Game 1: Ice Palace Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia. In goal: Harri Sateri of Vityaz and Mikko Koskinen of SKA. St. Petersburg led off in the first period with an Anton Belov power play goal, powered by Evgeny Dadonov and Vadim Shipachyov. Podolsk tied it in the second period with an Alexei Makeyev goal, via Alexander Nikulin. SKA retook the lead with a Nikita Gusev power play goal, going in unassisted. St. Petersburg added on with a Dadonov goal in the third period, also unassisted. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars being Dadonov, Koskinen (22 for 23 in saves), and Gusev. SKA leads 1-0 in the series.
Game 2: Ice Palace Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia. In goal: Igor Saprykin of Vityaz and Mikko Koskinen of SKA. St. Petersburg began in the first period with an Evgeny Ketov goal, passed from Yegor Yakovlev and Anton Belov. SKA added on with an Evgeny Dadonov goal, via Arkhip Nekolenko and Vadim Shipachyov. Harri Sateri replaced Saprykin to start the second period. St. Petersburg extended the lead as Ketov scored again, thanks to Dinar Khafizullin and Patrik Hersley. SKA padded the lead with a Pavel Datsyuk goal, assisted by Shipachyov and Hersley. St. Petersburg continued with a Jarno Koskiranta goal, guided in by Sergei Shirokov and Belov. Podolsk got on the board with an Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi goal, helped along by Maxim Afinogenov. SKA answered in the third period with a Hersley goal, coming off of Nikita Gusev and Dadonov. Vityaz replied with a Jakub Jerabek goal, made possible by Ivan Yatsenko and Artyom Chernov. St. Petersburg finished it at 7-2 with an Ilya Kovalchuk power play goal, powered by Belov, who earned a sock trick. The three stars were Ketov, Hersley, and Belov, while Dadonov and Shipachyov get the honorable mentions. SKA travels southeast with a 2-0 series lead.
Game 3: Vityaz Ice Palace, Podolsk, Russia. In goal: Mikko Koskinen of SKA and Harri Sateri of Vityaz. St. Petersburg opened in the first period with a Patrik Hersley power play goal, powered by Jarno Koskiranta and Pavel Datsyuk. SKA added on with an Evgeny Ketov power play goal in the second period, via Hersley and Datsyuk. Podolsk got on the board with an Alexander Nikulin power play goal, with assists provided by Jakub Jerabek. St. Petersburg replied with a Roman Rukavishnikov goal, coming off of Anton Belov. SKA extended the lead as Nikita Gusev scored, thanks to Evgeny Dadonov and Andrei Zubarev. St. Petersburg padded the lead in the third period with an unassisted Datsyuk goal. Vityaz pulled back with an Alexei Kopeikin goal, passed from Mario Kempe. SKA iced it at 6-2 with an Ilya Kovalchuk empty net goal, set up by Koskinen and Datsyuk, the latter earning a sock trick. The three stars went to Datsyuk, Hersley, and Koskinen (29 for 31 in saves). SKA holds a 3-0 series lead, giving them a good chance to advance soon.
Game 4: Vityaz Ice Palace, Podolsk, Russia. In goal: Mikko Koskinen of SKA and Harri Sateri of Vityaz. St. Petersburg started in the first period with a Jarno Koskiranta power play goal, powered by Pavel Datsyuk and Patrik Hersley. SKA added on with a Vadim Shipachyov goal, passed from Nikita Gusev and Evgeny Dadonov. St. Petersburg extended the lead as Sergei Shirokov scored a power play goal, thanks to Datsyuk and Evgeny Ketov. SKA padded the lead in the second period with a Koskiranta goal, via Alexander Khokhlachyov. St. Petersburg continued with a Nikolai Prokhorkin goal, assisted by Yegor Yakovlev and Sergei Plotnikov. SKA struck again with a Dadonov power play goal, with a lone assist by Ilya Kovalchuk. Podolsk got on the board in the third period with an Alexei Makeyev goal, coming off of Roman Horak and Maxim Afinogenov. SKA iced it at 7-1 with a Dadonov power play goal, with helpers from Gusev and Shipachyov. The three stars went to Koskiranta, Dadonov, and Shipchyov, while Gusev and Datsyuk get the honorable mentions. SKA swept the series 4-0, the first team to punch a ticket to the Western Conference Semifinal round.
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