KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Torpedo 6:3 (end)
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SKA St. Petersburg
6:3 (3:1, 3:0, 0:2)
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Friday 27.02.2015, 17:30 • The Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    There indeed is the final buzzer, and SKA Saint Petersburg have held on to take the first game of this KHL Gagarin Cup first round series 6:3 at home! Torpedo showed character, although their lack in class did tell. Vadim Shipachyov ,Tony Martensson, Ilya Kablukov, Roman Cervenka, Jimmie Ericsson and Evgeniy Dadonov all netted for SKA, with Wojtech Wolski and Jarkko Immonen with a double replying for the visitors. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more thrilling KHL action! (00:34:26)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:47
    The final seconds are indeed already here, and SKA are heading for a tricky 6:3 opening Gagarin Cup playoffs win over Torpedo at home!
     
    57:34
    With time ticking down Torpedo are piling on the pressure, they haven't lost all hope yet! Defensively SKA are rather shaky at times that's for sure!
     
    55:22
    Kuteikin! It's a SKA three on one on the right wing, it's moved back to Andrey Kuteikin steaming down the centre, and h's one timer is denied by the sprawling Ivan Kasutin!
     
    54:41
    Makarov! Wojtech Wolski tees up Alexander Makarov at the high slot, however he contrives to wrist up and out of play! He's disappointed that he couldn't keep it down!
     
    52:12
    Krasnoslobodtsev! Torpedo are full of confidence now, they believe in miracles! Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev sprints down, pulls the trigger on the run, and it's directly down Mikko Koskinen's throat!
     
    50:57
    A timeout has now been taken by SKA, they are in a bit of trouble now and need to do something to change the tide!
     
    50:57
    Goal for Torpedo!
    This one has been counted now! A loose rebound falls to the right wing, and JARKKO IMMONEN wrists past the stranded Mikko Koskinen! It's 6:3!
     
    50:11
    Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev forces the puck over the line when on a shorthanded rush! But no, it's been ruled off for having too many players on the crease in front of the netminder! Head Torpedo coach Peteris Skudra isn't happy about that!
     
    48:36
    A penalty has been called against Torpedo here, and forward Alexey Potapov has been handed an untimely two minute minor for roughing
     
    48:33
    Kablukov! It's a seriously open game now! Anton Burdasov powers down the left flank, lashes it far post, and Ilya Kablukov is just too close to Ivan Kasutin to set himself!
     
    47:05
    All of a sudden panic seems to have come over SKA! The defence is all over the place, Mikko Koskinen is sliding about, and glove side Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev misses an already empty net from point blank range!
     
    45:41
    Goal for Torpedo!
    Torpedo have been rewarded for keeping the puck deep inside SKA's zone! It's played across from an awkward angle on the right, and WOJTECH WOLSKI bats it down and in! It's 6:2!
     
    44:00
    It's been a quiet start to the period so far, SKA are letting Torpedo hold more of the puck, while the hosts are waiting to step it up at any needed moment
     
    41:24
    Filatov! Nikita Filatov frees himself of his marker, wrists with danger from the right, and Mikko Koskinen gets his big frame in the way to deny him!
     
    40:50
    Here we go in the third period! SKA have this already wrapped up, surely, but Torpedo won't want to completely lay down!
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Statistics after two periods:

    Shots: 35-27
    Shots on target: 20-13
    Faceoffs: 24-22
    Hits: 14-18
    Penalty minutes: 10-16
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 2. Shipachyov (Dadonov, Kuteikin), 6. Martensson (Thoresen), 11. Kablukov (Burdasov), 24. Cervenka, 34. Ericsson (Thoresen, Chudinov), 40. Dadonov – 20. Immonen (Wolski, Salminen), 46. Wolski, 51. Immonen

    SKA St. Petersburg: Koskinen (Ezhov)- Kalinin, Rukavishnikov, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Cervenka- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Ketov, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, N Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Tikhonov- Ermakov, Yudin, Burdasov, Kablukov, Khokhryakov
    Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod: Biryukov (Kasutin)- Pepelyaev, Hietanen, Salminen, Immonen, Wolski- Blazhievskiy, Bernatskiy, Filatov, Galuzin, Krasnoslobodtsev- Malevich, Alyaev, Denis Kazionov, Dmitriy Kazionov, Stolyarov- Makarov, Potapov, Savinainen, Dvurechenskiy, Mozer
    Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov, Konstantin Olenin, Sergey Misyur, Stanislav Raming
    Attendance: 12337