KHL
Mytishchi – SKA St. Petersburg 1:0 (end)
final
Atlant Mytishchi
1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
SKA St. Petersburg
Friday 20.02.2015, 17:30 • Arena Mytishchi • KHL
     
    The final buzzer has now sounded, and HC Atlant Mytishchi have beaten SKA Saint Petersburg 1:0 at home! They needed the victory dearly, and they made it count. Igor Levitskiy scored the only goal, as netminder Atte Engren grabbed a shutout for himself. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more exciting KHL action! (19:52:01)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:52
    With only eight seconds remaining a timeout has now been taken by Atlant! Concentration is the main thing for them now!
     
    59:24
    Ilya Kovalchuk slaps from the blue line, and with the puck threatening to bounce away from him he sweeps it up beautifully with his glove!
     
    59:17
    As Atlant come back to full strength SKA have called a timeout, they have just over half a minute to force this one into overtime!
     
    58:53
    And Ilya Ezhov has now been pulled for the extra skater! It's their final roll of the dice now!
     
    57:16
    Oh dear, what a needless penalty has been taken by Atlant! This could prove costly! Forward Artyom Chernov has been punished for holding, and SKA have been gifted a huge opportunity to get back on terms!
     
    56:59
    Offside is committed by SKA. Atlant are hacking the puck away from their zone effectively, they really don't want to let this lead slip!
     
    54:19
    Several chances are coming SKA's way as their build up play is very pretty at times, but so far they are lacking a cutting edge! Head coach Vyacheslav Bykov will demand more!
     
    53:04
    Viktor Tikhonov backhands fairly weakly when shielding the puck on the left flank, and the goaltender isn't sleeping as he solidly sees it fly into his awaiting grasp
     
    52:02
    Young Atlant defenceman Albert Yarullin takes the pressure off his team as he takes aim from the right faceoff circle, and at the second attempt Ilya Ezhov covers it with his glove crouched down
     
    51:52
    Apart from a couple of slappers not an awful lot was created by SKA, and Atlant are back at full strength. They haven't got much time left today, with time starting to run down!
     
    49:52
    Atte Engren is making some heroic saves in Atlant's net, he's seriously on form so far! However for high sticking, Vadim Khlopotov of the hosts has been penalised
     
    46:01
    Kovalchuk! Ilya Kovalchuk holds up the puck all the way back to the blue line, wrists devilishly, and the goalkeeper's right pad keeps him off the scoreboard for now!
     
    45:40
    SKA's number 10 spins around the net, by the left corner tries to force his backhanded wraparound in, and Atte Engren spreads himself like an eagle to take it in!
     
    45:21
    That could prove to be such a huge goal, as in such a tight game it's SKA who need to make a comeback! They will feel capable of it however!
     
    43:50
    Goal for Atlant!
    There is that opening goal, at last! With Vadim Shipachyov having been taken out IGOR LEVITSKIY is free to skate to the crease from the left, and he beats the netminder five hole! It's 1:0! Assists- Artyom Chernov and Vitaliy Novopashin
     
    43:41
    Ilya Ezhov sees the puck being laid off on the right flank, and he doesn't have too much trouble palming it out of danger with noone around him
     
    41:51
    A bobbling puck from the blue line bounces all the way through to Tony Martensson by the right post, and he's denied by the solid Atte Engren! His defence went missing there again!
     
    41:37
    Nothing was really created during that time though, and SKA are at full strength again. The first goal will surely prove to be crucial today, with the price for any mistake being very high!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 44. Levitskiy (Chernov, Novopashin)

    Atlant Mytishchi: Engren (Krasikov)- Korobov, Gilroy, Potapov, Soshnikov, Shmelyov- Novopashin, Babchuk, Khlopotov, Bodrov, Levitskiy- Yarullin, Tyulyapkin, Kozlov, Tatarukhin, Chernov- Sorokin, Voronin, Yunkov, Pugolovkin, Leshchenko
    SKA St. Petersburg: Ezhov (Koskinen)- Kalinin, Rukavishnikov, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Cervenka- N Belov, Kuteikin, Ketov, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Khafizullin, Thoresen, Martensson, Tikhonov- Ermakov, Yudin, Burdasov, Kablukov, Khokhryakov
    Referees: Alexey Belov, Andrey Rogachyov, Ivan Sazonov, Konstantin Chubykin
    Attendance: 6900