🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
Beijer Hockey Games
Arena 2000, Yaroslavl 🇷🇺
Thursday, 07 February 2019

In Yaroslavl, the senior Russian national team defeated Finland for the third time in the 2018/2019 Euro Hockey Tour, clinching a dramatic 3-2 victory on penalty shots.

However, it was the Finns who made the best start, as Niko Ojamäki struck gold inside the first minutes.

Nevertheless, Russia soon got on level terms, with Ilya Mikheyev completing a flowing play on the crease to send the Yaroslavl fans wild.

After a goalless second period, Ilya Mikheyev repeated the trick to give the Russians the lead, going five hole on the opposing goalkeeper from the left faceoff circle. It seemed our players would win, but with a mere eight seconds remaining on the clock, Mikko Lehtonen sent the game to overtime.

In the end, the match went to penalty shots, where Dmitri Kagarlitski scored the winner to seal a thrilling 3-2 triumph!

Russia will now travel to Sweden to play the hosts and the Czech Republic.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:28 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Ojamäki (Lehtonen, Junttila)
04:06 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Mikheyev (Zernov, Shumakov)
04:38 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Tyrväinen, slashing
07:21 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Virtanen, hooking
13:09 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Laaksonen, interference
18:19 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Rafikov, charging

2nd Period
25:31 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Shipachyov, holding
31:30 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Arzamastsev, cross checking
36:21 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Svetlakov, hooking

3rd Period
44:05 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Mikheyev
59:51 – 🇫🇮 EA GOAL – Lehtonen (Eronen, Nättinen)

Overtime
62:51 – 🇫🇮 PEN – team, too many players

Shootout
🇫🇮 Pesonen stopped
🇷🇺 Mikheyev stopped
🇫🇮 Ojamäki stopped
🇷🇺 Kagarlitski scored
🇫🇮 Tyrväinen scored
🇷🇺 Shipachyov missed
🇫🇮 Kalapudas stopped
🇷🇺 Shumakov stopped
🇫🇮 Leskinen stopped
🇷🇺 Okluov missed
🇷🇺 Kagarlitski scored
🇫🇮 Kaski scored
🇷🇺 Kagarlitski stopped
🇫🇮 Nättinen missed
🇷🇺 Mikheyev scored
🇫🇮 Kaski scored
🇷🇺 Kagarlitski scored
🇫🇮 Tyrväinen stopped

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇷🇺 Konovalov (21-23)
L: 🇫🇮 Vehviläinen (28-31)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇷🇺 11+6+6+7+1 = 31
🇫🇮 8+11+4+0+0 = 23

ROSTERS
🇷🇺 Goaltenders: Igor Bobkov, Ilya Konovalov. Defence: Zakhar Arzamastsev, Alexei Bereglazov, Yevgeni Kulik, Andrei Mironov, Rushan Rafikov, Alexei Vasilevski, Alexander Yelesin, Artyom Zub (A). Forwards: Denis Alexeyev, Anton Burdasov, Alexander Kadeikin, Dmitri Kagarlitski, Alexander Kruchinin, Andrei Kuzmenko, Ilya Mikheyev, Anatoli Nikontsev (A), Konstantin Okulov, Vadim Shipachyov (C), Sergei Shumakov, Andrei Svetlakov, Denis Zernov.
🇫🇮 Goaltenders: Rasmus Tirronen, Veini Vehviläinen. Defence: Teemu Eronen, Niklas Friman, Oliwer Kaski, Oskari Laaksonen, Mikko Lehtonen (A), Otto Leskinen, Kristian Näkyvä, Jesse Virtanen. Forwards: Hannes Björninen, Anrei Hakulinen, Julius Junttila, Antti Kalapudas, Ville Leskinen, Eetu Luostarinen, Joonas Nättinen, Niko Ojamäki, Janne Pesonen (C), Mikael Ruohomaa, Jere Sallinen (A), Juhani Tyrväinen.

Article Credit: FHR
Photo Credit: FHR – IIHF – HHOF – IOC