Due to time constraints, I will forgo any three stars nominations for the nine games on today. Spoiler alert: High scoring games today. First up is...
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg hosting Barys Astana. Teemu Lassila for Barys and Evgeny Lobanov for Avtomobilist are in goal. Yekaterinburg began with a first period goal by Sergei Nemolodyshev, assisted by Rastislav Spirko. Astana tied it with a power play goal from Roman Starchenko, and Vitaly Novopashin supplied the assist. Barys took the lead in the second period on a Dmitry Upper goal, with Victor Hedman recording the lone assist. Avtomobilist tied it again on the power play as Josef Straka scored a goal, powered by Fyodor Malykhin. Astana took the lead again as Talgat Zhailauov scored, thanks to Hedman. Yekaterinburg pulled even with an unassisted power play goal by Artyom Kryukov. Barys shot back as Dustin Boyd scored, via the goalie Lassila and Hedman, who gets a sock trick. Avtomobilist retied the game in the third period on a Denis Sokolov goal, fueled by Vasily Streltsov. The game went into overtime, where Astana won 5-4 when Nigel Dawes put down an unassisted goal.
To the west, Salavat Yulaev Ufa hosts Dinamo Riga. Maris Jucers for Dinamo and Iiro Tarkki for Salavat Yulaev guard the cages. Ufa led off with a first period goal by Nikita Filatov, courtesy of Andrei Zubarev and Denis Parshin. Riga tied it in the second period on an Alexandre Giroux goal, made possible by Aleksandrs Nizivijs and Paul Szczechura. Salavat Yulaev took the lead back as Zubarev scored, via Igor Mirnov. Ufa extended the lead on a Mirnov goal, set up by Vitaly Proshkin. Salavat Yulaev kept going with a power play goal by Antti Pihlstrom, powered by Miroslav Blatak and Alexei Kaigorodov. Ufa got another with a power play goal from Oleg Saprykin, passed from Sergei Zinovyev. Dinamo shot back with a power play goal of their own, as Martins Porejs scored, with the help of Guntis Galvins and Martins Karsums. Salavat Yulaev answered with another Pihlstrom goal, guided in by Zubarev and Kaigorodov shorthanded. Riga pulled back in the third period on a power play goal from Karsums, coming off of Galvins and Porejs. Ufa finished the scoring at 7-3 with Pihlstrom potting his third of the night for a hat trick, and the assists were credited to Zubarev, who gets a sock trick, and Mirnov.
Next, we head south, as Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosts Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Edgars Masalskis for Yugra and Georgy Gelashvili for Metallurg are all padded up. Khanty-Mansiysk was first to score in the second period with a power play goal by Igor Skorokhodov, powered by Anton But and Denis Grebeshkov. Magnitogorsk tied it in the third period on a power play goal by Evgeny Malkin, assisted by Sergei Mozyakin and Nikolai Kulemin. Yugra won 2-1 in overtime with a But goal, with a lone assist from Anton Krysanov.
Back east a touch, as Traktor Chelyabinsk hosts Avangard Omsk. Karri Ramo for Avangard and Andrei Mezin for Traktor have the green light to start. Chelyabinsk started with a first period Jan Bulis goal, passed from Maxim Yakutsenya. Omsk tied it with an Alexander Perezhogin goal, coming off of Anton Belov. Traktor took the lead in the second period when Evgeny Kuznetsov scored, thanks to Yakutsenya. Avangard tied it when Tomas Zaborsky converted a penalty shot he received for being tripped by Deron Quint on a breakaway. Chelyabinsk reclaimed the lead when Vyacheslav Belov scored, with the help of Petri Kontiola. Omsk again tied the game as Sergei Kalinin scored a goal, fueled by Dmitry Syomin and Oleg Piganovich. Traktor edged ahead once more with a power play goal from Bulis, powered by Quint and Kuznetsov. Avangard evened the score again as Igor Volkov scored a goal, guided in by Matti Kuparinen and Kalinin. Omsk took the lead as Kirill Lyamin scored, courtesy of Zaborsky and Andrei Ivanov. Traktor pulled Mezin at this time for Vladislav Fokin. Avangard made it 6-4 with an empty net shorthanded goal by Sergei Kostitsyn, assisted by Nikita Nikitin, and this was the final score.
In the west, Severstal Cherepovets hosts Dinamo Minsk. Pekka Rinne for Dinamo and Vasily Koshechkin for Severstal tend the twines. Minsk struck first in the second period as Teemu Laine scored, with the help of Tim Stapleton and Andrei Stas. Cherepovets tied it with a Niclas Bergfors goal coming on the power play from Mikko Lehtonen and Alexander Ryazantsev. Dinamo took the lead again in the third period on an Alexander Kulakov goal, passed from Stanislav Lopachuk. Minsk extended the lead as Zbynek Irgl scored, thanks to Joe Pavelski and Pavel Chernook. Severstal shot back as Nikolai Kazakovtsev potted the puck, guided in by Denis Kazionov and Evgeny Kovyrshin. Cherepovets tied the game as Vadim Berdnikov netted a goal, with a lone assist by Tom Wandell. Severstal won it 4-3 after a shootout as two goals from Berdnikov topped a lone Stapleton tally.
Back east, Nefekhimik Nizhnekamsk hosts Spartak Moscow. Sergei Borisov of Spartak and Matt Dalton of Neftekhimik play in the blue paint. Nizhnekamsk opened with a first period power play goal goal by Petr Koukal, powered by Nail Yakupov and Renat Mamashev. Neftekhimik added on in the second period with another power play goal, this time off the tape of Alexander Seluyanov, assisted by Yakupov and Mamashev. Moscow got on the board in the third period with a goal by Mikhail Mamkin, courtesy of Mikhail Yunkov and Alexander Suglobov. They got no closer, so Neftekhimik won 2-1.
A little to the northwest, Ak Bars Kazan hosts Donbass Donetsk. Jan Laco of Donbass and Konstantin Barulin of Ak Bars are between pipes. Kazan got going in the first period when Danis Zaripov scored, with the help of Niko Kapanen. Donetsk tied it with a Clay Wilson goal, fueled by Vaclav Nedorost and Tuomas Kiiskinen. Ak Bars took the lead as Alexei Yemelin scored a power play goal, with a lone assist by Janne Pesonen. Kazan added on in the second period when Dmitry Obukhov scored, thanks to Jarkko Immonen. Ak Bars kept going with a Alexei Morozov goal, coming off of Zaripov and Ilya Nikulin. Kazan struck again when Kirill Petrov scored an unassisted goal. Donbass answered with a power play goal by Nedorost, powered by Evgeny Dadonov and Kiiskinen. Donetsk pulled closer in the third period with a Sergei Peretyagin power play goal, set up by Ruslan Fedotenko and Sergei Varlamov. Ak Bars replied on a Morozov goal, passed from Zaripov. Donbass chipped away on a Kiiskinen goal, made possible by Alexei Ponikarovsky and Fedotenko. They scored no more goals, losing 6-4 to Ak Bars.
Westward again, as SKA St. Petersburg hosts Vityaz Chekhov. Ivan Kasutin for Vityaz and Sergei Bobrovsky for SKA are in the creases. Chekhov led off with a first period Anton Korolyov goal, passed from Alexander Korolyuk. Vityaz added on in the second period as Korolyuk scored a goal with a lone assist by Korolyov. St. Petersburg got on the board in the third period when Patrick Thoresen scored a power play goal, made possible by Dmitry Kalinin. SKA tied the game with a Maxim Rybin goal, courtesy of Yury Alexandrov and Igor Makarov. St. Petersburg took the lead when Petr Prucha scored, via Tony Martensson and Thoresen. SKA extended the lead with a Martensson goal, assisted by Kalinin and Thoresen. Chekhov got one back as Josh Hennessy scored a power play goal powered by Evgeny Timkin and Artemy Panarin. They failed to tie the game, losing 4-3 to SKA.
Finally, Slovan Bratislava hosts Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Vitaly Kolesnik for Lokomotiv and Jaroslav Janus for Slovan are the masked men. Bratislava began with a first period goal by Libor Hudacek, coming off of Milan Bartovic and Mario Bliznak. Yaroslavl tied it in the second period with a power play goal by Emil Galimov, powered by Artyom Anisimov and Staffan Kronwall. Slovan replied as Lubomir Visnovsky scored a power play goal, made possible by Martin Stajnoch. Lokomotiv tied it again as Niklas Hagman scored, via Kronwall and Alexei Kalyuzhny. Bratislava made it 3-2, a final, in the third period with a power play goal by Hudacek, assisted by Michael Vondrka and Bliznak.
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