KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Torpedo 2:0 (end)
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SKA St. Petersburg
2:0 (2:0, 0:0, 0:0)
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Thursday 05.03.2015, 17:30 • Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    There is the final buzzer, and SKA Saint Petersburg have masterfully seen off the challenge of HC Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 2:0 today and 4:1 in the series! They played to their strengths, and outclassed their opponents. Tony Martensson and Patrick Thoresen netted, with Mikko Koskinen picking up a shutout. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more thrilling KHL action! (19:43:01)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:53
    The closing moments are now upon us, with SKA on their way to a 2:0 victory today, and 4:1 in the series overall! They have shown their class when it was needed!
     
    58:07
    The whistle has been blown here as Torpedo have blown all their final chances of extending the series! It's a cheap one too, as it's for having too many men on the ice! Forward Vladimir Galuzin will sit this one out for his team
     
    57:23
    Jusso Hietanen winds up, slaps as hard as he can form the point, and it whistles over the crossbar as the goalkeeper was panicking!
     
    57:22
    Off a slapper from the point Alexey Potapov is stopped by Mikko Koskinen huge frame by the right post! And for their last roll of the dice Torpedo have taken a timeout with the puck in SKA's zone!
     
    56:30
    With still over three minutes to go Torpedo have pulled goaltender Ivan Kasutin for the extra skater! They had to do something!
     
    54:12
    A heavy slap shot sails over the right hand post with the help of Mikko Koskinen's pad! He wants to keep a hold of his shut out with not too much time remaining!
     
    52:42
    Panarin! That third goal simply won't go in! A juicy rebound falls at the stick of Artemiy Panarin on the doorstep, and he is shut down by a quite amazing Ivan Kasutin right pad save! He's giving his team a chance!
     
    50:51
    The hosts are passing up several opportunities to completely put this one away! It's a two on one, far post to the left Tony Martensson is dished, and he fires wide! The home fans inside the Saint Petersburg Ice Palace will become nervous!
     
    50:15
    Torpedo are pressing hard but without making Mikko Koskinen work as yet, SKA are looking focused at the back and defending in their own zone almost perfectly
     
    48:23
    Not long after Dmitriy Yudin's blast was blocked the young SKA defenceman crashes into teammate Evgeniy Ketov! The latter looks in serious pain following that incident!
     
    46:34
    Artemiy Panarin really is full of tricks! He outguns his markers on the right flank, wrists with feeling, and the netminder prevents a beautiful marker from flying in!
     
    45:35
    You can expect Torpedo to be the more urgent, they have just under fifteen minutes to somehow save their season and keep the series alive!
     
    44:03
    As Ivan Kasutin makes a couple of smart stops off Nikolay Belov efforts from the high slot Torpedo come back to full strength. SKA should really have done more on that extended powerplay, and need that third and ensuring goal
     
    42:02
    Shipachyov! All alone to the right of the crease Vadim Shipachyov one times it, and he smacks the near post! The goalkeeper was helpless there!
     
    40:23
    Kovalchuk! Ilya Kovalchuk really does want to score today as he takes on a slapper from distance, and Ivan Kasutin gets everything behind it to hold on!
     
    40:01
    The puck has dropped for the third and vital period! And remember that SKA are on the powerplay for a further 04:03 as they aim to close out the series!
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Statistics after the first two periods:

    Shots: 38-29
    Shots on target: 24-16
    Faceoffs: 12-21
    Hits: 11-15
    Penalty minutes: 6-31
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 15. Martensson (Thoresen, Alexandrov), 17. Thoresen (Cervenka, Chudinov)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Koskinen (Ezhov)- N Belov, Kalinin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Cervenka- Y Alexandrov, Khafizullin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, A Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Khokhryakov- Ermakov, Yudin, Burdasov, Kablukov, Ketov
    Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod: Kasutin (Biryukov)- Pepelyaev, Hietanen, Salminen, Immonen, Wolski- Bernatskiy, Osipov, Denis Kazionov, Galuzin, Krasnoslobodtsev- Malevich, Alyaev, Mozer, Dmitriy Kazionov, Stolyarov- Makarov, Knyazev, Potapov- Dvurechenskiy, Rudenkov
    Referees: Alexey Anisimov, Vyacheslav Bulanov, Dmitriy Golyak, Ivan Dedyulya
    Attendance: 12398