KHL
Novokuznetsk – Barys 3:2 (1:0 after SO) | SKA St. Petersburg – Riga 3:1 (end)
final
SKA St. Petersburg
3:1 (0:1, 0:0, 3:0)
Dinamo Riga
Wednesday 11.02.2015, 17:30 • Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    That was pulsating stuff, as SKA Saint Petersburg have defeated Dinamo Riga 3:1 in heroic fashion! They burst into life in the third period, completely destroying their opponents. Tony Martensson, Roman Cervenka and Jimmie Ericsson struck for the winners, with Lauris Darzins scoring Dinamo's only goal. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more exciting KHL action! (19:58:01)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:56
    For just one last twist Mikko Koskinen sees the puck take a nick off his left post, Dinamo kept on going right to the very end!
     
    59:44
    With the deal now firmly sealed both sides are now playing out the final seconds, what an absolute thriller it has been today! True drama!
     
    57:43
    Goal for SKA!
    Wow, just listen to the noise inside the arena, everyone has breathed a sigh of relief! Maxim Chudinov blasts seriously powerfully from the point, and JIMMIE ERICSSON expertly tips home! Powerplay goal and it's 3:1! Assists- Maxim Chudinov
     
    56:16
    Ilya Kovalchuk absolutely thunders the puck in from the blue line, and he doesn't miss the far left post by much! A third SKA goal would surely kill it now!
     
    55:55
    Evgeniy Dadonov is completely taken out here, that looked painful! Dinamo can't hide their frustration as star forward Lauris Darzins has indeed been sent to the penalty box for interference
     
    55:01
    Rather unexpectedly SKA have handed the initiative right back to Dinamo, it's the visitors dictating the pace of the game as the minutes tick by!
     
    52:59
    The Latvian visitors did a brilliant job of holding the puck well out of their own zone though, and they're back at full strength. What a nervous ending we have coming up here, with the difference still only one goal!
     
    50:59
    Dinamo are in danger of going under now, they cannot cope at all with the immense pressure that they are coming under! And forward Martins Cipulis has taken a needless penalty for roughing, and in reaction the Dinamo fans inside the ground have turned their back to the ice!
     
    49:39
    Goal for SKA!
    Liftoff for SKA! This is what they have been working for! Anton Burdasov dishes to ROMAN CERVENKA lurking to the right of the slot, and he makes no mistake! It's 2:1! Assists- Anton Burdasov
     
    49:10
    Martensson! He's looking for his second! On a lightning quick breakaway Ilya Kovalchuk plays in Tony Martensson speeding down the right wing, and the latter's wrister is well taken by Jakub Sedlacek!
     
    48:01
    However SKA's goaltender Mikko Koskinen rather strangely emerges from his net, and quite acrobatically beats away a terrible deflection off one of his defencemen!
     
    47:29
    Icing is committed by SKA. Dinamo have to be patient now, they know that they are going to come under even more pressure as time winds on!
     
    45:21
    The Saint Petersburg Ice Palace has taken life now, the atmosphere has been turned up! And SKA's Swedish forward Jimmie Ericsson wrists strongly into Jakub Sedlacek's chest from a promising position on the right
     
    44:51
    Goal for SKA!
    Finally! That has been coming for an extremely long time now! Directly off the faceoff draw on the left TONY MARTENSSON wrists, and he goes water-bottle on Jakub Sedlacek! It's 1:1! Assists- Ilya Kovalchuk
     
    44:46
    Following rather messy puck movement Andrey Kuteikin winds up from the left, and his effort takes a heavy deflection and rolls out of play
     
    43:22
    Ketov! Evgeniy Ketov has a bit of room for himself on the left, however his wrister near post isn't the most challenging for the netminder to take
     
    42:34
    SKA split Dinamo's defence open on the right flank, and Anton Burdasov's feed to the free Viktor Tikhonov is intercepted by Jakub Sedlacek's sneaky left pad!
     
    40:44
    Mikko Koskinen completely loses his balance behind his own net, and he has to rely on his defencemen to bail him out! That could have been ugly!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 45. Martensson (Kovalchuk), 50. Cervenka (Burdasov), 58. Ericsson (Chudinov) – 8. Darzins (Bicevskis, Indrasis)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Koskinen (Ezhov)- Kalinin, Rukavishnikov, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Cervenka- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Ermakov, Yudin, Burdasov, Khokhryakov, Ketov
    Dinamo Riga: Sedlacek (Delauriers)- K Redlihs, Cibulskis, Bukarts, Videll, M Redlihs- Genoway, Grinbergs, Darzins, Trotter, Indrasis- Sotnieks, Jerofejevs, Dzerins, Abols, Meija- Porejs, Saulietis, Bicevskis, Cipulis- Skovortsovs
    Referees: Yury Ronn, Alexander Soin, Dmitriy Parfyonov, Viktor Tomilov
    Attendance: 12098