KHL
HC Yugra – HC Lada Togliatti 2:1 (1:0 after SO)
after shootout (1:0)
HC Yugra
2:1 (1:0, 0:1, 0:0 - 0:0)
HC Lada Togliatti
Thursday 05.02.2015, 15:00 • Arena Yugra • KHL
     
    HC Yugra have indeed beaten HC Lada Togliatti after penalty shots 2:1! They had to ride their luck at times, and in the end their fans can go home happy. Nikolay Lemtyugov netted the winning penalty shot, after Ivan Yatsenko of Yugra and Lada's Fyodor Fyodorov had scored in normal time. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more exciting KHL action! (17:34:18)
     
    Game over.
     
    65:00
    Goal for Yugra!
    NIKOLAY LEMTYUGOV scores the winning penalty shot!
     
    3. series
    1:0
    Semyon Valuyskiy has to score to keep the series going, however he dumps the puck wide of the right corner when also going for a backhander!
     
    3. series
    1:0
    Nikita Gusev can win it here, but no! He loses control of the puck at the vital moment!
     
    2. series
    1:0
    Lada's Georgiy Belousov fails to beat Barry Brust attempting the same move!
     
    2. series
    1:0
    Nikolay Lemtyugov scores a stunner as he gently backhands past the helpless goaltender! That's a masterpiece!
     
    1. series
    0:0
    Yury Petrov is first for Lada, and he wrists directly into Barry Brust's glove!
     
    1. series
    0:0
    Defenceman Andrey Sergeev skates up, and he fails to get the better of Evgeniy Ivannikov blocker side!
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    The shootout is about to start, and it is the home team Yugra who are going to shoot first!
     
    Statistics after overtime:

    Shots: 49-52
    Shots on target: 27-34
    Faceoffs: 20-28
    Hits: 20-13
    Penalty minutes: 4-4
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    64:51
    Vitaly Sitinikov is wonderfully pushed through one on one, but as he was shaping to shoot the whistle is blown for offside! And with just a few seconds to go we're going to see penalty shots today!
     
    64:02
    Kaspar! On a pacy counterattack Lukas Kaspar takes aim at the tip of the crease, and after a wicked deflection Evgeniy Ivannikov sweeps it up at the second attempt!
     
    62:38
    Fyodor Fyodorov bares down from the left wing, and flashes the puck across goal with no one getting on the end of it! It's Lada making all of the running in overtime!
     
    60:49
    Shenfeld! That was almost the winner for Lada! Anton Shenfeld bursts away, under pressure twists at the doorstep, and backhands wide of the left corner! It would have been a beautiful goal!
     
    60:45
    Overtime has begun! The winner will now take two points with the loser still having one, and if no goals will be scored in these five minutes it will be penalty shots!
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    Statistics after the initial 60 minutes:

    Shots: 46-48
    Shots on target: 26-31
    Faceoffs: 20-25
    Hits: 16-13
    Penalty minutes: 4-4
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 6. Yatsenko (Gusev), dec. goal Lemtyugov – 26. Fyodorov (Vorobyov, Streltsov)

    Shootout:

    1. series:
    0:0   Sergeev (JUG)
    0:0   Petrov (TOG)
    2. series:
    1:0   Lemtyugov (JUG)
    1:0   Belousov (TOG)
    3. series:
    1:0   Gusev (JUG)
    1:0   Valuyskiy (TOG)

    HC Yugra: Brust (Goryachevskikh)- Larsen, Melart, Kaspar, Maxwell, Korolyuk- Sergeev, Valentenko, Bulyanskiy, Gorbunov, Gusev- Ryabykin, Zheldakov, Sitnikov, Yatsenko, Lemtyugov- Mamkin, Chibsov, Lesnukhin, Varfolomeev, Romantsev
    HC Lada Togliatti: Ivannikov (Glass)- Gunkes, Romanov, Chernikov, Petrov, Golubev- Podkhradsky, Ogurtsov, Shenfeld, Nikitenko, Belousov- Shulakov, Vorobyov, Streltsov, Fyodorov- Stulov, Valuyskiy, Mastryukov, Bocharov, Sharov
    Referees: Roman Gofman, Alexey Ravodin, Dmitriy Parfyonov, Alexander Sysuev