KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Dynamo 3:2 (after OT)
final/OT
SKA St. Petersburg
3:2 (1:0, 0:0, 1:2 - 1:0)
Dynamo Moscow
Wednesday 18.03.2015, 17:30 • The Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    With that dramatic overtime winner SKA Saint Petersburg have indeed beaten HC Dynamo Moscow 3:2 today, and 4:1 in the series overall! They have been simply brilliant during the series, and fully deserve to move on to the next round. Vadim Shipachyov, Anton Belov and Evgeniy Dadonov netted their goals, with Maxim Karpov and Sergey Soin replying for Dynamo. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more thrilling KHL action! (23:06:32)
     
    Game over.
     
    69:31
    Goal for SKA!
    Goal! SKA have finally beaten their old foes Dynamo Moscow! A quite beautiful combination play is finished off by EVGENIY DADONOV at point blank range! It's 3:2! Assists- Vadim Shipachyov and Artemiy Panarin
     
    69:08
    The hosts couldn't create much however as they failed to hold the puck inside the attacking zone for a lengthy time, and it's a full strength hockey game again
     
    67:08
    Dynamo have taken what could be a fatal penalty here! Six players have been spotted as to having been on the ice, and what a chance it is for SKA to finish this series off! Forward Egor Dugin will sit this one out for his team
     
    66:25
    Kokarev! The chances are coming thick and fast now! Open by the left post Denis Kokarev's one timer rolls across the goal line, and it's hacked down the other end of the ice! Dynamo were inches away there!
     
    65:23
    Cervenka! Roman Cervenka almost forces his way through one on one, but he takes the puck too wide to the right and it's stopped fairly comfortably!
     
    64:40
    And now SKA's goalkeeper clings on to a Mikko Koskinen slap shot from the blue line. Nerves are at a maximum here, with Dynamo seeing more of the puck so far!
     
    61:10
    Tsvetkov! Alexey Tsvetkov launches the puck from the point, and Mikko Koskinen catches it neatly! And just seconds before that Vadim Shipachyov was denied by the goaltender's left foot when stretching!
     
    60:06
    Overtime has begun! It will be very interesting to see who will take the initiative, and remember that we will keep playing on until the first goal however long that may take to come!
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    Statistics after the initial 60 minutes:

    Shots: 45-52
    Shots on target: 28-32
    Faceoffs: 19-35
    Hits: 7-9
    Penalty minutes: 6-6
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    59:41
    Overtime does look as though it is coming up now, with SKA really trying to force the issue with the seconds ticking by!
     
    57:41
    A powerful slapper clatters in from the right boards, and Mikko Koskinen covers it eventually. Any goal is surely going to prove to be the winner now, with already such little time remaining!
     
    55:49
    The tension is palpable inside the Saint Petersburg Ice Palace now! SKA are very nervy all over the ice, while Dynamo can smell blood!
     
    53:02
    Ericsson! For the second time in a row SKA could have dealt their opponents a hammer blow! Straight after the faceoff draw Jimmie Ericsson powers his way onto the crease, and at the second try the puck is beaten away by Alexander Sharychenkov!
     
    52:16
    Goal for Dynamo!
    Out of virtually nothing we're all tied up again! The SKA defence gets into a mess by their left post, and SERGEY SOIN is on hand to tuck it in! It's 2:2! Assists- Mat Robinson and Egor Dugin
     
    51:05
    Icing is committed by SKA. The hosts are notice bally shutting up shop now. they don't want to make any mistakes while a third goal would be dearly needed!
     
    48:55
    Now SKA's goaltender keeps a hold of a routine wrister from distance. He is coming under immense pressure now, as Dynamo know that time is very much against them!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 1. Shipachyov (Cervenka, Kovalchuk), 44. Belov (Tikhonov), 70. Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin) – 43. Karpov, 53. Soin (Robinson, Dugin)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Koskinen (Ezhov)- Rukavishnikov, Kalinin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Cervenka- Y Alexandrov, Khafizullin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, A Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Tikhonov- Yudin, Burdasov, Kablukov, Ketov
    Dynamo Moscow: Sharychenkov (Yeryomenko)- Novak, Robinson, Daugavins, Gorovikov, Pestushko- Jalasvaara, Koryagin, Karsums, Tsvetkov, Volkov- Mironov, Osipov, Kokarev, Tereshchenko, Karpov- Sinitsyn, Babenko, Soin, Bryukvin
    Referees: Antonin Jerabek, Jyri Ronn, Sergey Morozov, Yakov Paley
    Attendance: 12358