SKA St. Petersburg – Khabarovsk 7:1 (end)
final
SKA St. Petersburg
7:1 (2:0, 2:1, 3:0)
Amur Khabarovsk
Tuesday 02.12.2014, 17:30 • Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    There is the final buzzer, and SKA Saint Petersburg have seen off Amur Khabarovsk 7:1 in sparkling style! The hosts were simply impeccable today, showing some beautiful hockey. Jimmie Ericsson with a double, Roman Cervenka, Ilya Kovalchuk, Anton Burdasov, Vadim Shipachyov and Patrick Thoresen all netted for SKA, while Michel Miklik grabbed Amur's consolation. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more pulsating KHL action! (21:43:55)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:51
    Despite that call SKA are still coasting, and heading towards a brilliant 7:1 triumph on home ice!
     
    58:28
    Sergey Peretyagin of the visitors completely smashes into SKA's Alexey Ponikarovskiy, sending the forward flying on to his chest and struggling to move! That was some hit! And for roughing in a bust up after that Dmitriy Yudin has been punished, meaning that SKA have after all picked up a penalty!
     
    57:01
    Tuukka Mantyla winds up from the point for the visitors, and with few bodies blocking his view Evgeniy Ivannikov comfortably emerges to cover
     
    56:57
    It's also worth pointing out that the Saint Petersburgers haven't got one penalty minute against their names at all yet, if of course it stays that way though
     
    56:25
    SKA have played at the highest level from start to finish today, and have three and a half minutes to score some more, they really could have already had over ten today!
     
    53:00
    Goal for SKA!
    Amur already had five players on the ice again, but that doesn't even stop the on fire hosts! Tony Martensson swings to the right of the crease, dishes to PATRICK THORESEN open on the doorstep, and the latter has an easy task of scoring! It's 7:1! Assists- Tony Martensson
     
    52:54
    Artemiy Panarin plays a flashy one two play with Evgeniy Dadonov hanging by the left hand post, and with two attempts he fails to bury it in the net!
     
    51:00
    That has turned into a five on three powerplay already just like earlier on! Amur forward Rastislav Spirko is the one to be punished, this time for interference!
     
    50:54
    The forlorn Amur seem to have given up now and they've picked up another penalty, as again Denis Ezhov is the guilty party for holding
     
    50:01
    And immediately afterwards Patrick Thoresen bullies his way clean through one on one, but he can't fire beyond the emerging goalkeeper! Amur have forgotten about playing in defence today!
     
    49:38
    Goal for SKA!
    SKA are well and truly running away with it now! The visiting defence forgets all about VADIM SHIPACHYOV between the circles, and he gives Sergey Borisov absolutely no chance! It's 6:1! Assists- Evgeniy Dadonov
     
    49:01
    Hascak! Amur had a very promising opportunity to take their second goal there! The puck is splayed across to the far left hand post, and Evgeniy Ivannikov is forced to make a brilliant pad save from Marcel Hascek at point blank range!
     
    46:54
    Goal for SKA!
    Just as Amur came back to full strength SKA grab their fifth! Roman Cervenka twists and turns at the high slot, and his wrister is expertly deflected in by JIMMIE ERICSSON! It's 5:1! Assists- Dmitriy Kalinin and Roman Cervenka
     
    45:52
    Kalinin! Dmitriy Kalinin firstly thumps into the netminder's chest from the blue line, and then edges the puck wide of the far post when all alone on the right faceoff circle!
     
    44:53
    Evgeniy Dadonov almost took the entire Amur defence there with a cutting break from the right, and he's earned a powerplay for his team, as Tommi Taimi has been penalised for slashing
     
    44:08
    Jimmie Ericsson peels behind the net from down the right wing, neatly rolls it back for Ilya Kovalchuk to slap, and the SKA captain's cannon is fielded solidly by Sergey Borisov
     
    42:16
    Dmitriy Lugin tripping himself up at the point to the left forces the puck through to the crease, and at the second attempt Evgeniy Ivannikov covers. It's been a quiet beginning to events, as the tempo has noticeably been lowered
     
    41:06
    The third, and most probably final, period has now begun! That goal back would have given Amur hope, but they still have a huge task on their hands!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 1. Ericsson (Tikhonov), 4. Cervenka (Thoresen, Kalinin), 26. Kovalchuk (Dadonov, Shipachyov), 30. Burdasov (Cervenka, Kadeikin), 47. Ericsson (Kalinin, Cervenka), 50. Shipachyov (Dadonov), 53. Thoresen (Martensson) – 37. Miklik (Shafigulin, Hascak)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Ivannikov (Shestyorkin)- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Tikhonov- Kalinin, Rukavishnikov, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- N Belov, Ermakov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Yudin, Kablukov, Ponikarovskiy, Kadeikin, Burdasov
    Amur Khabarovsk: Borisov (Bolshakov)- Taimi, Mantyla, Lugin, Fisenko, Tarasov- Loginov, Velikov, Miklik, Shafigulin, Hascak- Ezhov, Peretyagin, Orlov, Spirko, Yunkov- Teryaev, Bashkirov, Litovchenko, Zheleznov, Kolienko
    Referees: Yury Oskirko, Alexander Soin, Sergey Morozov, Ivan Nazarov
    Attendance: 12150