KHL
SKA St. Petersburg – Mytishchi 1:3 (end)
final
SKA St. Petersburg
1:3 (1:1, 0:1, 0:1)
Atlant Mytishchi
Friday 30.01.2015, 17:30 • The Ice Palace of Saint Petersburg • KHL
     
    There's the final buzzer, and Atlant Mytishchi have defeated SKA Saint Petersburg on the road 3:1! Not many people predicted such a result, but it's a fully deserved win for the visitors. Nikita Soshnikov, Vyacheslav Leshchenko and Albert Yarullin struck for Atlant, with Artemiy Panarin replying for SKA. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more thrilling KHL action! (19:47:45)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:53
    With the puck deep inside Atlant's zone the game is running to its end, with Atlant heading for a surprise 3:1 triumph away!
     
    58:08
    As Artemiy Panarin wrists into the netminder's chest from the right faceoff circle SKA have pulled Mikko Koskinen for the extra skater! And the hosts have now taken a timeout for their last roll of the dice
     
    57:31
    Roman Cervenka swings his stick at a flying puck in the middle of the air, and the goalkeeper sees it clearly to catch. He has been superb for Atlant today!
     
    55:31
    Both teams have their full quota of players on the ice again. There isn't much time left now, and SKA aren't really looking like making it a grandstand finish!
     
    53:31
    Swedish forward Jimmie Ericsson has made his team's task a lot harder though, as he has made it a four on four hockey game for slashing
     
    52:14
    The referee has his arm up and he's given SKA a huge chance to get back into things, as Atlant's Anton Babchuk has been called into the penalty box for tripping
     
    51:00
    Atte Engren is playing almost on his own against SKA now! Evgeniy Ketov peels to the right hand post, attempts to stuff the puck in, and the goalkeeper stands his ground
     
    49:33
    An unbelievable goalmouth scramble erupts on Atlant's crease, and with some sort of miracle the puck doesn't move over the line! They got lucky there!
     
    48:54
    Dmitriy Yudin collects the puck at the blue line, his effort takes a tricky deflection, and Atte Engren still manages to flash leather confidently
     
    47:10
    Soshnikov! He had an ideal opportunity to finish the game there! Nikita Soshnikov is open on the tip of the slot, and contrives to thrash it over the crossbar!
     
    46:17
    The hosts are playing with more urgency now, but with a two goal deficit to claw back they are facing an uphill struggle even at home!
     
    44:48
    Kovalchuk! That was almost the immediate reply from SKA! Alexey Ponikarovskiy squeezes the puck to Ilya Kovalchuk practically on the goal line from the right, and it just doesn't go in!
     
    43:10
    Goal for Atlant!
    The visitors are simply on fire today! A three on two is quite beautifully worked to the doorstep, and ALBERT YARULLIN fires past Mikko Koskinen! It's 1:3! Assists- Evgeniy Bodrov
     
    40:28
    As we get going in the third frame Alexey Ponikarovskiy wriggles free on the left wing, and fires powerfully into Atte Engren's stomach. SKA have been slow at times today, and will want to up their game!
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Statistics after the first two periods:

    Shots: 27-36
    Shots on target: 13-19
    Faceoffs: 27-10
    Hits: 17-11
    Penalty minutes: 25-16
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:57
    With Atlant defending solidly we're coming to the end of a fast and furious second period, with the visitors in the box seat!

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals and assists: 2. Panarin (Shipachyov) – 9. Soshnikov (Babchuk), 23. Leshchenko (Voronin), 44. Yarullin (Bodrov)


    SKA St. Petersburg: Koskinen (Shestyorkin)- Kalinin, Rukavishnikov, Kovalchuk, Tikhonov, Ponikarovskiy- Y Alexandrov, N Belov, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Khafizullin, Khokhryakov, Ericsson, Cervenka- Ermakov, Yudin, Barabanov, Kablukov, Ketov
    Atlant Mytishchi: Engren (Artemyev)- Gilroy, Korobov, Shmelyov, Potapov, Soshnikov- Sorokin, Novopashin, Levitskiy, Bodrov, Yashin- Tyuyapkin, Yarullin, Chernov, Tatarukhin, Kozlov- Babchuk, Yunkov, Voronin, Leshchenko- Khlopotov

    Referees: Mikhail Buturlin, Antonin Jerabek, Evgeniy Streltsov, Denis Tarasov

    Attendance: 12154