closing down to the high slot Ilya Lyubushkin has the goal at his mercy, but it takes a sharp deflection and rolls wide of the right post! That was a real opening!
     
    05:38
    The penalties keep on coming one after another! Patrick Thoresen is the next to be in the referee's bad books afetr being penalised for interference!
     
    03:31
    And almost immediately SKA themselves are going to have a man's advantage, as Lokomotiv's Ilya Lyubushkin has been called for high sticking
     
    01:21
    We already have the first penalty of the game though, as Andrey Kuteikin of SKA has been penalised for holding
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 34. Plotnikov (Yakovlev, Novotny), 56. Konkov (Thornberg, Apalkov), 65. Kronwall – 23. Barabanov (Khafizullin, Kovalchuk), 42. Thoresen

    Shootout:

    1. series:
    0:0   Apalkov (LOK)
    0:0   Kovalchuk (SKA)
    2. series:
    0:0   Konkov (LOK)
    0:1   Panarin (SKA)
    3. series:
    1:1   Kronwall (LOK)
    1:1   Cervenka (SKA)
    4. series:
    1:1   Panarin (SKA)
    1:1   Kronwall (LOK)
    5. series:
    1:1   Kovalchuk (SKA)
    2:1   Kronwall (LOK)

    Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Sanford (Kolesnik)- Kronwall, Yakovlev, Averin, Novotny, Plotnikov- Holos, Vasiliev, Konkov, Apalkov, Thornberg- Lyubushkin, Vishnevskiy, Platt, Sprukts, Kapustin- Gorokhov, Galimov, Grachyov, Korshkov, Kartaev
    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Ivannikov)- Kalinin, Yudin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Barabanov- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Tikhonov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Khafizullin, Ermakov, Ponikarovskiy, Kadeikin, Ketov
    Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov, Konstantin Olenin, Sergey Morozov, Ivan Sazonov
    Attendance: 9000