KHL
Admiral – Salavat Yulaev 1:3 (end)
final
Admiral Vladivostok
1:3 (0:1, 0:1, 1:1)
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Thursday 12.02.2015, 11:00 • Fetisov Arena • KHL
     
    There is the final buzzer, and Salavat Yulaev Ufa have defeated Admiral Vladivostok 3:1 away from home! They were much the more clinical today, and showed their class. Teemu Hartikainen, Dmitriy Makarov and Stanislav Golovanov struck for the victors, with Tom Wandell scoring Admiral's only goal. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more thrilling KHL action! (13:09:20)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:40
    Ilya Proskuryakov holds on to a couple of whacked pucks fro distance, and has no other option other than to cover up. And with only a few seconds remaining Salavat are heading towards an important 3:1 win on the road!
     
    58:59
    Gynge! Richard Gynge wrists with feeling from the right, and Vladimir Sokhatskiy relies on his teammate to scramble it off the line! Admiral have shown character throughout the whole of today's game!
     
    57:33
    Goal for Salavat Yulaev!
    Just seconds later however Salavat completely finish the game! A huge rebound pops out to that man STANISLAV GOLOVANOV, and from the doorstep he wrists in! It's 1:3! Assists- Alexey Glukhov and Andrey Ankudinov
     
    57:30
    Golovanov! Admiral terribly cough up the puck to Stanislav Golovanov, he skates in almost one on one, and thumps against Ilya Proskuryakov's right pad!
     
    56:35
    With time now running down Admiral's surge looks to be coming to an end, Salavat are solid and are close to riding out the storm from their hosts!
     
    53:10
    Defenceman Artyom Zemchyonok gets the better of his marker down the right flank, wrists when in a difficult position, and it;s harmlessly kicked out wide
     
    52:10
    Gynge! Niklas Bergfors lashes it into the danger zone from behind the net on the left, Richard Gynge is sniffing around for any tasty rebounds, and Vladimir Sokhatskiy holds on following a wicked deflection!
     
    51:38
    Niklas Bergfors opts to whack the puck on to the slot from almost in his own zone, and the visiting goaltender doesn't take any risks by clinging on to it
     
    50:09
    A testing snap shot is thrashed in from the high slot, and by his blocker Ilya Proskuryakov gets everything behind it to freeze for a faceoff
     
    49:56
    Salavat commit a couple of quickfire icings. In such a game the next goal will most surely decide the outcome, while the visitors would rather that there won't be another goal at all!
     
    48:33
    Pilhstrom! Against the run of play Antti Pihlstrom appears on Admiral's crease, and gently lifts the puck inches over the crossbar! That would have been a sucker punch for the hosts!
     
    47:38
    Bergfors! Niklas Bergfors out of nowhere appears on the crease, looks to sneak it under the netminder's right skate, and it's cleared off the line in the nick of time! They're getting closer to their second!
     
    46:41
    Vladimir Sokhatskiy has been almost flawless in Salavat's net so far, and he sees a slap shot come in from the blue line in time to bat it away with his blocker
     
    44:53
    Away forward Alexey Kaygorodov chucks in an unexpected slapper from a difficult angle on the left wing, and it sails well wide of the far post. The puck is flying from one end to another with real pace, it's going to be a thrilling final fifteen minutes!
     
    43:20
    Antti Pihlstrom falls against the boards on the left, Kirill Koltsov takes it up, squares for a teammate, and Alexander Kutuzov gets it all wrong with a huge target to aim at!
     
    42:13
    Salavat have taken a timeout seconds after having conceded! They know what to expect now, and don't want to lose concentration at all!
     
    42:06
    Goal for Admiral!
    As soon as I said that Admiral give themselves hope! TOM WANDELL tries his luck from the blue line, and with bodies completely blocking his view Vladimir Sokhatskiy can't get anything on it! Powerplay goal and it's 1:2! Assists- Ivan Glazkov
     
    41:12
    Richard Gynge does a full 360 blocker side on the crease, and is nudged off the puck just in time before he can take aim! The visitors' defence has been very reliable so far today!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 43. Wandell (Glazkov) – 12. Hartikainen (Heikkinen, Zubarev), 33. Makarov (Hartikainen, Slepyshev), 58. Golovanov (Glukhov, Ankudinov)

    Admiral Vladivostok: Proskuryakov (Nalimov)- Heshka, Kolar, Bergfors, Gynge, Zubov- Glazkov, Belyakov, Makarov, Sigaryov, Vandell- Kuzmin, Zemchyonok, Gorshkov, Vyacheslav Ushenin, Vladislav Ushenin- Lisov, Sokolov, Ugarov, Kuznetsov, Ivanov
    Salavat Yulaev Ufa: Sokhatskiy (Irving)- Kulda, Heikkinen, Dubrovskiy, Glukhov, Skachkov- Zubarev, Vishnevskiy, Makarov, Slepyshev, Hartikainen- Koltsov, Kutuzov, Pihlstrom, Tolpeko, Kaygorodov- Bodrov, Mereskin, Golovanov, Ankudinov
    Referees: Denis Bondar, Konstantin Olenin, Gleb Lazarev, Alexander Otmakhov
    Attendance: 5500