KHL
Riga – SKA St. Petersburg 2:3 (0:1 after SO)
after shootout (0:1)
Dinamo Riga
2:3 (0:0, 1:1, 1:1 - 0:0)
SKA St. Petersburg
Thursday 15.01.2015, 18:30 • Arena Riga • KHL
     
    What a game it turned out to be, as SKA Saint Petersburg have emerged victorious against HC Dinamo Riga 3:2 on penalty shots! They conceded right at the end of the third period, but showed great determination to come out on top in the shootout. Artemiy Panarin scored the winning penalty shot after a Evgeniy Dadonov double, with Lauris Darzins and Mikelis Redlihs netting for Dinamo. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more pulsating KHL action! (21:47:13)
     
    Game over.
     
    65:00
    Goal for SKA!
    ARTEMIY PANARIN scores the winning penalty shot!
     
    4. series
    0:1
    Artemiy Panarin steps up for the second time for the visitors, and he snipes into the right hand corner to win it for SKA!
     
    4. series
    0:0
    It's sudden death now, and Miks Indrasis for Dinamo hit's the netminder's right pad!
     
    3. series
    0:0
    Linus Videll can win it here for Dinamo, however he's shut down by Igor Shestyorkin five hole!
     
    3. series
    0:0
    Czech forward Roman Cervenka is next for SKA, and also cutting to the backhand he loses control of the puck!
     
    2. series
    0:0
    Second for the hosts is Lauris Darzins, and he loses his footing when shaping to shoot!
     
    2. series
    0:0
    Artemiy Panarin for SKA goes for a backhand, and it rolls across the face blocker side and out!
     
    1. series
    0:0
    Roberts Bukarts is first for Dinamo, and he's denied by a superb glove save by Igor Shestyorkin! Wow!
     
    1. series
    0:0
    SKA begin the shootout! Up skates Ilya Kovalchuk, and he takes it too wide to get an attempt away!
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    Statistics after overtime:

    Shots: 55-63
    Shots on target: 32-33
    Faceoffs: 19-31
    Hits: 3-4
    Penalty minutes: 2-12
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    64:55
    The final seconds have now arisen, as penalty shots are indeed coming our way in Latvia!
     
    64:10
    Miks Indrasis sprints away on a two on one on the left flank, swings it far corner, and somehow the puck isn't forced in first time! SKA's defence isn't at the races at times!
     
    63:29
    Lauris Darzins hunts away for the loose change by the left hand post, Igor Shestyorkin looks panicky and in the end the goalkeeper gathers it in to kill the danger!
     
    62:41
    The puck is sailing from one end to another, no one seems to fancy a penalty series! And SKA's netminder freezes a dump from deep as to take no chances
     
    60:57
    Meija! Gints Meija goes on a tricky skate peeling to the left, wrists near post, and Igor Shestyorkin is on his game to cover it solidly!
     
    60:04
    Overtime has begun! Both sides have already secured a point today, but if there will be no goals during these five minutes, we will move on to penalty shots!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 25. Darzins (Redlihs), 59. Redlihs (Bukarts) – 33. Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin), 46. Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin), dec. goal Panarin

    Shootout:

    1. series:
    0:0   Kovalchuk (PET)
    0:0   Bukarts (RIG)
    2. series:
    0:0   Panarin (PET)
    0:0   Darzins (RIG)
    3. series:
    0:0   Cervenka (PET)
    0:0   Videll (RIG)
    4. series:
    0:0   Indrasis (RIG)
    0:1   Panarin (PET)

    Dinamo Riga: Sedlacek (Deslauriers)- K Redlihs, Cibulskis, M Redlihs, Videll, Bukarts- Genoway, Jurcina, Darzins, Indrasis, Trotter- K Sotnieks, Jerofejevs, Abols, Dzerins, Meija- Augstkalns, Skovorcovs, Saulietis, Sarkanis, Bicevskis
    SKA St. Petersburg: Shestyorkin (Korobov)- Khafizullin, Rukavishnikov, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Tikhonov- Kuteikin, Y Alexandrov, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, A Belov, Khokhryakov, Martensson, Cervenka- Yudin, Barabanov, Burdasov, Kablukov, Ketov
    Referees: Alexey Anisimov, Alexander Sergeev, Sergey Misyur, Stanislav Raming
    Attendance: 8590