KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Torpedo 5:2 (end)
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SKA St. Petersburg
5:2 (2:0, 2:2, 1:0)
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Friday 09.01.2015, 15:00 • Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    There is the final buzzer, and SKA Saint Petersburg have seen off Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 5:2 at home! The hosts were at their best at times today, and played the game out perfectly. Anton Burdasov, Artemiy Panarin, Patrick Thoresen, Maxim Chudinov and Evgeniy Dadonov all struck, with Jarkko Immonen and Vladimir Malevich replying for Torpedo. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more thrilling KHL action! (17:18:34)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:31
    SKA have always had the game under complete control, and they are heading towards a very important first home win of 2015!
     
    56:47
    Goal for SKA!
    That will surely be that now! Artemiy Panarin quite beautifully keeps possession of the puck behind the net, feeds EVGENIY DADONOV on the doorstep, and the latter finishes off the play perfectly! It's 5:2! Assists- Artemiy Panarin
     
    55:34
    Khokhryakov! He was so close to notching up his debut SKA goal! Pyotr Khokhryakov powers around the goal to the right hand post, he has a open net, however he pokes his wraparound attempt into the near side netting!
     
    53:54
    Torpedo really need to start taking advantage of the openings coming their way! SKA are again at full strength, with their penalty kill working expertly so far!
     
    51:54
    No one can stop commit cheap violations all over the place and here's another as SKA's Tony Martensson has been hit for hooking
     
    50:11
    Burdasov! Anton Burdasov speeds on to a loose Torpedo turnover, beats his defenders for pace, and blasts wide of the left post with the netminder panicking! That got the home crowd on to its feet!
     
    48:50
    It's a full five on five hockey game again, and the referees will be hoping that they don't have to put their arms up in the air again! Both sides have played in a rather dirty careless manner at times!
     
    46:50
    SKA's Pyotr Khokhryakov pulls blocker side and draws yet another foul from Torpedo, as their goaltender Mikhail Biryukov has been called for slashing. Sakari Salminen will sit this one out for him
     
    45:44
    There are so many penalties building up today! Each team is taking it in turns to got on the penalty kill, and now it's SKA as Nikolay Belov has been punished for hooking
     
    44:18
    Mikhail Grigoryev, having just skated out of the penalty box, snaps away a testing wrister from distance, and through traffic Mikko Koskinen reads the play to hold
     
    43:23
    Artemiy Panarin pulls to the left in a great position, however he makes the angle too tight for himself to make any real scoring chance for anyone. And Torpedo are at full strength again
     
    41:23
    Evgeniy Dadonov works his way around the net pinned up against the left hand boards and he's earned a powerplay for his team, as Torpedo defenceman Mikhail Grigoryev has been called for holding
     
    40:33
    The third period has started! SKA can't afford to be complacent at only 4:2 up, and they need to up their game even more!
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Statistics after the first two periods:

    Shots: 38-22
    Shots on target: 27-16
    Faceoffs: 16-19
    Hits: 10-9
    Penalty minutes: 10-8
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:53
    The second period is drawing to a close, with a tense and thrilling third lying in wait!
     
    38:37
    Pyotr Khokhryakov has two chances to hit the target to the left of the slot, and on both occasions Torpedo defencemen get back in time to shuffle the puck wide!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 3. Burdasov (Yudin), 8. Panarin (Dadonov, Shipachyov), 21. Thoresen (Martensson), 31. Chudinov (Panarin, Shipachyov), 57. Dadonov (Panarin) – 25. Immonen (Salminen), 33. Malevich (Kazionov)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Koskinen (Shestyorkin)- Kalinin, Rukavishnikov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Kuteikin, N Belov, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, A Belov, Khokhryakov, Ericsson, Ketov- Khafizullin, Yudin, Burdasov, Kablukov, Barabanov
    Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod: Biryukov (Alypakin)- Hietanen, Bernatskiy, Wolski, Filatov, Dmitriy Kazionov- Grigoryev, Vasiliev, Stolyarov, Salminen, Immonen- Osipov, Malevich, Galuzin, Knyazev, Denis Kazionov- Ternavskiy, Savinainen, Zharkov, Rudenkov, Potapov
    Referees: Mikhail Buturlin, Konstantim Olenin, Alexey Medvedev, Alexander Sadovnikov
    Attendance: 12253