Two hockey seasons at once? Yes, please. NHL begins today, but this post is for the KHL. I may streamline the posts later, but for now, I will keep them separate. First up today...
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg hosts Ak Bars Kazan. Emil Garipov and Evgeny Lobanov will draw the starts. Kazan started with a first period power play goal by Dmitry Obukhov, powered by Denis Kulyash and Evgeny Medvedev. Yekaterinburg tied it with a power play goal by Stanislav Zhmakin, with a lone assist from Denis Sokolov. Avtomobilist took the lead in the second period on an Alexander Yukseyev goal, coming off of Branislav Mezei and Zhmakin. Ak Bars tied it again as Janne Pesonen scored, with the help of Jarkko Immonen. Yekaterinburg took the lead back as Mezei scored, courtesy of Rastislav Spirko and Sokolov on the power play. Kazan retied it with another Pesonen goal, passed from Immonen and Obukhov. This forced a shootout eventually, where two goals by Nikolai Zherdev lifted Ak Bars over a single goal by Igor Yemeleyev for Avtomobilist. The final was 4-3, with the three stars being Zherdev, Pesonen, and Obukhov, while Immonen, Zhmakin, Mezei, and Sokolov get the honorable mentions.
To the southwest, Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosts Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Matt Dalton and Georgy Gelashvili will wear the pads. Magnitogorsk struck first in the first period on a power play goal by Yaroslav Kosov, powered by Enver Lisin and Mikhail Yakubov. Metallurg added on in the second period as Mats Zuccarello scored a power play goal, via Evgeny Biryukov and Oleg Tverdovsky. Magnitogorsk kept going with a power play goal by Denis Platonov, guided in by Tverdovsky and Lisin. The scoring ended here, with the final being 3-0. The three stars went to Gelashvili (35 save shutout), Lisin, and Tverdovsky.
Backtracking east a bit as Traktor Chelyabinsk hosts Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Iiro Tarkki and Vladislav Fokin receive the starting nods. Chelaybinsk led off with a first period goal by Alexander Shinin, passed from Anton Glinkin. Traktor extended the lead with an Evgeny Kuznetsov goal, courtesy of Jan Bulis and Dmitry Ryabykin. Ufa got on the board as Igor Mirnov scored, with a lone assist by Alexander Svitov. Chelyabinsk replied in the third period on a Maxim Yakutsenya goal, made possible by Bulis. This produced a 3-1 final score, with the three stars being Bulis, Fokin (28 for 29 in saves), and Kuznetsov.
In the west, Vityaz Chekhov welcomes Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Alexander Lazushin and Sergei Denisov are in the creases. Novokuznetsk was first to score in the first period with a Dmitry Chernykh power play goal, assisted by Mikhail Kuklev and Alexander Bumagin. Chekhov got on the board as Evgeny Timkin scored an unassisted goal. Metallurg took the lead back with a Vadim Mitryakov goal, with a lone assist by Yury Nazarov. Vityaz tied it again in the second period with an unassisted power play goal by Sergei Lesnukhin. Novokuznetsk replied with another Chernykh power play goal, powered by Bumagin and Kuklev. Metallurg added on in the third period with a Zakhar Arzamastsev goal, made possible by Alexei Yefimov. Chekhov got one back with an unassisted goal by Anton Tikhomirov. They failed to tie the game, losing 4-3, with the three stars being Chernykh, Bumagin, and Kuklev.
Up in Cherepovets, Severstal brings in Sibir Novosibirsk. Jeff Glass and Vasily Koshechkin tend the twines. Cherepovets got going in the second period on a Vadim Shipachyov goal, fueled by Denis Kazionov. Novosibirsk tied it in the third period with a Jonas Enlund goal, guided in by Maxim Ignatovich. The game went to a shootout, where Severstal won with goals by Mikhail Anisin and Ignat Zemchenko for a 2-1 final. The three stars were Zemchenko, Koshechkin (21 for 22 in saves), and Glass (53 for 54 saves, sadly in a loss).
Back to the south, Dynamo Moscow hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Ilya Ezhov and Alexander Yeryomenko are the masked men. St. Petersburg opened with a first period power play goal by Dmitry Kalinin, powered by Viktor Tikhonov and Igor Makarov. Moscow tied it as Nikita Lukin scored, via Kirill Knyazev. SKA took the lead back with a Gleb Klimenko goal, assisted by Yury Alexandrov and Evgeny Artyukhin. Dynamo retied it in the second period on a Janne Jalasvaara goal, coming off of Konstantin Gorovikov and Marek Kvapil. Moscow took the lead in the third period as Sergei Konkov potted the puck, with the help of Andrei Mironov. This made it 3-2, a final, with the three stars being Yeryomenko (37 for 39 in saves), Konkov, and Jalasvaara.
Finally, Dinamo Minsk hosts Amur Khabarovsk. Alexei Kuznetsov and Lars Haugen will protect the nets. Minsk began in the first period as Tim Stapleton scored, with the help of Teemu Laine and Cory Murphy. Dinamo added on with a Dmitry Meleshko goal, made possible by Alexander Kulakov and Alexander Kitarov. Minsk struck again with a power play goal by Kulakov, powered by Meleshko. Dinamo padded the lead in the second period as Kulakov scored another power play goal, with Kitarov getting the only assist. Khabarovsk got on the board in the third period as Topi Jaakola scored, with assists provided by Nikita Gusev and Vyacheslav Litovchenko. This was all for the scoring, with the final being 4-1. The three stars went to Kulakov, Meleshko, and Haugen (26 for 27 in saves), while Kitarov gets the honorable mention.
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