KHL
Riga – SKA St. Petersburg 4:2 (end)
final
Dinamo Riga
4:2 (0:1, 3:0, 1:1)
SKA St. Petersburg
Saturday 22.11.2014, 16:00 • Arena Riga • KHL
     
    The final buzzer has now sounded, and Dinamo Riga have defeated SKA Saint Petersburg on home ice 4:2! They had to ride on their nerves, but they deserved the three points. Mikelis Redlihs with a double, as well as Andris Dzerins and Kyle Wilson sealed the deal, while Anton Burdasov and Andrey Kuteikin replied for SKA. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more exciting KHL action! (18:24:02)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:51
    Dinamo have worked harder for the win today, and are heading for an impressive 4:2 victory on home ice!
     
    59:22
    Goal for Dinamo Riga!
    That should be that now! KYLE WILSON deep in his own zone fires clinically into the empty net! It's 4:2!
     
    59:02
    Alexander Salak has now been pulled for the extra skater with already under a minute left, and Dinamo at the same time have taken a timeout! What drama we have here!
     
    58:08
    Miks Indrasis tries to buy a bit of time for his team falling up to the left hand post, and he succeeds in doing so as Alexander Salak has to freeze
     
    56:25
    Ericsson! Jimmie Ericsson swings with power to the right hand post, but just can't squeeze away a wraparound attempt! That was seriously close!
     
    55:23
    As you would expect SKA are putting on the pressure as hard as they can, driving with the puck from deep into the attack, they really don't want to lose for the second time in a row!
     
    52:23
    Goal for SKA!
    SKA have that goal that they have been craving! Artemiy Panarin sliding across the left hand boards tees up ANDREY KUTEIKIN at the point, and he smashes a slapshot over Jakub Sedlacek's glove! It's 3:2! Assists- Artemiy Panarin
     
    52:05
    The numbers are even on both sides now, the referees are having to work for their money today for sure!
     
    50:05
    The numbers have once again been evened up though, as Dinamo's Andris Dzerins has been punished for slashing
     
    48:05
    And they're making life even harder for themselves, as Czech forward Roman Cervenka has been spotted for hooking directly under the referee's nose
     
    46:44
    SKA are having shot after shot, but Jakub Sedlacek is batting all of them away confidently! The visitors really do need more cutting edge in their game!
     
    45:01
    Andris Dzerins charging out of the penalty box is allowed to keep edging forward on the left, he pulls wide glove side, and no one is waiting on the doorstep to tap his feed in!
     
    44:13
    Cervenka! Roman Cervenka all on his own on the right faceoff circle looks to go upstairs on the netminder, and Jakub Sedlacek makes a flashy looking glove save sweeping it up!
     
    43:29
    Kyle Wilson is dished for a pacy breakaway on the right flank, but his wristed effort doesn't cause Alexander Salak any problems near post
     
    42:59
    And we have our first fight of the day! SKA's Artemiy Panarin, losing his helmet in the process, takes Andris Dzerins to the ground, and both of course have been punished!
     
    42:30
    That Dinamo powerplay has been stopped short in its tracks however, as Milan Jurcina is on his way for a two minute sit down as a result of hooking
     
    41:14
    An early penalty has been called in the period and again it's against SKA, defenceman Andrey Ermakov has been found guilty of holding
     
    40:32
    The third and vital period is go! SKA have it all to do today, with Dinamo firmly in the driving seat!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 21. Redlihs (Darzins), 24. Redlihs (Darzins, Videll), 27. Dzerins, 60. Wilson – 20. Burdasov, 53. Kuteikin (Panarin)

    Dinamo Riga: Sedlacek (Deslauries)- K Redlihs, Cibulskis, Videll, Darzins, M Redlihs- Genoway, Jurcina, Wilson, Hossa, Meija- K Sotnieks, Jerofejevs, Indrasis, Dzerins, Bukarts- Augstkalns, Skvorcovs, Cipulis, Bicevskis
    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Ivannikov)- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Tikhonov- Kalinin, Rukavishnikov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Ryasensky, Ermakov, Panarin, Shipachyov, Ketov- Grishin, Ponikarovskiy, Kadeikin, Burdasov
    Referees: Denis Bondar, Andrey Rogachyov, Ivan Dedyulya, Ivan Sazonov
    Attendance: 9750