KHL
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final
Admiral Vladivostok
3:0 (1:0, 2:0, 0:0)
HC Lada Togliatti
Monday 08.12.2014, 11:00 • Fetisov Arena • KHL
     
    There is the final buzzer, and Admiral Vladivostok have confidently seen off HC Lada Togliatti 3:0 to draw level on points with their opponents in the Eastern Conference playoff race! They were in control from start to finish, rarely being threatened. Oleg Li, Niclas Bergfors and Richard Gynge netted for the victors, with goaltender Ivan Nalimov picking up a shutout. Thanks for following the game with us, and join me again later this evening for HC Slovan Bratislava against Avangard Omsk in the KHL! (13:16:41)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:33
    The last few seconds are now ticking by, with Admiral cruising to a vital 3:0 triumph on home ice!
     
    58:22
    As Vyacheslav Ushenin fires into Ilya Ezhov's chest from the left faceoff circle Admiral have taken a timeout, they don't want to make themselves nervous during these closing stages!
     
    58:04
    Stanislav Bocharov strips his opponent of the puck at the blue line, moves in before wristing, and Ivan Nalimov comfortably beats it away with his blocker
     
    55:35
    Lada are at full strength, but have already less than five minutes left to work a miracle! It has to be said that they've created very little during this period at all
     
    54:18
    Ilya Ezhov can only watch on as the puck cannons off his right post after a tricky effort from the opposite flank! That's already the second time that the woodwork has come to his rescue!
     
    53:35
    And we have a fight on our hands! Admiral's Richard Gynge is challenged to drop his gloves by Dmitriy Stulov of Lada, and before things can get rough both are sent to the penalty box for roughing! However it will be an Admiral powerplay, as Dmitriy Stulov's penalty is for four minutes an not two
     
    53:00
    Alexander Gorshkov looks to go five hole on Ilya Ezhov from the high slot, but the goaltender shuts the door in time! The hosts are controlling the game expertly, coming under minimal pressure!
     
    51:56
    Bergfors! Niclas Bergfors is wonderfully set up with a behind the back feed driving through the middle of the zone, he takes himself away from his opponents, and wrists fiercely into Ilya Ezhov's midriff!
     
    48:49
    Richard Gynge pulls to the right faceoff circle, dangerously flashes it across the face of goal, and it's hit with just too much pace for anyone to catch up with
     
    45:56
    Petrov! Surely he should have got Lada on the board there! Yury Petrov jinks his way down the left flank, wrists when all alone, and somehow Ivan Nalimov gets something on it to keep his shutout going!
     
    44:06
    Lada have five players back in the action again. They are seeing so little of the puck, it's hard to see a way back into the game for them at this point
     
    43:21
    Kovar! Jan Kovar winds up between the circles, slaps the puck with an enormous amount of force, and Ilya Ezhov has to show excellent reactions to tip it over the bar!
     
    42:06
    Out of virtually nothing Lada have picked up their fourth penalty in a row, as for holding directly under the referee's nose Georgiy Belousov has been called
     
    41:13
    Here we go in the third and deciding period! Admiral are in complete control, but they can't take their eye off the ball!
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Statistics after the initial 40 minutes:

    Shots: 36-39
    Shots on target: 23-20
    Faceoffs: 20-22
    Hits: 9-3
    Penalty minutes: 8-10
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:51
    It's now the last few moments of a period which has completely belonged to the hosts!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 7. Li (Gorshkov), 35. Bergfors (Heshka), 38. Gynge (Bergfors, Zubov)

    Admiral Vladivostok: Nalimov (Proskuryakov)- Kolar, Heshka, Bergfors, Zubov, Gynge- Osipov, Glazkov, Lisin, Makarov, Schutz- Kuzmin, Zemchenyok, Gorshkov, Ushenin, Li- Lisov, Ivanov, Kuznetsov, Sokolov, Barbashyov
    HC Lada Togliatti: Ezhov (Glass)- Barantsev, Gunkes, Golubev, Petrov, Chernikov- Ogurtsov, Sloboda, Shenfeld, Zatevic, Belousov- Vorobyov, Stulov, Bocharov, Nikitenko, Valuiskiy- Shulakov, A Streltsov, Fyodorov, Romanov, V Streltsov
    Referees: Yury Tsyplakov, Alexander Chernikov, Evgeniy Petrov, Ivan Fateev
    Attendance: 5500