KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Medvescak 5:2 (end)
final
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
     
    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!
     
    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
     
    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!
     
    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!
     
    39:21
    Brandon Segal from an identical position now takes aim, and he smacks the right hand post! Igor Shestyorkin was powerless on that play!
     
    37:35
    Yet again both teams are left a player short at the same time, as Anton Burdasov of SKA and Medvescak's Brandon Segal have been called for holding and slashing respectively
     
    36:31
    An almighty free for all breaks out on SKA's crease, and they're lucky to not see the puck fly into their net during that episode! Defensively they have to calm down!
     
    32:10
    The tide is turning now, as SKA have picked up a needless penalty against their name! Forward Alexey Ponikarovskiy has been called holding, and Medvescak can continue putting on the pressure!
     
    30:08
    Goal for Medvescak Zagreb!
    It didn't look like coming, but Medvescak have not got themselves back into things! BRANDON SEGAL is first to get to a juicy rebound on the slot, and he makes it count! It's 3:1! Assists- Andrew Hutchinson
     
    27:35
    And now it will indeed be a four on three SKA powerplay! For checking against the boards Brandon Segal of the visitors has been handed a two minute minor, and his teammates aren't happy about that at all!
     
    27:15
    The referee has his arm up and both sides have been handed a two minute minor, with Medvescak's Pascal Pelletier and Andrey Ermakov of SKA being punished for roughing
     
    21:19
    Medvescak have made a goalkeeping change during the break by the way, as Calvin Heeter has been pulled in favour of Mark Owuya
     
    16:49
    The visitors seem to be falling to pieces after seeing their ghost goal ruled off for kicking! And they've taken another penalty now, as Mathieu Carle has been penalised for hooking
     
    14:46
    Goal for SKA!
    They really are beginning to pull away now! MAXIM CHUDINOV takes on a huge slap shot from the point, and Calvin Heeter making a real mess of it sees it fall between his legs! It's 3:0! Assists- Antom Burdasov and Dinar Khafizullin
     
    13:32
    Goal for SKA!
    SKA have made their opponents pay on the counterattack! A goalmouth scramble erupts, and JIMMIE ERICSSON practically on the goal line makes it two! It's 2:0! Assists- Artemiy Panarin and Roman Cervenka
     
    13:17
    Panarin! The SKA number 72 has missed yet another gaping opportunity! Fed on his own by the left of the crease he contrives to slap wide of the half empty net!
     
    09:30
    Martin St. Pierre swings the puck across from the right flank, and Pascal Pelletier tucks it home from close range! But no! On a seriously lengthy video review, the goal has been adjudged to having been scored with the leg! We play on still at 1:0
     
    08:51
    Although no, it will be a four on four hockey game for now after all! Medvescak's Shawn Morrisonn also made a slash during that play, and in doing so evening up the numbers
     
    08:51
    The under pressure visitors will now have an ideal opportunity to get back on level terms, as SKA captain Ilya Kovalchuk has been penalised for a cheap slashing call
     
    03:44
    Goal for SKA!
    That was just the start SKA needed! Clever build up play frees up EVGENIY DADONOV on the tip of the crease, and he slides it under the netminder! Powerplay goal and it's 1:0! Assists- Ilya Kovalchuk and Vadim Shipachyov
     
    03:36
    Panarin! Artemiy Panarin finds himself all alone on the doorstep, and with no one around him he whacks it wide of the post blocker side! He had to hit the target there!
     
    02:08
    We already have the first penalty of the game and it's gone against Medvescak, as their defenceman Andrew Murray has been called for hooking
    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