KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Medvescak 5:2 (end)
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SKA St. Petersburg
5:2 (3:0, 0:1, 2:1)
Medvescak Zagreb
Sunday 01.02.2015, 15:00 • The Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    There is the final buzzer, and SKA Saint Petersburg have got back to winning ways with a 5:2 thrashing of Medvescak Zagreb! They rode their luck at times, but their class told in the third period. Jimmie Ericsson, Maxim Chudinov, Artemiy Panarin and Evgeniy Dadonov with a double struck for SKA, with Brandon Segal and Bill Thomas replying for the visitors. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more thrilling KHL action! (17:51:16)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:51
    The final seconds are now upon us, as in the end SKA are cruising to a very important 5:2 win on home ice!
     
    59:21
    SKA really do know when to show what they're made of! And to make his statistics look even more impressive here Igor Shestyorkin catches a dangerous looking puck emerging well out to the right of his net
     
    58:13
    Goal for SKA!
    It's a true masterclass now! The Medvescak defence goes missing as ARTEMIY PANARIN paces in clean through, and he wonderfully goes upstairs over the goaltender's glove! It's 5:2!
     
    57:40
    As the minutes tick by SKA are looking ever more sure defensively, they don't want to give Medvescak any sort of hope at all having got themselves a very important two goal advantage!
     
    55:51
    This time there is no whistle as Vadim Shipachyov squeezes in from the left flank, and he is heavily taken out by a rough, while clean, challenge from a visiting defenceman!
     
    54:41
    A searching and at the same time pin point pass from deep lets in Evgeniy Ketov one on one, but he's called offside just when he was shaping to shoot! They clearly have let their shackles down with that vital fourth marker!
     
    53:05
    Goal for SKA!
    And what a goal that is! Simply breathtaking! YEVGENI DADONOV cuts in between the entire Medvescak back line, and one on one he gets the better of Mark Owuya with a stunning move! It's 4:2! Assists- Artemiy Panarin and Vadim Shipachyov
     
    51:47
    They are however restricting their Croatian opponents to long range attempts so far, and another is fielded excellently by Igor Shestyorkin's torso
     
    50:32
    The puck is almost camped inside SKA's zone at times, they have completely let the initiative go having been so confident earlier on!
     
    48:05
    Medvescak forward Brandon Segal drifts just past the blue line, wrists with space opening up in front of him, and it's directly down the goalkeeper's throat
     
    47:06
    Igor Shestyorkin plants his glove over the puck to cut out a dish across from the boards on the right. He will want to help his team out with more important saves as the pressure on him will become hotter!
     
    44:53
    The nerves can be felt all around the Saint Petersburg Ice Palace after that second Medvescak goal! Roman Cervenka, with the pace really being upped, takes a wrister on glove side, and the goaltender makes a superb flash of leather to keep him out! That looked certain to be a goal!
     
    44:23
    Burdasov! That was a real chance to again give SKA some breathing space! Anton Burdasov escapes his marker peeling off the right flank, he slaps first time. and Mark Owuya gets across in time to cover!
     
    42:07
    Goal for Medvescak Zagreb!
    The hosts have made it a real contest now! The scrambling Igor Shestyorkin can't get anything on the puck, and off BILL THOMAS it rolls over and in! It's 3:2! Assists- Jefferey Kinrade
     
    40:04
    Wow, as soon we get going we have huge fight on our hands! SKA's Viktor Tikhonov drops the gloves with James Wright, and both have been hit with a five minute punishment!
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Statistics after the first two periods:

    Shots: 40-34
    Shots on target: 19-21
    Faceoffs: 24-18
    Hits: 18-15
    Penalty minutes: 8-12
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 4. Dadonov (Kovalchuk, Shipachyov), 14. Ericsson (Panarin, Cervenka), 15. Chudinov (Burdasov, Khafizullin), 54. Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov), 59. Panarin – 31. Segal (Hutchinson), 43. Thomas (Kindrade)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Shestyorkin (Koskinen)- Kalinin, Rukavishnikov, Kovalchuk, Tikhonov, Ponikarovskiy- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Khafizullin, Khokhryakov, Ericsson, Cervenka- Ermakov, Yudin, Burdasov, Kablukov, Ketov
    Medvescak Zagreb: Heeter (Owuya)- Flood, Morrisonn, Segal, Leino, Wright- Martinovic, Carle, Thomas, Bjorkstrand, Hedberg- Hutchinson, Popovic, Pelletier, St. Pierre- Kinrade, Kostovic, Murray, Perkovich
    Referees: Roman Gofman, Andrey Rogachyov, Dmitriy Golyak, Ivan Dedyulya
    Attendance: 12177