End of game

Game stats: Shots: 82-30 ; Shots on goal: 47-19 ; Goals: 2-3 ; Faceoffs: 35-22 ; Blocked shots: 4-14 ; Hits: 11-16 ; Time on Attack: 17:28-06:03 ; Penalty: 2-6

Saves on third: Stepanek 18, Rämö 3.

Stats of 3rd period: Shots: 27-7 ; Shots on goal: 19-3 ; Goals: 1-0 ; Faceoffs: 10-9 ; Blocked shots: 1-2 ; Hits: 2-4 ; Time on Attack: 06:46-00:54 ; Penalty: 0-2

Jokerit - Slovan 2 - 3 tonight.

End of 3 period

Timeout. Slovan.

32 secs left, Slocan ices the puck and takes timeout.

Jokerit tries to tie the game without goalie, six on five on the ice.

Goalkeeper changed. Jokerit: empty net. Slovan: 30. Stepanek Jakub.

Timeout. Jokerit.

Two minutes remaining of the third period.

Teams are at full strength.

There are at least five men at Stepanek´s net and the puck goes around, no one knows where it is. And in the end it is under Stepanek .

Goalkeeper changed. Jokerit: 31. Ramo Karri. Slovan: 30. Stepanek Jakub.

Goalkeeper changed. Jokerit: empty net. Slovan: 30. Stepanek Jakub.

Rämö gives a great pass to Ikonen who is on attackin blue line. Shot is saved by Stepanek.

Fierce shot by Kivistö. A bit high.

Huhtala and Wirtanen together with Stepanek, can´t score.

Jokerit woke up after that second goal. Pressure in the Slovan end and good spots to score. No good yet though.

Goal is good.

Goal is being reviewed, seems that there could be high stick by Jormakka.

Goalkeeper changed. Jokerit: 31. Ramo Karri. Slovan: 30. Stepanek Jakub.

Goalkeeper changed. Jokerit: empty net. Slovan: 30. Stepanek Jakub.

Joensuu gets suddenly puck and shoots, way high goes that shot .

Begin of 3 period

Saves on second period: Stepanek 18, Rämö 8.

Stats of 2nd period: Shots: 32-15 ; Shots on goal: 18-10 ; Goals: 0-2 ; Faceoffs: 10-10 ; Blocked shots: 2-6 ; Hits: 7-7 ; Time on Attack: 06:18-02:33 ; Penalty: 0-4

End of 2 period

One minute remaining of the second period.

Game at Jokerit end after awhile. Puck bounces and bounces, Rämö closes it at the end.

Pretty well is Slovan team defending. Jokerit shoot a lot, most of the shots don´t end to the Stepanek´s net at all.

Norman is all alone with Stepanek, can´t put the puck into the net.

Gilroy´s shot doesn´t look that bad but it ends to be hard to save for Stepanek. Saves anyway.

Svarny from the blue line, Rämö picks that up.

Huhtala and Jensen collide at neutral zone, best hit of the game so far.

Poor power play was this later one for Jokerit.

Teams are at full strength.

Goalkeeper changed. Jokerit: 31. Ramo Karri. Slovan: 30. Stepanek Jakub.

Teams are at full strength.

Goalkeeper changed. Jokerit: empty net. Slovan: 30. Stepanek Jakub.

Palola shoots, Stepanek bounces puck back to game and there is some hassle at Slovan net. No results this time.

Repik shoots from far and puck ends to the net.

Begin of 2 period

Saves on first period: Stepanek 9, Rämö 5.

Stats of 1st period: Shots: 23-8 ; Shots on goal: 10-6 ; Goals: 1-1 ; Faceoffs: 15-3 ; Blocked shots: 1-6 ; Hits: 2-5 ; Time on Attack: 04:10-02:31 ; Penalty: 2-0

End of 1 period

One minute remaining of the first period.

Quite beautiful was that Slovan´s goal.

Quite uneventful has six last minutes been. Nothing to report.

Teams are at full strength.

Anttila and Huhtala on two on one while shorthanded. Anttila´s wrister goes way wide.

Genoway from the line, no mask and it´s berries for Rämö.

Regin got the puck and all alone going to the net. Offside. Not so sure about that...

Repik, Rämö closes the puck.

Stastny shoots, Rämö saves to the corner.

Lepistö shoots from the line, Mäki tries to put rebound in but loses his stick at critical moment.

Begin of 1 period

Goalkeeper:
31. Ramo Karri (Jokerit).
30. Stepanek Jakub (Slovan).

Begin of game

Starting lineups: Slovan: GK Stepanek, LD Sersen, RD Meszaros, LW Kaspar, C Boychuk, RW Repik Jokerit: GK Rämö, LD Rissanen, RD Lepistö, LW Ikonen, C Regin, RW N. Jensen.

Referees tonight: Maxim Sidorenko and Alexey Vasilyev. Linesmen Sergei Sheljanin and Ivan Sazonov.

Second Christmas Day, Boxing Day, in Finland also known as St. Stephanus Day and in KHL Jokerit meets Slovan Bratislava. Welcome visitors.