KHL
Admiral – Barys 4:2 (end) | Medvescak – CSKA 2:3 (end)
final
Medvescak Zagreb
2:3 (1:2, 1:0, 0:1)
CSKA Moscow
Thursday 18.09.2014, 20:00 • Dom Sportova • KHL
     
    The final buzzer has now sounded, and in an exciting encounter CSKA Moscow have seen off the challenge of Medvescak Zagreb 3:2 away from home! Both sides had their moments, but CSKA's class told in the end. Nikolay Prokhorkin, Stephane Da Costa and Jan Mursak all notched up a goal each for CSKA, while Pascal Pelletier and Patrick Bjorkstrand replied for the hosts. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more enthralling KHL action! (22:31:54)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:51
    Medvescak simply can't get set up in their opponents' zone and CSKA are heading for a hard earned 3:2 triumph in Croatia!
     
    59:13
    With already less than a minute remaining Barry Brust has now been pulled for the extra skater!
     
    58:10
    Radulov! He could have completely finished it there! Beating his opponents for sheer pace down the left wing Alexander Radulov looks for the near post, but Barry Brust is alert to the danger!
     
    56:10
    Anthony Stewart flashes the puck across the face falling against the left hand boards, but no one is fast enough to catch up with that one. The noise inside the arena has significantly dropped since CSKA scored that third goal!
     
    55:42
    It's going to be very tough for Medvescak to come back from that blow! CSKA had been increasingly playing with the initiative and they have their reward!
     
    54:32
    Goal for CSKA!
    And there is that goal which could turn out to be the winner! Sprinting into Medvescak's zone with real speed JAN MURSAK pulls out from the middle slightly to the right, and he whips it past the netminder clinically! It's 2:3! Assists- Bogdan Kiselevich
     
    53:07
    Thomas! Bill Thomas opts to take on a slapshot very early on when passing into the attacking zone, but the netminder sees it all the way and punches it wide!
     
    52:44
    CSKA move offside. With time just starting to run down it's looking like the next goal will turn out to be the killer one!
     
    50:25
    Medvescak are back at full strength again but they almost conceded immediately! Evgeniy Korotkov showing a remarkable change of speed skates in clean through, but he can't control the puck when shaping to shoot!
     
    49:40
    Denisov! Teed up just past the blue line Denis Denisov cracks in a thumping slapper, but it thunders past the right hand post! Barry Brust would have had trouble stopping that one!
     
    48:27
    As soon as CSKA came back to full strength they themselves are now going on the powerplay! Medvescak's Branislav Mezei has been punished for interference
     
    48:05
    Mark Katic fires in with real pace directly on the right faceoff circle, but Stanislav Galimov just about manages to hold on to it! That wasn't an easy one to save!
     
    46:05
    Evgeniy Artyukhin falls right on top of Barry Brust, and the netminder doesn't like that at all! He jumps to his feet and shoves the CSKA forward in the chest, but no penalty has been called against him! But Evgeniy Artyukhin hasn't escaped, as he has been penalised for interference!
     
    45:44
    Stanislav Egorshev causes trouble on the crease as he chucks it in, and after a brief moment's panic the home defenders do manage to clear their lines!
     
    45:24
    Medvescak drift offside as they look to get set up in CSKA's zone. The hosts are finding it harder and harder to find holes in their opponents' defence!
     
    43:46
    Barry Brust looks a little lethargic emerging from his net, and Evgeniy Artyukhin manages to strip him of the puck! He then sends it back to the point, where Stanislav Egorshev a little wastefully finds the netminder's middle
     
    42:51
    Nathan Perkovich opts to seriously blast the puck in from the point, but Stanislav Galimov is right behind it and holds comfortably
     
    40:53
    CSKA are already back at full strength having not let Medvescak get set up in their zone at all during that penalty

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals and assists: 11. Pelletier (Pierre), 24. Bjorkstrand (Carle) – 1. Prokhorkin (Kiselevich, Mursak), 15. Costa (Zaitsev, Denisov), 55. Mursak (Kiselevich)


    Medvescak Zagreb: Brust (Dekanich)- Martinovic, Carle, Glumac, Murray, Bjorkstrand- Hutchinson, Mezei, Thomas, Polushaj, Anderson- Flood, Katic, Segal, Pelletier, St.Pierre- Wright, Perkovich, Stewart
    CSKA Moscow: Galimov (Lalande)- Zaitsev, Denisov, Radulov, Da Costa, Grigorenko- Billins, Kiselevich, Prokhorkin, Artyukhin, Mursak- Misharin, Panin, Eager, Lyubimov, Stas- Egorshev, Korotkov, Zhafyarov, Zharkov, Mamin

    Referees: Viktor Galishov, Evgeniy Romasko, Yuris Balodis, Viktor Birin