Three games on today, and none of them are being played in Russia. First up is...
Dinamo Riga hosting Avangard Omsk. Karri Ramo and Mikael Tellqvist will be between the pipes. Riga began with a first period goal by Kristaps Sotnieks, assisted by Kaspars Daugavins and Martins Karsums. Omsk got on the board in the second period with a Dmitry Syomin goal, passed from Anton Kuryanov and Alexander Frolov. Dinamo retook the lead on a Krisjanis Redlihs goal, coming off of Aleksandrs Nizivijs and Jamie Johnson. Riga added on in the third period with a power play goal from Miks Indrasis, powered by Nizivijs and Johnson. Dinamo iced it at 4-1 with a Daugavins goal, going into the empty net courtesy of Alexander Giroux and Paul Szczechura. The three stars were Daugavins, Nizivijs, and Johnson, while Tellqvist (27 for 28 in saves) gets the honorable mention.
Next up, Dinamo Minsk hosts Severstal Cherepovets. Vasily Koshechkin and Lars Haugen are the masked men. Minsk led off with a Joe Pavelski first period power play goal, with a lone Tim Stapleton assist. Cherepovets answered on a Tom Wandell goal, fueled by Niclas Bergfors. Dinamo regained the lead as Zbynek Irgl scored a power play goal, coming off of Cory Murphy. Severstal tied it in the second period as Evgeny Ketov scored, thanks to Bogdan Kiselevich. Cherepovets gained the lead in the third period as Vadim Shipachyov scored a power play goal, made possible by Stanislav Yegorshev. Minsk retied it as Stapleton scored, via Pavelski and Irgl on the power play. Severstal won 4-3 with two shootout goals potted by Vadim Berdnikov and Shipachyov. The three stars went to Shipachyov, Pavelski, and Stapleton, while Irgl gets an honorable mention.
Finally, Slovan Bratislava welcomes Ak Bars Kazan. Konstantin Barulin and Jaroslav Janus have the green light to play goal. Bratislava opened in the first period on a Libor Hudacek power play goal, powered by Milan Bartovic and Michal Sersen. Kazan tied it in the second period on a Jarkko Immonen goal, set up by Evgeny Medvedev and Dmitry Obukhov. Ak Bars took the lead in the third period on an Alexei Morozov goal, passed from Konstantin Korneyev on the power play. Slovan tied it as Mario Bliznak scored a power play goal, courtesy of Andrej Sekera and Michel Miklik. The game went into a shootout, where goals from Bratislava's Jan Lipiansky and Michal Vondrka topped a lone tally by Kazan's Lauris Darzins for a 3-2 win. The three stars were Vondrka, Bliznak, and Morozov.
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