Ufa wins tight game against League rival Jokerit Helsinki

In the afternoon game two KHL opponents met as Helsinki faced yesterdays loser Ufa.

Helsinki didn't fool around too long when Etu Pöysti, assisted by Niko Kapanen scored after 16 seconds. But Ufa had the quick answer with a little more than 2 minutes it was Alexey Glukhov who was assisted by Alexandr Kutuzov and Anton Slepyshev to get the equalizer.

Eleven minutes were played when Ufa got their first lead in a game as Antti Pihlström scored on the Ufa goalie. Vishnevsky and Zubarev had the assist on the second goal. The intensity didn't get any lower during the remaining minutes of the first period as Helsinki fired shots on Leland Irving, trying to get the equalizer.

The second period started very fast once again but no goals were scored during the first minutes, nonetheless both goalies had both hands full to keep their net clean. But around halftime of the game, all defensive walls broke lose when Antti Pihlström scored his second goal of the game. But less than a minute later it was Helsinki's Linus Omark who got the second goal for Jokerit. The goal festival continued as Teemu Hartikainen got the 4th goal for Ufa, assisted by his countryman Ilkka Heikkinen in the 31st minute. The tempo of the game didn't slow down but no further goals were scored in the remaining 9 minutes of the middle period.

The final period started with a powerplay for Jokerit. Linus Omark with a nice lob on Irving scored his second goal today and so the score was 4-3 for Ufa. Steve Moses had a handful of great opportunities but wasn't able to capitalize on his chances in the remaining minutes of the third period. Jokerit didn't pull their goalie in the final minutes but still had chances. Ufa's defense kept the puck away from Irving as good as they could and held on to the 4-3 score.


Specators: 6'300

Shots on goal:
Ufa: 6/14/6
Helsinki: 10/11/12

Line-up Ufa:

Goal: Irving, Sohatskiy
1. Line: Kulda, Heikkinen; Mereskin, Tolpeko, Hartikainen
2. Line: Kutuzov, Vasilevsky; Golovanov, Khlystov (C), Dubrovskiy
3. Line: Zubarev, Vishnevsky; Pihlström, Kaigodorov (A), Skachkov
4. Line: Lekomsev, Semin; Glukhov (A), Slepyshev, Pankov

Line-up Helsinki:

Goal: Helenius, Karlsson
1. Line: Väänänen (A), Gunderson; Hagman, Kapanen (C), Pöysti
2. Line: Lajunen, Ohtamaa; Wirtanen, Huhtala, Sallinen
3. Line: Jaakola, Peltola; Moses, Omark, Harju
4. Line: Hächler, Maurer; Ben-Amor, Rita, Hahl (A)

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