KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – CSKA 1:3 (end)
final
SKA St. Petersburg
1:3 (0:0, 0:1, 1:2)
CSKA Moscow
Monday 30.03.2015, 18:30 • The Saint Petersburg Ice Palace • KHL
     
    58:57
    Goal for CSKA!
    That is surely that now! Vladimir Zharkov skates up to the extra net, sets up ALEXANDER RADULOV to the left of the crease, and he comfortably ices this one! It's 1:3! Assists- Vladimir Zharkov
     
    58:03
    And already SKA head coach Vyacheslav Bykov has opted to pull Mikko Koskinen in favour for the extra skater! It's now or never for his side!
     
    53:23
    Thoresen! Seconds after getting one back SKA almost had that equaliser! Patrick Thoresen takes a poke at the puck, and it rolls not far wide of the right post at all! CSKA are under heavy pressure now!
     
    51:39
    Goal for SKA!
    Wow, just like that SKA have responded! MAXIM CHUDINOV is left all alone at the blue line, and he slaps in his one timer pver the goalkeeper's blocker! Assists- Ilya Kovalchuk and Anton Belov
     
    50:30
    Goal for CSKA!
    That could be the killer goal for CSKA, SKA can't keep taking such penalties! The visitors work the puck around, and pinned up by the left hand post DENIS DENISOV scores! Powerplay goal and it's 1:2! Assists- Igor Grigorenko and Alexander Radulov
     
    49:57
    SKA have taken a very untimely penalty here as they were putting the pressure on hard, with forward Jimmie Ericsson being called for interference
     
    47:01
    Patrick Thoresen again has some space on the right, he squares for the open Tony Martensson, and somehow his effort is stoned by Stanislav Galimov! Just how did he not hit the net, wow!
     
    45:16
    Martensson! SKA are turning the heat up now! It's a three on two, Patrick Thoresen sets up Tony Martensson to the right, and the Swede hits only the goalkeeper's midriff from a fantastic position! Such chances have to be taken advantage of!
     
    37:41
    SKA are getting into a bit of penalty trouble now and here's another against young defenceman Dmitriy Yudin, as he has been penalised for tripping
     
    36:18
    Goal for CSKA!
    Again it's CSKA's top line punishing SKA hard! Alexander Radulov trickles down to the right post, and squares for ROMAN LYUBIMOV to squeeze home! It's 0:1! Assists- Igor Grigorenko and Alexander Radulov
     
    34:00
    A strange penalty has been signalled here by the referee, as for slashing against CSKA's goaltender Patrick Thoresen of SKA has been handed a two minute minor
     
    31:44
    Belov! Anton Belov charges into the attacking zone, wrists with serious power from the point, and only Stanislav Galimov's mask keeps this game level!
     
    31:01
    Kovalchuk! Ilya Kovalchuk slaps the puck as hard as he can from the left faceoff circle, and Stanislav Galimov makes a beautiful glove save! That will look good on the camera!
     
    29:31
    Out of virtually nothing CSKA have been spotted having six players on the ice at one time, and they have indeed been called for that. Forward Evgeniy Artyukhin will sit this one out for his side
     
    25:51
    Stas! That was a real opening for CSKA! SKA cough up the puck deep into their own zone, by the right post Andrey Stas is set up, and he's shut down on the crease! Igor Grigorenko far post was all alone with an empty net to aim at!
     
    21:07
    SKA have been gifted an early and important powerplay here in the period, as Grigoriy Panin has been penalised for a blatant trip up against forward Vadim Shipachyov
     
    16:21
    Dadonov! What an opportunity to give SKA the lead! Artemiy Panarin tees Evgeniy Dadonov up at the doorstep, and the latter can only first time the puck past the left post! He had to hit the target!
     
    15:20
    The referee has his arm up and it's for a penalty against CSKA, as their captain Denis Denisov has been punished for slashing
     
    04:08
    Here however we have the first penalty of the day already, and it's against SKA as forward Evgeniy Ketov has been called for roughing
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 52. Chudinov (Kovalchuk, Belov) – 37. Lyubimov (Grigorenko, Radulov), 51. Denisov (Grigorenko, Radulov), 59. Radulov (Zharkov)

    SKA St. Petersburg: Koskinen (Ezhov)- Rukavishnikov, Khafizullin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Cervenka- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, A Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Tikhonov- Yudin, Khokhryakov, Kablukov, Ketov
    CSKA Moscow: Galimov (Lalande)- Denisov, Zaitsev, Grigorenko, Lyubimov, Radulov- Nemec, Bondarev, Hjalmarsson, Mursak, Artyukhin- Panin, Egorshev, Zharkov, Korotkov, Zhafyarov- Naumenkov, Volkov, Stas, Mamin
    Referees: Alexey Anisimov, Roman Gofman, Gleb Lazarev, Roman Shikhanov
    Attendance: 12390