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
     
    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!
     
    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
     
    36:54
    Goal for Amur!
    Out of nothing Amur are all of a sudden on the board! MICHEL MILIK opts to feed the puck across from the right of the crease, but after a number of telling deflections it trickles beyond Evgeniy Ivannikov! Assists- Grigoriy Shafigulin and Marcel Hascak
     
    34:05
    Tikhonov! Viktor Tikhonov digs out the puck when falling around on the right, he closes down, and smacks the far post with Sergey Borisov already beaten all ends up!
     
    32:50
    Evgeniy Ivannikov takes in a rebound on his knees glove side, and then at the other end Roman Cervenka finishes off a flowing play hacking off target on the doorstep! Every time SKA look as though they will score when attacking!
     
    29:36
    Goal for SKA!
    Wow, that really was a thing of beauty! ANTON BURDASOV powers around the net to the right post, and beautifully stuffs his wraparound in catching the goalkeeper unawares! It's 4:0! Assists- Roman Cervenka and Alexander Kadeikin
     
    28:51
    Rukavishnikov! Roman Rukavishnikov gets the better of his opponents for sheer pace, has room on the left faceoff circle, and is stoned by Sergey Borisov's glove!
     
    28:01
    Kadeikin! Anton Burdasov crashes past his opponents on the left, brilliantly feeds it across the face of goal, and Alexander Kadeikin appears to miss an already open goal! I've already lost count of how many openings the hosts have had!
     
    25:05
    Goal for SKA!
    The hosts are so ruthless today! Opposing goalkeeper Sergey Borisov is taken out by his right hand post, the puck is pushed back to the point, and ILYA KOVALCHUK slaps in with force! Powerplay goal and it's 3:0! Assists- Evgeniy Dadonov and Vadim Shipachyov
     
    24:08
    The referee has his arm up for the first penalty of the second period and unsurprisingly it's gone against Amur, as Denis Ezhov has been penalised for high sticking
     
    19:08
    Miklik! What a chance to out of the blue bring Amur to within one! Mikel Miklik wriggles himself free to the left of the crease, the puck falls at his stick, and he thumps it into Evgeniy Ivannikov's shoulder who deflects it up and out of play!
     
    18:23
    Tony Martensson speeds away on a pacy SKA breakaway down the left, swings it cross ice to Roman Cervenka, and the latter can only thrash it wide of the far post! That was a real chance to already make it three!
     
    13:08
    Shipachyov! Vadim Shipachyov is left all alone on a tight angle on the right, he looks to go near corner, and Sergey Borisov gets across just in time to cover!
     
    12:09
    Another penalty has been called here and yet again it's against the struggling visitors, as for holding Tuukka Mantyla has been handed a two minute minor
     
    11:11
    Viktor Tikhonov is set up neatly crashing on to the doorstep, takes a whack at it, it's padded out and by the right post Roman Cervenka's rebound is somehow stopped by the goalkeeper's glove! SKA look pumped up beyond belief!
     
    10:11
    Ponikarovskiy! Alexey Ponikarovskiy battling down on to the slot from distance breaks directly down the middle, looks to take the netminder out of the game, and in the end squeezes it wide of the left hand post!
     
    03:28
    Goal for SKA!
    SKA weren't going to let that opportunity go to waste! Neat build up play tees up ROMAN CERVENKA on the right faceoff circle, and he thrashes it in first time! Powerplay goal and it's 2:0! Assists- Patrick Thoresen and Dmitriy Kalinin
     
    03:10
    And that's very promptly turned into a SKA five on three! Now Amur defenceman Denis Ezhov has been punished for slashing, in turn putting his team in real trouble!
     
    01:47
    Amur are all over the place early on and now a penalty has been called against them, as for hooking Maxim Velikov has been called
     
    00:31
    Goal for SKA!
    What a fantastic start from SKA, who take a very early lead! A goalmouth scramble erupts as JIMMIE ERICSSON hacks away at it to the right of the slot, and it eventually goes in! It's 1:0! Assists- Viktor Tikhonov
    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