KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Cherepovets 4:3 (after OT)
final/OT
SKA St. Petersburg
4:3 (2:0, 1:2, 0:1 - 1:0)
Severstal Cherepovets
Sunday 11.01.2015, 15:00 • The Saint Petersburg Ice Palace • KHL
     
    SKA had to work hard for their money, and in the end they have come out on top 4:3 over HC Severstal Cherepovets after overtime! The hosts have to be content with two points today, having seen a couple of big leads slip them by. Evgeniy Dadonov with a double, Artemiy Panarin and Ilya Kablukov all netted for SKA, with Zakhar Arzmasatsev, Dmitriy Kagarlitskiy and Nikolay Stasneko replying for the visitors. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more thrilling KHL action! (18:02:10)
     
    Game over.
     
    60:39
    Goal for SKA!
    It's SKA's day after all! The puck is falling all around Severstal's crease, EVGENIY DADONOV has the quickest hands, and flicks it into the net past Sergey Magarilov! Powerplay goal and it's 4:3! Assists- Ilya Kovalchuk and Vadim Shipachyov
     
    60:01
    Overtime is underway! Both teams have already earned at least a point for themselves, but remember that SKA are still on the powerplay for a further 01:03!
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    Statistics after the initial 60 minutes:

    Shots: 54-37
    Shots on target: 35-23
    Faceoffs: 42-34
    Hits: 12-14
    Penalty minutes: 10-8
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    59:51
    With the puck still deep inside Severstal's zone overtime is coming up, with Severstal having done really well to come back from two goals down!
     
    59:46
    A timeout has been taken by Severstal with only sixteen seconds remaining, they don't want to let at least a point slip out of their hands!
     
    59:03
    What a crucial powerplay could be coming up here! Severstal's Nikolay Stasenko has been called for holding, and SKA can avoid overtime if they play their cards right!
     
    57:48
    Time is beginning to run down here and it's Severstal doing most of the running, they are full of confidence and riding on their emotions after equalising!
     
    56:31
    Egor Antropov lets rip from the left boards, and through traffic Igor Shestyorkin takes claim of the puck. SKA have to do something to get themselves back on the front foot!
     
    54:36
    Goal for Severstal!
    The visitors have finally taken advantage of one of their powerplays! Alexander Shinin wrists from the blue line, and NIKOLAY STASENKO tips it in past the goalkeeper! Powerplay goal and it's 3:3! Assists- Alexander Shinin
     
    54:26
    The hosts don't want to make life easy for themselves at all it seems, as now their defenceman Yury Alexandrov has been punished for slashing
     
    53:53
    Buchnevich! He simply had to score! A terrible SKA turnover lets in Pavel Buchnevich at point blank range, and he smacks it wide glove side! Had he hit the target Igor Shestyorkin looked helpless!
     
    51:51
    Roman Cervenka skates up, cuts sharply to the backhand, and misses the top right hand corner by inches! We play on still at 3:2!
     
    51:51
    SKA have been handed a penalty shot! Roman Cervenka was hacked down when one on one, and the referee has indicated a penalty shot!
     
    49:23
    It's a five on five hockey game again, as SKA's penalty kill is bailing them out time and time again!
     
    48:41
    Severstal however poorly cough up the puck deep inside their opponents' zone, Evgeniy Ketov on that right wing takes on the short himself with on a two on one, and misses the target!
     
    47:23
    Not long after coming back to full strength Severstal have again been handed a powerplay of their own, as SKA's Anton Belov has been hit with a two minute minor for hooking. The hosts don't want to be making their task harder at such a stage of the match!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 8. Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov), 20. Panarin (Chudinov), 32. Kablukov (Ketov, Burdasov), 61. Dadonov (Kovalchuk, Shipachyov) – 25. Arzamastsev (Thuresson, Shinin), 39. Kagarlitskiy, 55. Stasenko (Shinin)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Shestyorkin (Korobov)- Kalinin, Rukavishnikov, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Khokhryakov- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Dadonov, Panarin, Shipachyov- Chudinov, A Belov, Martensson, Thoresen, Cervenka- Yudin, Barabanov, Kablukov, Ketov
    Severstal Cherepovets: Magarilov (Smiryagin)- Shinin, Arzamastsev, Trubachyov, Thuresson, Buchnevich- Urbom, Pyett, Kazakovtsev, Kovyrshin, Kvapil- Stasenko, Antropov, Kagarlitskiy, Mons, Trunyov- Khokhlov, Berdnikov, Zemchenko, Nikontsev, Monakhov
    Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov, Andrey Rogachyov, Stepan Korsak, Alexander Chernyshyov
    Attendance: 12281