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
     
    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!
     
    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
     
    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
     
    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
     
    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!
     
    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
     
    39:46
    And seconds later Mikko Koskinen, bundling around by his right post, somehow keeps the puck from going in from close range! What danger here!
     
    39:16
    Up skates Gints Meija, and cutting blocker side he fails to sneak the puck under Mikko Koskinen! We play on still at 0:1!
     
    39:16
    It's a penalty shot for Dinamo! Maxim Chudinov tipped Gints Meija down when he was bursting away, and the referee has indicated a penalty shot!
     
    37:09
    And SKA have been gifted a promising powerplay opportunity! Dinamo's Kristaps Redlihs has been called for interference, and in doing so has made life harder for his side!
     
    36:19
    Tikhonov! Shorthanded Viktor Tikhonov powers away, breaks to the left, and can only wrist into Jakub Sedlacek's stomach!
     
    34:55
    And we have a fight on our hands! SKA's fired up captain fully goes at it against Charles Genoway of Dinamo, and it's once again Dinamo who will have a man's advantage as Ilya Kovalchuk has also been penalised for kneeing!
     
    34:42
    Chudinov! How, just how didn't he score! All alone on the doorstep Maxim Chudinov can hit only the right post! He had the goal practically at his mercy!
     
    31:18
    Patient combination play ends with Tony Martensson ripping from a fantastic position to the right of the crease, however he blazes his effort wide! He simply had to hit the target!
     
    30:34
    The rampant hosts have drawn a second penalty from Dinamo here, as for tripping against Vadim Shipachyov Kaspars Saulietis has been sent for a two minute sit down
     
    30:01
    Dzerins! Just as I said that Dinamo came close to their second! Andris Dzerins escapes his marker, closes down stick side, and fires directly into Mikko Koskinen's huge frame!
     
    27:20
    In the aftermath of that attempt SKA's captain dropped the gloves with Kristaps Redlihs, and Ilya Kovalchuk has been handed four minutes making it an important Dinamo powerplay!
     
    27:19
    Kovalchuk! From the right Ilya Kovalchuk is teed up waiting at the high slot, and he thunders the puck over the crossbar! SKA are coming closer and closer, you can feel the panic coursing through them!
     
    22:28
    Jakub Sedlacek's right post now looks to be smashed! The netminder didn't have a clue where that one was, and he got lucky!
     
    17:13
    Videll! The Latvians are visibly pumped up today, and they are carving out some brilliant chances! Linus Videll is left all alone on the right faceoff circle, and he's stoned by Mikko Koskinen's pads!
     
    16:15
    The hosts really are ragged at the back, and after yet another poor error a penalty has been taken! And again it's Yury Alexandrov, as he is punished for tripping
     
    12:09
    A brilliantly found opening by the right post goes begging as its thrashed wide of the target completely! And Dinamo, surviving that particular scare, will be very relieved to come back to full strength!
     
    10:09
    However Dinamo have taken the wind out of their own sails, as Andris Dzerins has been penalised for delaying the game! It's an ideal chance for SKA to create pressure!
     
    07:32
    Goal for Dinamo Riga!
    Dinamo have begun brightly and there's their reward! Clever tender build up play tees up LAURIS DARZINS to the left of the crease, and he goes top shelf far corner! It's 0:1! Assists- Maris Bicevskis and Miks Indrasis
     
    05:10
    As Yury Alexandrov skates back out on to the ice Mikko Koskinen makes a huge save from the doorstep! A huge slap shot was thundered in, and somehow the SKA netminder got across glove side!
     
    03:10
    The first penalty has been called here and it's against SKA, as defenceman Yury Alexandrov has been found guilty of tripping
    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