The end of the third period

In a short, slack flick David Kubo shots through the goalie.

Goal. 4-3. David Kubo

David Kubo gained a phenomenal speed and is the first on the puck – shoots immediately

Dotzler Neubauer looms up on the blue line, asks for the puck and gets it

Jergus Kudrna solved this puzzle choosing the right position

Hermanni Lehtinen got the puck - that's a chance!

The defender couldn't reach the puck and stop the pass. What a dangerous misfortune.

A penalty. Leif Wallin 2 minutes

A penalty within the team Buffalo Sabres

Jergus Kudrna parries the puck

Shannon Minard got the puck - that's a chance!

Timu Halonen is in the opponent's zone

Face-off occured. Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG holds the puck

A nice hip-check. Samuel Eckhel gained the puck

Jergus Kudrna is in the puck's way! An extrodinary save!

David Kubo shoots against the defenseman

A dangerous high-speed attack initiated by Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG - the blue line crossed in the blink of an eye

Dotzler Neubauer was a little better at the spot

The cage was empty but some player of Buffalo Sabres stood up in front of the puck. He seemes to have recalled the Tarasov's phrase "Protect the cage!"

Practically it is possible to shoot from any position - Hermanni Lehtinen aims!

On an even keel fowards of Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG rolled into the zone

A penalty. Vendelin Mleziva 2 minutes

Vendelin Mleziva breaks the rules

The puck is in Jergus Kudrna trapper

Steady passes, the puck wanders like in a maze – a moment!

A sprint drive! Dmitry Alekhnovich enters the zone

A terribly misfortunate pass performed by a player of Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG. Attack was bogged down

Some hustle on the slot of Buffalo Sabres, several attempted shots but the puck never finds a way across the finishing tape

Gudrun Kevin is alone on the slot and receives the pass – Dangerous!

Thanks to his personal performance Gudrun Kevin made himself comfortable in the Buffalo Sabres zone

Gudrun Kevin appeared to be more adroit at face-off

Jouko Kervinen makes a carefull hip-check and dispossesses the opponent of the puck

The puck hits the pad's edge and almost crosses the cage line - Jean Rouillard manages to throw it away just in time

The defence of the Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG has failed. Leif Wallin shoots!

Buffalo Sabres players entered the zone without a hitch

Loosing track of the puck Jergus Kudrna lands on his leg pads and does it just in time to block the low shot

Hermanni Lehtinen playfully handled the defender

Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG forwards reached the opponent's zone off the cuff

Defense acts rough and pacy, pushing the opponent's forwards away from the puck. The attack is dead by now

Jean Rouillard saves his team!

Corentin Dufour took the defender away and he is ready to hit the target!

A sprint drive! Rasmus Puranen enters the zone

Face-off occured. Buffalo Sabres holds the puck

Samuel Eckhel rushes to stop a cannon shot with his own body! With the face screwed up he still does his job

Jean Rouillard is forced to intervene, but manages the shot with no efforts

Feofan Alekseev shoots against the defenseman

Rough but skillfull pass from a teammate. Feofan Alekseev corralled it and crosses the blue line

Jonathan Michel Menard checks cleanly, skilfully twisting the baton

Anatoli Kabanov stands strong on the blue line and meets the opponent

A marvelous wrist shot by Thomas Koskiranta! Puck is in the net!

Goal. 3-3. Thomas Koskiranta

Thomas Koskiranta delivers a hidden shot from a face-off circle!

Buffalo Sabres forwards reached the opponent's zone off the cuff

Coming out of the goal, Jean Rouillard narrows the angle for a shot and chests down the puck

The cross turned into a shot, Thomas Koskiranta hurries for a putback.

The defender couldn't reach the puck and stop the pass. What a dangerous misfortune.

Two of Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG players are against just one defenseman, a pass towards the far post! Goooaaal!

Goal. 3-2. Steen Paulsen

Swift shot!

Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG players entered the opponent's zone with no efforts

Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG gained the advantage in the last minutes

Start of the third period

The end of the second period

A shattering hip-check by Vendelin Mleziva. Dmitry Alekhnovich stretched on the ice and Buffalo Sabres holds the puck

The whole ice is taken by the fights and whereever the puck appears - it is blocked by defensemen. A pass back. A loss

In a short, slack flick Korney Polyakov shots through the goalie.

Goal. 2-2. Korney Polyakov

Korney Polyakov with the puck popped from the boarder – risky fire blazes at the cage Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG!

Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG skipped a beat and Korney Polyakov is in the zone already

With a backhand shot Sandro Kaegi puts the puck in a corner, leaving the goalkeeper a failure!

Goal. 2-1. Sandro Kaegi

Each player of the Buffalo Sabres got the puck in this bully-off – the moment for the shot!

Villads Breinholst moved aside, spinned in place and entered the zone

First-class clean check by a defensman of Buffalo Sabres

Anatoli Kabanov makes a carefull hip-check and dispossesses the opponent of the puck

Loosing track of the puck Jean Rouillard lands on his leg pads and does it just in time to block the low shot

Blocked shot of Schrotter Schubert but he oriented quickly and gave another shot!

With his pass Korney Polyakov simply cuts apart Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG defence

Cut the pass and now have some time to catch their breath

Only Anselmo Rolando managed to get rid of growing threat of a shot, selflessly blocking a powerfull pass

A penalty. Sven Meisch 2 minutes

Sven Meisch couldn't hold his combatative spirit back. That's just one of those things

The puck flies from under the defenseman, Jergus Kudrna raises the shield and gets it

Timu Halonen scraped the puck out of the tangle of fighting – he goes to the cage!

Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG forwards reached the opponent's zone off the cuff

Jergus Kudrna catches the puck with a trapper

Pankrac Karcak jumps out to the cage, he didn't managed to handle the puck on the move. Spin shot!

As Robert Pinteville entered the zone, the rest of the team catches up

The cage was empty but some player of Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG stood up in front of the puck. He seemes to have recalled the Tarasov's phrase "Protect the cage!"

Silvester Holecko slips between defenders, open for the pass – He gets it!

Buffalo Sabres holds the puck. A pass to the left, another one to the right, then back, a shot. Zone is entered!

Suitable actions are demosntrated by Jean Rouillard, who picked a good spot - the puck is stuck in his gear

Sigurd Soya playfully handled the defender

Buffalo Sabres forwards gaind the insight of the situation and here they are in the opponent's zone

Jean Rouillard is in the puck's way! An extrodinary save!

Buffalo Sabres greatly played the puck and Villads Breinholst is left eye to eye with the goalkeeper. Shot!

:is on the blue line, spotts a partner, knock-on. Puck-chasers of Buffalo Sabres entered the opponent's zone

A penalty. Gudrun Kevin 2 minutes

Roughing by Gudrun Kevin

What a moment it was for Sandro Kaegi! But Jean Rouillard did well in the frame. What cold blood!

Unexpected pass - Sandro Kaegi breaks into position!

Sandro Kaegi watches out for a partner to send a pass to

Samuel Eckhel grabs the puck from Gudrun Kevin

Suitable actions are demosntrated by Jergus Kudrna, who picked a good spot - the puck is stuck in his gear

Steadily skates into the zone, suddenly everything changes - Robert Pinteville is ready to shoot

Robert Pinteville moved aside, spinned in place and entered the zone

The team is saved by Jergus Kudrna! A copy-book move with the shield

It's not a child's play to sneak through the defence to the cage - Kramer Lafontaine did it!

An outstanding diagonal pass to Tadeusz Fartunau and he is already in Buffalo Sabres zone

Faceoff in the centre ice, Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG is with the puck

Jergus Kudrna managed to get back to the opern corner on time - the puck is locked in

Unexpected pass - David Kubo breaks into position!

Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG forwards gaind the insight of the situation and here they are in the opponent's zone

Thomas Koskiranta gains the puck for his team

Only Paulus Grushevsky managed to get rid of growing threat of a shot, selflessly blocking a powerfull pass

Start of the second period

The end of the first period

Jergus Kudrna weighed the threat and acted accordingly, closing the angle for a shot

David Kubo jumps out to the cage, he didn't managed to handle the puck on the move. Spin shot!

The defender look worn-out, it's time to change, Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG enters the zone efortlessly

Jergus Kudrna was strong at the base, all caught up and locked in

Timu Halonen jumps over the sprawled defender after the puck, there's only the goalkeeper in front of him!

Timu Halonen charged through to the oponent's zone lika knife through butter

various technics are used by Jergus Kudrna, rotating like a hamster on a wheel! Save!

The goalkeeper’s view is closed! Point-blank shot!

Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG cought the opponent on change

Annoying people at the slot weren't an issue as Jergus Kudrna is strong

The players huddled at the cage like in a narrow room – dangerous!

Rough but skillfull pass from a teammate. Tadeusz Fartunau corralled it and crosses the blue line

The puck is dropped. Buffalo Sabres initiates the atack

Coming out of the goal, Jean Rouillard narrows the angle for a shot and chests down the puck

Unexpected pass - Wolfgang Wucherer breaks into position!

An outstanding pass performed by Wolfgang Wucherer

After a carom the puck as if reluctantly wanishes between the leg pads. Jean Rouillard falls on ice and miraculously presses it with his back!

Finally decided to involve the goalkeeper Wolfgang Wucherer into the game – a shot!

Buffalo Sabres forwards reached the opponent's zone off the cuff

Centres look cross at each other. Schrotter Schubert wins the duel

Jergus Kudrna managed to get back to the opern corner on time - the puck is locked in

Steadily skates into the zone, suddenly everything changes - Steen Paulsen is ready to shoot

An accurate pass. Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG moves forward

The puck bounces off from the pad and keeps on rolling just in front of the cage but finally Jergus Kudrna manages to win it over

Shannon Minard gained a phenomenal speed and is the first on the puck – shoots immediately

Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG forwards reached the opponent's zone off the cuff

Off-side. Players of Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG were too hasty

Anselmo Rolando meets the opponent on high speed! Puck, baton and gloves - all three are lost.

Villads Breinholst played splendidly at the spot

Imants Lazovskis meets the opponent on high speed! Puck, baton and gloves - all three are lost.

A shattering hip-check by Kramer Lafontaine. Rasmus Puranen stretched on the ice and Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG holds the puck

With a quick wrist shot Hermanni Lehtinen got the puck straight between the goalie's legs!

Goal. 2-0. Hermanni Lehtinen

Due to the individual skill Hermanni Lehtinen came to the shooting position, he shoots!

Dotzler Neubauer is on the roll, thinking of no pass enters the zone himself

Jergus Kudrna was strong at the base, all caught up and locked in

The defence of the Buffalo Sabres has failed. Hermanni Lehtinen shoots!

David Kubo exhibits rocket speed upon entering the zone

A penalty. Sandro Kaegi 2 minutes

Sandro Kaegi gives it up and commits a faul on his opponent

various technics are used by Jergus Kudrna, rotating like a hamster on a wheel! Save!

Combination, pass goes by - Tadeusz Fartunau is alone!

An accurate pass. Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG moves forward

Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG gained the advantage in the last minutes

Sven Meisch entered the fight and was successful. Now Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG holds the puck

Dotzler Neubauer appears to be the first for a rebounce and sends the rubber disk in the cage!

Goal. 1-0. Dotzler Neubauer

Dotzler Neubauer shines – he is with the puck again and is ready to shoot!

A dangerous high-speed attack initiated by Metallurg Magnitogorsk MG - the blue line crossed in the blink of an eye

A penalty. Corentin Dufour 2 minutes

We hear a whistle and it seems we have a penalty

Rikke Alsted stands strong on the blue line and meets the opponent

An eager beaver Anselmo Rolando achieved his goal and ended the attack

Start of the first period