KHL
CSKA – SKA St. Petersburg 3:0 (end)
final
CSKA Moscow
3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0)
SKA St. Petersburg
Thursday 26.03.2015, 17:30 • LDS CSKA • KHL
     
    There is the final buzzer, and HC CSKA Moscow have defeated SKA Saint Petersburg 3:0 in the KHL Gagarin Cup Western Conference final opener! They took their chances expertly, while shutting SKA down. Alexander Radulov, Roman Lyubimov and Jan Mursak netted for the victors, with Stanislav Galimov grabbing a shutout. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more thrilling KHL action! (19:59:50)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:08
    Already with SKA back to full strength the match is coming to its finish, with CSKA taking the advantage in the series!
     
    57:08
    Tempers are rising now as Ilya Kovalchuk knees opposing captain Alexander Radulov horribly! He's naturally been punished for that, while CSKA's number 47 doesn't look comfortable!
     
    56:12
    Seconds after being denied by Mikko Koskinen's blocker Evgeniy Artyukhin of CSKA has been sent to the penalty box for roughing, but it will be a four on four hockey game as SKA's Dmitriy Yudin has also been penalised
     
    55:26
    Once again nothing was created during that time, and CSKA are back to full strength. Their penalty kill has been crucial for them today all the way through!
     
    53:26
    The beleaguered visitors have been given a potentially important powerplay here, as CSKA forward Evgeniy Artyukhin has been called for interference
     
    51:34
    Dmitriy Kalinin falls to the ice, and he looks in serious pain! His leg almost twisted in two as he fell awkwardly, and he's is being helped off the ice!
     
    51:05
    Tikhonov! Tony Martensson and Patrick Thoresen combine cleverly alongside the right hand boards, and Viktor Tikhonov's eventual one timer is stoned by Alexander Galimov!
     
    50:40
    Icing is committed by CSKA. Despite the score SKA fans are still in fine voice in their guest sector inside the LDS CSKA, and they are trying to give their team courage to make a dramatic comeback!
     
    49:43
    It's a tall order for SKA now, and they look to have given up the ghost showing little desire to power forward. CSKA have taken their chances with excellence today, and their home fans are very satisfied at the moment!
     
    47:51
    Goal for CSKA!
    That will probably do it now! Alexander Radulov is allowed to power in from the left, and his backhanded is deflected by JAN MURSAK's knee over Mikko Koskinen's glove and in! Powerplay goal and it's 3:0! Assists- Simon Hjalmarsson and Alexander Radulov
     
    47:03
    And the hosts will now have a man advantage, as SKA's Dinar Khafizullin has been charged with interference
     
    45:58
    Kiselevich! Bogdan Kiselevich blasts from between the circles, and Mikko Koskinen makes an alert right pad save! He sneaked in unexpectedly there for CSKA!
     
    43:23
    The visitors are not at the races today when it comes to being on the powerplay, and CSKA have got away with another foul coming back to full strength
     
    43:03
    How many chances do SKA want! Tony Martensson fires wide of an almost open net by the left post, and then a thunderous Maxim Chudinov slap shot deflects off the netminder's mask and out of play!
     
    42:06
    Chudinov! Maxim Chudinov slaps as hard as he can from the blue line, and Stanislav Galimov spreads himself to gather at the second attempt! SKA are putting on the heat!
     
    41:23
    CSKA have been committing fouls at will today and here's another, as Georgiy Panin has been caught for hooking Tony Martensson directly under the referee's nose
     
    40:30
    The third period has begun! It's SKA's last chance to save this game, with CSKA in the driving seat!
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 7. Radulov (Lyubimov), 25. Lyubimov (Hjalmarsson, Radulov), 48. Mursak (Hjalmarsson, Radulov)

    CSKA Moscow: Galimov (Lalande)- Denisov, Zaitsev, Grigorenko, Lyubimov, Radulov- Nemec, Naumenkov, Hjalmarsson, Mursak, Artyukhin- Panin, Egorshev, Zharkov, Korotkov, Zhafyarov- Kiselevich, Volkov, Stas, Makarov, Mamin
    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
    Referees: Alexey Anisimov, Antonin Jerabek, Dmitriy Sivov, Sergey Shelyanin
    Attendance: 5600