Wednesday, March 18, 2015

KHL Western Conference Semifinals: SKA St. Petersburg VS. Dynamo Moscow

Welcome to the western conference semifinal round for the 2015 Gagarin Cup Playoffs. This post will act as a reference for the entire series between SKA St. Petersburg and Dynamo Moscow.

Game 1: Ice Palace St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia. In goal: Alexander Lazushin of Moscow and Mikko Koskinen of St. Petersburg. Moscow was first to score in the first period on a Mat Robinson goal, made possible by Maxim Pestushko. St. Petersburg tied it in the second period on an Evgeny Ketov goal, fueled by Tony Martensson and Anton Burdasov. Dynamo retook the lead with an Alexei Tsvetkov goal, passed from Pestushko. SKA tied it as Patrick Thoresen scored a power play goal, powered by Jimmie Ericsson and Ilya Kovalchuk. St. Petersburg won 3-2 in overtime on an Artemy Panarin goal, via Roman Cervenka. The three stars went to Panarin, Thoresen, and Pestushko. SKA owns a 1-0 lead to begin the series.

Game 2: Ice Palace St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia. In goal: Alexander Lazushin of Moscow and Mikko Koskinen of St. Petersburg. Moscow struck first in the first period on a Vladimir Bryukvin goal, going in unassisted. St. Petersburg got on the board in the second period as Vadim Shipachyov scored a power play goal, powered by Artemy Panarin. Dynamo retook the lead as Maxim Karpov scored, thanks to Alexei Tsvetkov and Andrei Mironov. Moscow added on in the third period on a Kaspars Daugavins power play goal, assisted by Nikolai Zherdev and Filip Novak. Dynamo iced it at 4-1 on a Tsvetkov empty net goal, set up by Mat Robinson and Karpov. The three stars went to Karpov, Lazushin (34 for 35 in saves), and Tsvetkov. The series is tied at 1 as it heads to Moscow.

Game 3: Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow, Russia. In goal: Mikko Koskinen for St. Petersburg and Alexander Lazushin for Moscow. St. Petersburg dented the scoreboard in the second period on an Anton Burdasov goal, fueled by Dmitry Kalinin and Roman Rukavishnikov. SKA iced it at 2-0 with an Ilya Kovalchuk empty net goal, set up by Roman Cervenka in the third period. The three stars were Koskinen (27 save shutout), Burdasov, and Lazushin (28 for 29 in saves). SKA owns a 2-1 series lead.

Game 4: Luzhniki Minor Arena, Moscow, Russia. In goal: Mikko Koskinen for St. Petersburg and Alexander Lazushin for Moscow. St. Petersburg began in the first period on a Patrick Thoresen goal, guided in by Tony Martensson. Moscow tied it on a Yegor Dugin goal, fueled by Janne Jalasvaara. SKA took the lead in the second period on a Vadim Shipachyov goal, coming off of Evgeny Dadonov and Artemy Panarin. St. Petersburg added on with an Ilya Kablukov goal, passed from Evgeny Ketov. Alexander Sharychenkov replaced Lazushin late in the second period. SKA extended the lead in the third period with a Dadonov goal, via Ilya Kovalchuk and Shipachyov on the power play. St. Petersburg padded the lead on a Thoresen goal, with a lone helper by Martensson. SKA finished it at 6-1 with a Viktor Tikhonov goal, helped along by Martensson, who got a sock trick. The three stars went to Martensson, Thoresen, and Shipachyov, while Dadonov gets an honorable mention. SKA heads home leading the series 3-1. 

Game 5: Ice Palace St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia. In goal: Alexander Sharychenkov of Moscow and Mikko Koskinen of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg led off in the first period with a Vadim Shipachyov goal, fueled by Roman Cervenka and Ilya Kovalchuk. Moscow tied it on a power play goal by Maxim Karpov in the third period, powered by Alexander Osipov and Denis Kokarev. SKA took the lead on an Anton Belov goal, via Viktor Tikhonov and Patrick Thoresen. Dynamo tied it again as Sergei Soin scored, thanks to Mat Robinson and Yegor Dugin. St. Petersburg took the game 3-2 with an Evgeny Dadonov goal in overtime, coming off of Shipachyov and Artemy Panarin. The three stars were Shipachyov, Dadonov, and Belov. SKA wins the series 4-1, and awaits their opponent for the conference final.

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