Welcome to the post for the semifinal series between SKA St. Petersburg and Severstal Cherepovets in the KHL Gagarin Cup playoffs. This post will act as a reference for the entire series.
Game 1: Ice Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia. In goal: Vasily Koshechkin for Severstal and Ivan Kasutin for SKA. St. Petersburg struck first in the first period with a power play goal by Mikhail Varnakov, assisted by Kevin Dallman. Cherepovets tied it with a Nikita Alexeyev goal, with a lone assist from Linus Videll. SKA took the lead back as Viktor Tikhonov scored, courtesy of Tony Martensson and Patrick Thoresen. St. Petersburg added on in the second period as Thoresen scored a power play goal, powered by Dallman and Dmitry Kalinin. Severstal shot back with a Mikhail Anisin goal, fueled by Niclas Bergfors and Vadim Berdnikov. Cherepovets retied it on an Evgeny Ketov goal, made possible by Gennady Stolyarov and Vadim Shipachyov. Severstal gained the lead on a Ketov power play goal, set up by Shipachyov and Bogdan Kiselevich. SKA retied it as Martensson scored, with assists provided by Thoresen and Dallman, the latter getting a sock trick. St. Petersburg gained the lead again in the third period on a Tikhonov goal, coming off of Martensson and Alexei Semenov. SKA padded the lead with an empty net goal by Maxim Afinogenov, via Evgeny Artyukhin. St. Petersburg iced it at 7-4 with another empty net goal by Tikhonov, completing his hat trick with the help of Martensson, who got a sock trick. The three stars went to Tikhonov, Martensson, and Thoresen, while Dallman, Shipachyov, and Ketov receive the honorable mentions. SKA takes an early 1-0 series lead.
Game 2: Ice Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia. In goal: Vasily Koshechkin for Severstal and Ilya Ezhov for SKA. St. Petersburg was first to score in the first period with a power play goal by Viktor Tikhonov, powered by Kevin Dallman and Patrick Thoresen. SKA added on in the second period when Teemu Ramstedt scored, courtesy of Yury Alexandrov. St. Petersburg extended the lead with another Tikhonov goal, with a lone assist from Anton Burdasov. Cherepovets got on the board in the third period when Alexander Ryazantsev scored, with the help of Evgeny Ketov and Vadim Shipachyov. SKA replied with an Alexander Kucheryavenko goal, passed from Evgeny Artyukhin. This made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars being Tikhonov, Ezhov (43 for 44 in saves), and Ramstedt. SKA will head east with a 2-0 series lead in hand.
Game 3: Ice Palace, Cherepovets, Russia. In goal: Ilya Ezhov for SKA and Vasily Koshechkin for Severstal. St. Petersburg began in the first period with a Teemu Ramstedt goal, assisted by Artemy Panarin. SKA added on as Mikhail Varnakov scored, courtesy of Yury Alexandrov. St. Petersburg extended the lead with an Anton Burdasov goal, passed from Dmitry Kalinin and Maxim Afinogenov. SKA padded the lead in the second period as Ivan Nepryayev scored, with the help of Alexander Kucheryavenko and Kalinin. This was all for the scoring, resulting a 4-0 final, with Ezhov (32 save shutout), Ramstedt, and Kalinin receiving the three stars. SKA has pushed Severstal to the brink of elimination, with a 3-0 series lead in hand.
Game 4: Ice Palace, Cherepovets, Russia. In goal: Ivan Kasutin for SKA and Vasily Koshechkin for Severstal. St. Petersburg opened in the first period with a power play goal by Dmitry Kalinin, powered by Kevin Dallman and Viktor Tikhonov. Cherepovets tied it on a Denis Kazionov goal, fueled by Vadim Shipachyov on the power play. Severstal took the lead in the second period as Mikhail Anisin scored, thanks to Gennady Stolyarov. SKA tied it again on a Yury Alexandrov goal, assisted by Alexander Kucheryavenko and Artemy Panarin. St. Petersburg took the lead with a Kucheryavenko goal, set up by Kalinin and Maxim Afinogenov. SKA extended the lead as Evgeny Artyukhin scored, with a lone assist from Kucheryavenko. This was all for the scoring, resulting in a 4-2 final, with the three stars being Kucheryavenko, Kalinin, and Kasutin (34 for 36 in saves). SKA will advance to the conference finals, sweeping Severstal away 4-0.
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