Match Point Salavat

30 Mar 2011 | Henrik Lundqvist

Salavat Yulaev Ufa beat Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4-2 today to take a 3-1 lead of the KHL semi finals and earn 3 "match points".

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

2:4

Salavat Yulayev Ufa

Periods:
Shots:

1:2
(14:9)

1:1
(7:14)

0:1
(8:9)

Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov, Sergei Gusev | Spectators: 7707

The veteran Vyacheslav Kozlov scored the game-winning 3-2 goal at 34:32. Alexander Svitov added 4-2 in the mepty net with 2 seconds remaining and Salavat takes a 3-1 lead of the series.

PAtrick Thoresen, the only Norwegian KHL player, scored 1-0 for Salavat at 10:12 but Tomas Rolinek tied it a few minutes later. A half minute later Salavat got the lead again when Miroslav Blatak scored. They kept the lead for abou 17 minutes but eventually Stanislav Chistov scored an equalizer. Kozlov's 3-2 goal came three minutes later.

The next game of the series is played on Friday in Ufa.

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