Ten games for this Sunday, which I'm rushing (no pun) to get out. I'm out at what is likely the last Sounders game of the season, which will delay my late games post by a day. How They Got Here will be out around 1 PM Pacific. That's how it is, now let the games begin with...
Avangard Omsk hosting Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Christopher Holt for Avtomobilist and Eduard Reizvikh for Avangard are playing in goal. Omsk struck first as Dmitry Syomin scored a power play goal, helped along by Tomas Zaborsky. Avangard extended the lead late in the second period as Andrei Ivanov scored, with assists from Anton Kuryanov and Anton Belov. Omsk padded the lead in the third period as Alexander Frolov potted the puck with a lone assist provided by Sergei Kostitsyn. This made the final score 3-0, and the three stars are Reizvikh (31 save shutout), Syomin, and Frolov.
To the north, Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk welcomes Traktor Chelyabinsk. Michael Garnett for Traktor and Mikhail Biryukov for Yugra are the masked men. Khanty-Mansiysk opened with a second period goal by Stanislav Bocharov, assisted by Artyom Bulyansky. This prompted Traktor to change goalies, putting in Andrei Mezin for Holt. Chelyabinsk tied the game late in the third period on a Evgeny Katichev goal, fueled by Dmitry Ryabykin and Yegor Dugin. Yugra took the game 2-1 in overtime as Marek Troncinsky put away the decisive goal, with a lone assist coming from Igor Magogin. The three stars go to Biryukov (34 for 35 in saves), Troncinsky, and Bocharov.
Back south a bit, with Barys Astana hosting Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Ari Ahonen for Metallurg and Teemu Lassila for Barys are in blue paint. Magnitogorsk was first to score in the first period on a Georgy Misharin goal, going in unassisted. Astana evened the score with a Roman Starchenko goal, fueled by Vitaly Novopashin and Victor Hedman. Barys took the lead on a Mikhail Rakhanov goal, with a lone assist by Dustin Boyd. Metallurg retied the game with an unassisted and shorthanded Evgeny Malkin goal. Astana retook the lead with a second period goal off the tape of Nigel Dawes, passed from Brandon Bochenski. Magnitogirsk tied it again with a Sergei Mozyakin goal, guided in by Misharin. Metallurg took the lead on a Viktor Antipin power play goal, powered by Mozyakin and Malkin. Magnitogorsk added on with another unassisted Malkin goal. There was no scoring in the third period, leaving the final at 5-3 in Metallurg's favor. The three stars belong to Malkin, Mozyakin, and Misharin.
Well to the west, Spartak Moscow hosts Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Matt Dalton for Neftekhimik and Sergei Borisov for Spartak are given the starting nods. The scoring began in the third period as Nizhnekamsk's Pyotr Khokhryakov scored, thanks to Stanislav Alshevsky. Moscow tied it with a Eduard Lewandowski goal, set up by Branko Radivojevic and Mikhail Yunkov. Spartak took the lead as Lewandowski scored again, and the lone assist came from Radivojevic. This held up for a 2-1 win, and the three stars went to Lewandowski, Borisov (32 for 33 in saves), and Radivojevic.
Staying in the oblast, we head north to Mytishchi, as Atlant Moscow Oblast hosts Lev Praha. Tomas Popperle for Lev and Stanislav Galimov for Atlant have the green light to start. Alexander Rybakov got things going for Mytishchi in the first period, with a goal helped along by Roman Rukavishnikov. Atlant extended the lead in the second period as Alexei Mikhnov scored an unassisted goal. Praha got one back in the third period with a Petr Vrana goal, set up by Tomas Rachunek. They didn't get the equalizer, falling 2-1 to Atlant, with the three stars going to Galimov (33 for 34 in saves), Mikhnov, and Rybakov.
A touch north to Cherepovets, as Severstal hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Sergei Bobrovsky for SKA and Vasily Koshechkin for Severstal tend the twines. Cherepovets led off with a first period unassisted power play goal by Evgeny Ketov. St. Petersburg tied it as Igor Makarov scored, thanks to Anton Burdasov. Severstal retook the lead in the second period on a Ruslan Nurtdinov goal, made possible by Nikolai Kazakovtsev and Alexander Fedoseyev. SKA tied it with a shorthanded Tony Martensson goal, courtesy of Patrick Thoresen. Cherepovets regained the lead again on a Fedoseyev goal, passed from Nikita Alexeyev. St. Petersburg tied it again in the third period as Evgeny Artyukhin scored an unassisted goal. The game required a shootout to determine the win, and Severstal came out on top 4-3 after Alexei Medvedev scored the only goal in the fifth round of the shootout. The three stars go to Fedoseyev, Medvedev, and Artyukhin.
Across the lake, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hosts CSKA Moscow. Rastislav Stana for CSKA and Semyon Varlamov for Lokomotiv play between the pipes. Moscow started in the first period as Yakov Rylov scored an unassisted goal. CSKA extended the lead with a Mikhail Grabovsky goal, fueled by Pavel Datsyuk and Alexander Radulov. Yaroslavl got on the board in the second period as Sergei Plotnikov scored, with a lone assist by Emil Galimov. Lokomotiv tied it when Yury Petrov scored, thanks to Vitaly Vishnevsky and Alexander Chernikov. Yaroslavl took the lead as Artyom Anisimov potted the puck, and the assist was credited to Galimov. This prompted CSKA to pull Stana in favor of Ilya Bryzgalov. The scoring ended here though, with Lokomotiv pulling out a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Anisimov, Galimov, and Varlamov (31 for 33 in saves).
To the east, as Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod hosts Slovan Bratislava. Jaroslav Janus of Slovan and Vitaly Koval of Torpedo are wearing the pads. Bratislava opened in the first period on a Roman Kukumberg goal, with a lone assist by Vladimir Dravecky. Nizhny Novgorod tied it as Mikhail Varnakov cashed in on a penalty shot after being held by Jan Tabacek on a breakaway. Torpedo took the lead as Martin Thornberg scored, assisted by Mikko Kousa and Matt Ellison. Slovan retied the game in the third period as Michel Miklik scored, with the help of Kukumberg and Lubomir Visnovsky. The game needed a shootout to determine the winner, which was Nizhny Novogord after a fourth round shootout goal from Dmitry Makarov. The three stars go to Kukumberg, Makarov, and Thornberg.
Southwest to Minsk, as Dinamo Minsk hosts Dynamo Moscow. Alexei Volkov for Dynamo and Pekka Rinne for Dinamo guard the cages. Moscow struck first in the second period as Denis Tolpeko scored, thanks to Ilya Gorokhov and Nicklas Backstrom on the power play. Dynamo added on with another Tolpeko goal, with a lone assist from Backstrom. Minsk got on the board as Tim Stapleton scored, with the help of Geoff Platt and Teemu Laine. Dinamo tied the game with eleven seconds left on a penalty shot, as the net was deliberately knocked off by Maxim Solovyov, and Stapleton converted the shot as an equalizer. Moscow won 3-2 in overtime as Alexander Ovechkin scored, powered by Janne Jalasvaara and Tolpeko on the power play. The three stars belong to Tolpeko, Stapleton, and Backstrom, while Ovechkin gets an honorable mention.
Finally, we end the day to the southeast in Donetsk, as Donbass hosts Ak Bars Kazan. Konstantin Barulin for Ak Bars and Jan Laco for Donbass are in the creases. Donetsk began with a Sergei Peretyagin goal, fueled by Alexei Ponikarovsky and Sergei Varlamov. Donbass extended the lead in the second period on a Denis Kochetkov unassisted goal. Kazan got on the board with Konstantin Korneyev's goal, made possible by Alexei Morozov and Ilya Nikulin. Ak Bars tied it in the third period with a power play goal from Danis Zaripov, powered by Morozov. The game went to overtime, where Donetsk won 3-2 on an Evgeny Dadonov goal, courtesy of Vaclav Nedorost. The three stars go to Morozov, Dadonov, and Kochetkov.
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