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final
HC Slovan Bratislava
3:5 (0:3, 1:0, 2:2)
Avangard Omsk
Monday 08.12.2014, 19:30 • Slovnaft Arena • KHL
     
    There is the final buzzer, and Avangard Omsk have sailed to a 5:3 victory over HC Slovan Bratislava in Slovakia! They made it look more difficult than it actually was, as they had the game in their hands for long periods. Denis Kulyash, Sergey Kalinin, Denis Parshin and Alexander Perezhogin with a double sealed the deal, with Rok Ticar, Tomas Netik and Matt Murley replying for Slovan. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more pulsating KHL action! (21:58:00)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:46
    The Slovan head coach has promptly swapped his goaltender for the extra skater, but it isn't going to make any difference as Avangard are heading to an exciting 5:3 win away from home!
     
    59:31
    Goal for Slovan!
    The home fans have one last goal to celebrate! An aggressive effort takes a heavy ricochet up into the air, and MATT MURLEY bats it over the line from point blank range! It's 3:5! Assists- Michal Vondrka and Milan Bartovic
     
    58:13
    Goal for Avangard!
    If there were any doubts about the winner there sure isn't any more! The home back line is cut open as ALEXANDER PERZHOGIN paces down the right, and his dish is accidentally deflected in by a Slovan skate! It's 2:5!
     
    57:23
    The puck is hopefully whacked in on Avangard's net from just outside the blue line, and after a wicked deflection it shaves the bar! Goaltender Konstantin Barulin had to make a seriously acrobatic jump in a wild attempt to get something on it!
     
    55:40
    Roman Berdnikov now squeezes himself clean through directly through the middle, and from point blank range is denied by Jaroslav Janus! The action has picked up considerably during this period!
     
    54:22
    Goal for Slovan!
    It's been coming for a while now! The goalkeeper is drawn our horribly blocker side, the puck is swung across to the right wing, and TOMAS NETIK has no trouble one timing into the open corner of the net! It's 2:4! Assists- Rok Ticar and Ziga Jeglic
     
    53:35
    Slovan have been wasteful with the chances that have come their way during this period and that fourth goal could prove to be the killer, Avangard still are looking a bit shaky at the back though!
     
    52:54
    Bliznak! Immediately Slovan could have again given themselves a little bit of hope! The puck trickles all the way through to Mario Bliznak on the crease, but he takes too long getting an attempt away and the goaltender pokes it around into the boards!
     
    50:55
    Goal for Avangard!
    Avangard have most certainly burst Slovan's bubble with that marker! Erik Gustafsson wrists the puck in from the blue line, and ALEXANDER PEREZHOGIN cleverly deflects it past the helpless Jaroslav Janus! It's 1:4! Assists- Erik Gustafsson and Alexander Popov
     
    48:19
    Rok Ticar with heavy traffic piling up in front of him slaps the puck trying his luck, and it slightly predictably gets deflected up and out of play
     
    47:44
    You can feel the Slovnaft Arena crowd getting more and more involved in the game as time rolls on, their team are giving them more to cheer about now!
     
    45:12
    Netik! For the first time today Slovan are speeding forward with all of the momentum! Tomas Netik pulling to the left slaps with force, and the netminder denies him flashing leather expertly!
     
    44:18
    Ziga Jeglic dumps the puck in on net from a tough angle on the right wing, Konstantin Barulin fumbles it glove side, and he's lucky to see Stefan Ruzicka bundle the rebound wide off balance!
     
    41:45
    An unexpected and early timeout has been taken by the visitors, they have looked a bit sleepy emerging from the changing room and their head coach doesn't want any unneeded stress!
     
    41:15
    Ticar! That was extremely close to taking Slovan back to touching distance! Rok Ticar draws his stick back for a huge slapper on the left faceoff circle, and Konstantin Barulin has to duck as it screams over the crossbar!
     
    41:11
    Alexander Popov crawls down the left flank for Avangard, sweeps it across to the far post for an onrushing teammate, and it's just too far in front of him to catch up with!
     
    40:41
    The third period has begun! Avangard will be disappointed to having conceded right at the end of the previous frame, and need to keep their concentration!
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 40. Ticar (Sersen), 55. Netik (Ticar, Jeglic), 60. Murley (Vondrka, Bartovic) – 14. Kulyash (Kolarik), 16. Kalinin (Parshin), 19. Parshin (Sobotka), 51. Perezhogin (Gustafsson, Popov), 59. Perezhogin

    HC Slovan Bratislava: Janus (Baros)- Sersen, Starosta, Ruzicka, Nedorost, Surovy- Stajnoch, Baranka, Jeglic, Ticar, Netik- Sigalet, Brejcak, Murley, Bartovic, Vondrka- Luza, Bliznak, Stastny, Olvecky
    Avangard Omsk: Barulin (Shilin)- Blatak, Gustafsson, Sobotka, Parshin, Kalinin- Lyamin, Kulyash, Berdnikov, Lemtyugov, Wandell- Vasiliev, Pivtsakin, Popov, Perezhogin, Kolarik- Kulik, Rasskazov, Kuryanov, Lauta, Semyonov
    Referees: Sergey Gusev, Vladimir Bukin, Dmitriy Sivov, Sergey Shelyanin
    Attendance: 7504