Metallurg M – SKA St. Petersburg 4:3 (after OT)
final/OT
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
4:3 (0:1, 1:1, 2:1 - 1:0)
SKA St. Petersburg
Tuesday 09.12.2014, 15:00 • Arena Metallurg • KHL
     
    Metallurg Magnitogorsk in overtime have heroically seen off SKA Saint Petersburg 4:3 to claim the extra point! It looked as though SKA were cruising to the win, but the hosts had other ideas. Chris Lee, Sergey Mozyakin, Danis Zaripov and Jan Kovar all struck for Metallurg, with Artemiy Panarin, Roman Cervenka and Evgeniy Dadonov replying for the visitors. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more exciting KHL action! (18:00:18)
     
    Game over.
     
    62:19
    Goal for Metallurg!
    There it is, it's Metallurg's day after all! SKA get caught out changing their line, and JAN KOVAR on the backhand finishes the game when one on one! It's 4:3!
     
    60:56
    Overtime is underway here inside the Arena Metallurg! We will have five minutes of play, and if no goals will be seen, then we will go to penalty shots. We remind you that both teams have already earned one point each, with it having been a draw after normal time
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    Statistics after the initial 60 minutes of play:

    Shots: 48-41
    Shots on target: 29-37
    Faceoffs: 21-11
    Hits: 20-17
    Penalty minutes: 35-12
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    59:50
    We are indeed heading into overtime here, with SKA simply out on their feet! It really did seem as though they had done enough for the win, but Metallurg have shown remarkable character to come back!
     
    58:40
    Goal for Metallurg!
    Unbelievable! Just like that it's a tied game, and overtime looks as though it's coming! The puck pops out to the right hand post, and with the netminder already out of position DANIS ZARIPOV hits the net! It's 3:3!
     
    56:42
    Goal for Metallurg!
    All of a sudden the hosts are right back into things! SERGEY MOZYAKIN gobbles up his own rebound falling to the right of the slot, and he banks it in off Mikko Koskinen's glove! It's 2:3! Assists- Viktor Antipin
     
    56:24
    Jan Kovar skates along the boards on the right, checks back to the point, dumps it into the slot, and Mikko Koskinen sweeps it up into his glove comfortably
     
    54:41
    The crowd inside the Arena Metallurg has gone rather quiet here, SKA are cleverly killing the game with neat passing moves at neutral ice, and sapping Metallurg's energy away
     
    52:09
    However Metallurg couldn't create anything at all, and their opponents are back at full strength. SKA's defence is looking very solid today so far, as Metallurg aren't having an awful lot to feed off!
     
    50:09
    The hosts have been given a potentially critical powerplay here, as SKA's forward Ilya Kablukov has been handed a two minute minor for slashing
     
    47:36
    Alexandrov! Artemiy Panarin brilliantly twisting around from behind the net to the crease lays it back to Yury Alexandrov to slap, and the latter's drive is gathered in confidently by Vasiliy Koshechkin!
     
    44:10
    Metallurg are now to their relief back to full strength, but at two goals down already they have a real task on their hands if they are to get any points from today's match up!
     
    43:46
    Shorthanded Maxim Yakutsenya charges away shorthanded, and wrists into Mikko Koskinen's chest from way out on the left flank. And on the following SKA counter Vasiliy Koshechkin makes a superb save with his pads from close range! A fourth would most probably kill the contest!
     
    41:40
    Goal for SKA!
    They weren't ever going to let that go to waste! EVGENIY DADONOV is all alone between the circles, and he clinically rifles it into the right hand corner! Powerplay goal and it's 1:3! Assists- Artemiy Panarin and Vadim Shipachyov
     
    40:37
    Here we go in the deciding period, with SKA still on the powerplay for just under five minutes! They can't afford to let that opportunity slip away!
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 25. Lee (Mozyakin, Kovar), 57. Mozyakin (Antipin), 59. Zaripov, 63. Kovar – 7. Panarin (Kovalchuk, Shipachyov), 38. Cervenka (Martensson, Thoresen), 42. Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov)

    Metallurg Magnitogorsk: Koshechkin (Pechurskiy)- Antipin, Biryukov, Mozyakin, Zaripov, Kovar- Lee, Khabarov, Platonov, Osala, Grigorenko- Malenkikh, Ibragimov, Pare, Timkin, Yunkov- Tereshchenko, Kapetnik, Yakutsenya, Brent, Kosov
    SKA St. Petersburg: Koskinen (Ivannikov)- Chudinov, Belov, Kovalchuk, Tikhonov, Ericsson- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Kalinin, Rukavishnikov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Kadeikin, Ermakov, Burdasov, Kablukov, Ketov
    Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov, Konstantin Olenin, Alexander Sadovnikov, Alexander Zakharenkov