KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Novosibirsk 5:4 (end)
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SKA St. Petersburg
5:4 (0:2, 2:1, 3:1)
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
Saturday 29.11.2014, 15:00 • Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    Wow, just what a game that was, and eventually SKA Saint Petersburg have come out on top against HC Sibir Novosibirsk 5:4! They had to come back from two goals down twice, but showed some serious character to take the win. Ilya Kablukov, Vadim Shipachyov, Dmitriy Kalinin, Ilya Kovalchuk and Andrey Kuteikin netted their goals, whereas Dmitriy Monya and Jonas Enlund with a brace replied for Sibir. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more exciting KHL action! (17:30:06)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:51
    The final seconds are now upon us, and SKA are heading towards a thrilling 5:4 victory on home ice!
     
    59:40
    A timeout has been taken by Sibir, the puck is stuck deep inside SKA's zone with just a few seconds to go!
     
    59:02
    And Mikko Koskinen has now been swapped for the extra skater, Sibir are going all out with only a minute to go!
     
    59:01
    With some sort of miracle the puck stays out of the SKA net, Igor Shestyorkin already laying on the ice somehow stopped that from going over the line!
     
    57:35
    Koskiranta! The SKA defence just is not in the game at all! Jarno Koskiranta is allowed to crawl down to the danger zone on the right, wrists, but Igor Shestyorkin is not sleeping near post!
     
    56:11
    Goal for Sibir!
    Sibir have certainly deserved that goal, and it's a real hockey game now! JONAS ENLUND expertly takes in a whack from the point, rounds Igor Shestyorkin, and backhands into the net! Powerplay goal and it's 5:4! Assists- Dmitriy Kugryshev and Patrik Hersley
     
    55:10
    Sibir are seriously putting the heat on and as a result they've earned a timely powerplay for themselves, as SKA forward Jimmie Ericsson has been punished for interference
     
    55:01
    Despite those two goals all the pressure is coming from the visitors! Young goaltender Igor Shestyrokin is making save after save from point blank range, his defence have to help him out!
     
    54:02
    Goal for SKA!
    Now the hosts are rolling! ANDREY KUTEIKIN picks up the puck just inside the blue line, and he absolutely thunders it high into the right hand corner! It's 5:3! Assists- Artemiy Panarin and Roman Cervenka
     
    52:31
    Goal for SKA!
    SKA have their first lead of the day, and it could be a very important one! Mikko Koskinen lets a huge rebound escape his pads, and falling over in mid air on the doorstep ILYA KOVALCHUK taps home! It's 4:3! Assists- Andrey Kuteikin
     
    51:06
    Voroshilo! Sibir have all of a sudden really taken the initiative! Artyom Voroshilo finds another hole in the home side's back line, and from a tight angle on the left fires into the netminder's legs!
     
    50:02
    And SKA netminder Igor Shestyorkin makes another very professional save blocker side as the puck got slapped into his chest. He is looking very much on his game today!
     
    49:37
    Monya! Dmitriy Monya breaks through the entire SKA defence, pulls to the right, backhands, and Igor Shestyorkin is alert with his pads!
     
    45:24
    Panarin! Artemiy Panarin takes a whack at the puck as it bobbles all around the face of goal but glove side Mikko Koskinen stands tall to get his body in the way!
     
    43:51
    SKA's Igor Shestyorkin gets his first touch of the puck for a while, as he solidly covers up a dangerous looking backhander from just off the left faceoff circle
     
    43:08
    Patrick Thoresen on his emotions bursts directly down the middle, wrists with serious power between the circles, and to the home crowd's disappointment smashes into the boards behind the net!
     
    42:14
    Goal for SKA!
    There is that craved equaliser! Clever build up play ends with DMITRIY KALININ thumping in when charging to the left of the slot, and he beats Mikko Koskinen near post! Powerplay goal and it's 3:3! Assists- Roman Rukavishnikov and Roman Cervenka
     
    42:05
    And the hosts have been gifted a powerplay to put the pressure on, as for interference Igor Ozhiganov has been penalised!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 23. Kablukov (Yudin, Ponikarovskiy), 32. Shipachyov (Panarin, Thoresen), 43. Kalinin (Rukavishnikov, Cervenka), 53. Kovalchuk (Kuteikin), 55. Kuteikin (Panarin, Cervenka) – 9. Monya (Bobrov), 13. Enlund (Mamashev, Koskiranta), 25. Kopeikin (Ozhiganov, Mamashev), 57. Enlund (Kugryshev, Hersley)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Ivannikov (Shestyorkin)- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Barabanov- Kalinin, Rukavishnikov, Panarin, Shipachyov, Burdasov- Khafizullin, Ermakov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Yudin, Ponikarovskiy, Kadeikin, Kablukov
    HC Sibir Novosibirsk: Koskinen (Bespalov)- Hersley, Alekseev, Enlund, Koskiranta, Kugryshev- Mamashev, Ozhiganov, Kopeikin, Bobrov, Monya- Ignatovich, Gimaev, Shumakov, Gubin, Sannikov- Belov, Shalunov, Maslikhin, Voroshilo
    Referees: Konstantin Olenin, Alexander Sergeev, Sergey Misyur, Stanislav Raming
    Attendance: 12191