DMS 4:3 PET | Dynamo Moscow - SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)

KHL

Dynamo – SKA St. Petersburg

4:3 (after OT)

final/OT

Dynamo Moscow

4:3 (1:1, 1:1, 1:1 - 1:0)

SKA St. Petersburg

Friday 31.10.2014, 17:30 • Luzhniki Stadium • KHL

		It was a fantastic match, and Dynamo Moscow have eventually been able to see off SKA Saint Petersburg 4:3 after overtime! It could have gone either way, but SKA's back line was just too rocky. Denis Mosalyov, Mat Robinson, Denis Kokarev and Janne Jalasvaara with the overtime winner all hit the target, while SKA replied with goals from Andrey Kuteikin, Tony Martensson and Yury Alexandrov. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more pulsating KHL action! (20:05:48)
		Game over.
	63:35	Goal for Dynamo! There it is, Dynamo have grabbed the extra point for themselves! Again the visiting defence is nowhere to be seen as taking a dish off the far flank JANNE JALASVAARA taps home open at the right of the crease! It's 3:2! Assists- Kaspars Daugavins and Alexey Tereschenko
	63:18	Belov! Completely open on the right faceoff circle Anton Belov takes aim, but he smashes it wide of the far corner! That was golden opportunity for SKA to take it!
	61:25	Yury Babenko for Dynamo goes on a right wing charge, backhands from close range but near post Alexander Salak shuffles it out wide
	60:26	Here we go in overtime! Both teams already have one point, but nobody wants to lose such a match!
	60:01	Overtime began.
		Statistics after the initial 60 minutes: Shots: 51-59 Shots on target: 29-31 Faceoffs: 32-38 Hits: 18-21 Penalty minutes: 14-12
	60:00	3rd period finished.
	59:46	It is going to be overtime though with SKA defending expertly! This is a hockey spectacular here!
	58:03	SKA's Jimmie Ericsson has taken a terrible penalty here for interference, he really has let his team down! Out of virtually nothing Dynamo have a perfect chance to grab all three points for themselves!
	57:35	Dynamo come right back though, and by his left post glove side Alexander Salak has to cover up a very dangerous puck! The pace is simply electric here!
	57:15	Goal for SKA! They have indeed been able to tie it all up! What wonderful drama here! YURY ALEXANDROV all of a sudden has a lot of space for himself at the blue line, he wrists hard and finds the top right hand corner brilliantly! It's 3:3! Assists- Patrick Thoresen
	55:40	Despite that being a rather lengthy four minutes SKA couldn't find the net at all during that time, and they now have only just over four minutes to find that all important equaliser!
	53:40	That penalty was issued for four minutes by the way, meaning that SKA still have another two minutes with a man's advantage! They are finally being able to create some real chances at their opponents' net!
	51:40	We have a fight on our hands! Yury Alexandrov of SKA along with Andrey Kuteikin take on Yury Babenko of Dynamo, and the Dynamo captain has been sent to the penalty box for interference. It's a chance that SKA have been crying out for!
	51:03	Now for the visitors Ilya Kovalchuk takes on two slapshots in a row, but they both miss the right hand corner. You can expect SKA to do all the running now!
	50:14	Maxim Chudinov for SKA takes on a fearsome slapshot from the point, but the goalkeeper's blocker beats it away! SKA have to up their game now, especially with not an awful lot of time remaining!
	48:18	Goal for Dynamo! The visitors are so fragile when being counterattacked against and Alexander Salak is powerless to stop this one! The puck is wizzed across to the far post from a tough angle on the left, and the open DENIS KOKAREV is free to score! It's 3:2! Assists- Maxim Solovyov and Denis Mosalyov
	46:41	Osipov! The goal was gaping for him there! The puck spins to the left hand post, Alexander Osipov wrists into what looks like an empty corner of the net, but Alexander Salak comes up with yet another astounding save! He's in fantastic form today!
	44:08	Dmitriy Kalinin taking the puck into the attacking end drives it in near post on the left point, but it doesn't cause any real problems for Alexander Yeryomenko
	43:19	SKA's powerplay is looking so nervy and the hosts are back to full strength, they looked the more likely during those couple of minutes!
	41:52	With his team having already found the net shorthanded Andrey Mironov wriggles free, almost skates clean through but when edging to the left his slapper is taken solidly by the netminder!
	41:19	But now a rather silly and needless penalty has been taken by Dynamo! Sergey Soin has completely slammed his opponent into the boards, and he's lucky to get away with only a two minute minor for that!
	40:05	The third and crucial period is go! And Dynamo's Konstantin Gorovikov has a very promising opening between the circles, wrists and Alexander Salak gets in the way of it! The hosts have all of the momentum after the second!
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		Statistics after the first two periods: Shots: 35-34 Shots on target: 21-19 Faceoffs: 18-19 Hits: 15-20 Penalty minutes: 8-10
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:22	With Dynamo now back at full strength the second period is drawing to its close, and SKA will be furious with letting in that goal when playing with a man's advantage!
	38:23	Goal for Dynamo! Incredibly on the penalty kill the hosts have finally found the second goal that you have to say they deserve! Sergey Soin speeds down the left wing, squares it for MAT ROBINSON and despite it coming off his skate the goal has been declared clean! Shorthanded goal and it's 2:2! Assists- Sergey Soin and Denis Mosalyov
	38:08	Yury Babenko pulls away on a shorthanded rush, pulls the trigger just carving off the right hand boards but the goalkeeper fields it solidly. The visitors can't get set up in the attack as yet!
	37:31	And they have managed to do just that, as Dynamo's Nikolay Zherdev has been penalised for tripping, giving SKA a very timely powerplay at a time when they are doing all of the defending!
	35:54	SKA are back at full strength but they have to do something to turn the tide, all of the goalmouth action is only coming at one end at the moment!
	35:09	Soin! Speeding away on to the left faceoff circle Sergey Soin thumps a slapshot, but it's easier for Alexander Salak to kick out with his left pad this time!
	33:54	Dynamo are doing everything to get back on level terms again, the pressure is simply incessant! And it's drawn a penalty from SKA, as defenceman Dmitriy Kalinin has been found guilty of interference, completely taking out his man!
	33:54	Salak! Wow, just how did he keep that out, it's an unbelievable save! With shots coming at him from point blank range not once, not twice, but three times Alexander Salak on his backside beats them all away! Three contenders for save of the season in just one moment of play!
	29:40	That was much more dangerous however! Again it's Maxim Pestushko at the center of the action, found with a cutting feed alone between the circles he has almost the goal at his mercy, but he's stoned by the goalkeeper! Such openings are hard to come by against SKA!
	29:23	Maxim Pestushko for Dynamo drives past the blue line as play has eventually been resumed, but his wrister when bearing down is taken solidly by Alexander Salak
	28:44	We have a rather strange incident here, as the puck has somehow travelled into the boards! After much debate it has finally been dug out, you don't see that very often!
	28:00	Straight off that following faceoff Anton Belov fires in from distance, and at the second attempt Alexander Yeryomenko covers it up with his glove
	27:55	Artemiy Panarin holds the play up behind the net, eventually bullies his way to the right of the crease, and his wraparound attempt is only into the goaltender's chest
	26:44	The SKA fans inside the arena, and there are plenty of them, are jumping for joy seeing that go in! And now Jimmie Ericsson on another rebound wrists on the tip of the crease, but this time the netminder is equal to it! The tension is building!
	25:51	Goal for SKA! The Dynamo defence is looking shaky every time SKA come forward and they've been punished! As Alexander Yeryomenko pushes the puck directly on to the doorstep TONY MARTENSSON slides it home! It's 1:2! Assists- Anton Belov and Patrick Thoresen
	23:51	Pestushko! The puck is trickling all around the crease, no one can take it up, directly on the right hand post Maxim Pestushko flicks it but it travels inches wide of the far post! The pace won't let up!
	23:22	Dynamo pile away on a pacy rush pouring out of their end, Alexey Tereschenko wrists it through traffic hanging just to the right but Alexander Salak still manages to grab a hold of it and freeze
	21:09	Dadonov! SKA get set up deep inside their opponents' zone straight away, Evgeniy Dadonov takes a swing at it moving off the left faceoff circle but he makes poor contact! That looked really dangerous!
	20:06	Here we go in the second stanza! Dynamo will feel very confident after finding that equaliser towards the end of the first!
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		Statistics after the opening period of play: Shots: 11-21 Shots on target: 6-12 Faceoffs: 8-10 Hits: 8-13 Penalty minutes: 6-8
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:45	As Alexander Yeryomenko covers a dump from deep into his crease we're now already into the final seconds of a pulsating first period, it's flown by!
	18:25	Roman Cervenka for SKA winds up on the left faceoff circle, goes for slapshot but Alexander Yeryomenko comfortably sticks it out of danger. The Luzhniki completely erupted with that Dynamo marker, the atmosphere is only heating up!
	16:25	Goal for Dynamo! It was an opportunity that they couldn't let go to waste! With SKA falling everywhere around their own crease DENIS MOSALYOV skates in off the right, and wrists powerfully high near post when between the circles! Powerplay goal and it's 1:1! Assists- Alexey Tsvetkov and Nikolay Zherdev
	15:00	It was a SKA five on three but now it's Dynamo who have such an advantage! Jimmie Ericsson of the visitors has been punished for holding his opponent now!
	14:29	Ilya Kovalchuk gets in space on the right faceoff circle, opts for a heavy slapper, but that's directly down Alexander Yeryomenko's throat
	13:58	The referees just cannot stop blowing their whistles! Here's another penalty, and this time it's against the visitors as Viktor Tikhonov hooks his opponent
	13:32	Gorovikov! A shocking Ilya Kovalchuk mistake on Dynamo's blue line lets Konstantin Gorovikov in one on one, but going blocker side Alexander Salak makes a fantastic save to deny him!
	12:58	That has very promptly turned into a SKA five on three! Dynamo are making life rather hard for themselves here as forward Kaspars Daugavins has been penalised for tripping, and it's a great opportunity for SKA to double their money!
	12:37	Just as the visitors came back to full strength they have been gifted their second man's advantage of the day! Nikolay Zherdev of Dynamo has been called for tripping, as the penalties keep on coming!
	11:44	Babenko! And there almost was that equaliser! Yury Babenko glides all the way on to the tip of the slot with no challenge arriving, but he lashes it wide of the right post! He had to hit the target!
	10:04	But Dynamo have a fantastic chance to immediately get back on level terms, as SKA's captain Ilya Kovalchuk has been found guilty of tripping! It's a fast and furious start here!
	09:01	Goal for SKA! They're threat has been growing and there is the opening goal! All alone at the blue line ANDREY KUTEIKIN slaps as hard as he can, and it beats Alexander Yeryomenko! Powerplay goal and it's 0:1! Assists- Artemiy Panarin
	08:45	Chudinov! Patient and cute give and goes eventually lead up to Maxim Chudinov slapping in, but it flashes past the left hand post with the goaltender struggling!
	07:46	But the numbers have been evened up here! Dynamo's Maxim Solovyov for holding has also been punished, and in just a few seconds it will be a SKA powerplay as they keep the puck deep inside the attacking zone!
	06:02	Just as Denis Mosalyov twists on the doorstep again from the right flank the first penalty has been called and it's against SKA, as Dmitriy Kalinin has been penalised for holding
	04:19	Dynamo break away into the attacking zone, it's slapped in by the right hand boards but Alexander Salak near post is alert
	03:34	Jimmie Ericsson pulling back to the point picks out an open teammate on the right faceoff circle excellently, but Igor Makarov can't get a clean attempt away! Both teams are looking seriously up for it already!
	02:03	Karsums! Immediately Dynamo get started on the front foot as Martins Karsums charges in from deep, swings to the right of the slot but he's knocked off the puck at the vital moment!
	00:08	We're underway! It should be a thrilling evening in store!
	00:01	Game started.
		The teams are now being presented to the packed Luzhniki Stadium, and after the Russian national anthem we'll be getting underway!
		Starting lineups: Dynamo Moscow: Yeryomenko (Sharychenkov)- Robinson, Vishnevskiy, Daugavins, Gorovikov, Pestushko- Jalasvaara, Solovyov, Zherdev, Tvsetkov, Karpov- Mironov, Osipov, Karsums, Soin, Babenko- Koryagin, Bryukvin, Kokarev, Tereschenko, Mosalyov SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Ivannikov)- Kalinin, Khafizullin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Makarov- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Tikhonov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Yudin, Ermakov, Ponikarovskiy, Kadeikin, Ketov Referees: Roman Gofman, Evgeniy Romasko, Gleb Lazarev, Stanislav Raming.
		Last season Dynamo were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs, whereas SKA went one better making the conference semifinals.
		Dynamo had a rather rough start to the new campaign, but they have since regrouped and now lay in fourth spot of the Western Conference on 43 points. Their opponents today SKA on the other hand have been simply brilliant so far, losing only twice and leading the overall table with 63 points.
		Good evening and welcome to this KHL regular season match between Dynamo Moscow and SKA Saint Petersburg. This is one of the hottest rivalries in the world, and there could be fireworks.
		Welcome. Game starts at 17:30.

Commentary by

Shaun Nicolaides

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 17. Mosalyov (Tsvetkov, Zherdev), 39. Robinson (Soin, Mosalyov), 49. Kokarev (Solovyov, Mosalyov), 64. Jalasvaara (Daugavins, Tereschenko) – 10. Kuteikin (Panarin), 26. Martensson (Belov, Thoresen), 58. Alexandrov (Thoresen)

Dynamo Moscow: Yeryomenko (Sharychenkov)- Robinson, Vishnevskiy, Daugavins, Gorovikov, Pestushko- Jalasvaara, Solovyov, Zherdev, Tvsetkov, Karpov- Mironov, Osipov, Karsums, Soin, Babenko- Koryagin, Bryukvin, Kokarev, Tereschenko, Mosalyov

SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Ivannikov)- Kalinin, Khafizullin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Makarov- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Tikhonov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Yudin, Ermakov, Ponikarovskiy, Kadeikin, Ketov

Referees: Roman Gofman, Evgeniy Romasko, Gleb Lazarev, Stanislav Raming

1st period
	06:02
	07:46
	09:01
	10:04
	12:37
	12:58
	13:58
	15:00
	16:25
1st intermission
2nd period
	25:51
	33:54
	37:31
	38:23
2nd intermission
3rd period
	41:19
	48:18
	51:40
	57:15
	58:03
After 3rd period
Overtime
	63:35
Final/OT