KHL
Torpedo – SKA St. Petersburg 2:4 (end)
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Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2:4 (0:2, 2:2, 0:0)
SKA St. Petersburg
Monday 02.03.2015, 17:30 • Nagorniy Stadium • KHL
     
    There is the final buzzer, and SKA Saint Petersburg have taken control of the series 2:1 with a 4:2 victory against HC Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod away! They really did show their class today, scoring at vital times. Evgeniy Dadonov and Ilya Kovalchuk with braces struck for SKA, with Wojtek Wolski and Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev replying for the hosts. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more pulsating KHL action! (20:07:17)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:43
    Here indeed are the last few seconds, with SKA heading towards such an important 4:2 victory away!
     
    59:10
    Salminen! Sakari Salminen has space on the right, goes for a strong slap shot, however it is well off target coming off a lying SKA defenceman's leg! The visitors are showing great commitment during these last moments!
     
    58:27
    And goaltender Ivan Kasutin has now been pulled for the extra skater for Torpedo's last roll of the dice!
     
    57:54
    Torpedo have now taken a timeout, this is one of their final chances today to save this game three!
     
    57:07
    With time now really running down Torpedo are beginning to press a lot harder, although they can't find any decent shooting positions! SKA are solid at the back at the moment!
     
    54:23
    Kazionov! That was a promising opportunity for Torpedo! The loose puck falls at Denis Kazionov's feet, and he can only wrist off target when closing down to the doorstep!
     
    52:16
    It's now a full strength hockey game again. Torpedo look to have given up the ghost now despite being only two down, while SKA are moving the puck about with real class!
     
    51:52
    Kovalchuk! He's looking for his hat trick! Ilya Kovalchuk winds up from the point, and his crashing slap shot is lashed over the crossbar and out of danger!
     
    50:16
    And Torpedo simply cannot stop SKA at all, as they're going on the penalty kill again with Denis Kazionov the guilty party for tripping against Andrey Ermakov
     
    50:00
    Torpedo have got away with that scare, and they are back at full strength. However SKA keep creating chances, and Vadim Shipachyov is denied by a defenceman's stick almost on the goal line! They're being stretched!
     
    48:46
    Cervenka! Just how didn't he score! Roman Cervenka is brilliantly set up to the right of the crease, and he's somehow denied by Ivan Kasutin's glove! It looked to be an empty corner of the net!
     
    47:32
    This game really has been littered by penalties and here's another, as for high sticking Torpedo's Alexey Potapov has been punished
     
    47:06
    It's all gone a bit quiet here at the moment in Nizhny Novgorod, SKA are expertly calming the game down keeping possession excellently
     
    44:52
    Vladimir Malevich and Anton Burdasov now skate back out on to the ice, and we can now continue with 12 players on the ice again
     
    44:41
    Pepelyaev! Alexey Pepelyaev has not one, but two stinging slappers from the blue line, and Mikko Koskinen gets his imposing frame in the right positions!
     
    44:13
    Veli Matti Savinainen makes a dash down the left, however his wrister is too high as it takes a slight deflection powering over the boards
     
    42:52
    It's going to be a four on four game again now, as Vladimir Malevich of Torpedo and SKA's Anton Burdasov have both been punished for roughing against each other
     
    41:41
    Torpedo's Denis Kazionov takes aim blocker side, and Mikko Koskinen is alert pushing it away. He has been solid for SKA today, helping the team out when they were in danger of caving in
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 28. Wolski (Immonen, Pepelyaev), 31. Krasnoslobodtsev (Filatov) – 13. Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov), 19. Kovalchuk (Thoresen), 36. Kovalchuk (Chudinov), 36. Dadonov (Shipachyov)

    Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod: Kasutin (Biryukov)- Pepelyaev, Hietanen, Filatov, Galuzin, Krasnoslobodtsev- Blazhievskiy, Bernatskiy Salminen, Immonen, Wolski- Malevich, Alyaev, Mozer, Dmitriy Kazionov, Stolyarov- Makarov, Denis Kazionov, Potapov, Savinainen, Dvurechenskiy
    SKA St. Petersburg: Koskinen (Ezhov)- N Belov, Kalinin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Cervenka- Kuteikin, Khafizullin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, A Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Tikhonov- Ermakov, Yudin, Burdasov, Kablukov, Ketov
    Referees: Alexey Anisimov, Antonin Jerabek, Viktor Birin, Alexey Medvedev
    Attendance: 5600