Only four games today, but they were big ones in the east. First up...
Amur Khabarovsk hosts Barys Astana. Vitaly Yeremeyev and Alexei Kuznetsov will be between the pipes. Khabarovsk got going in the first period as Evgeny Orlov scored, courtesy of Igor Ozhiganov and Timofei Shishkanov. Amur added on as Mikhail Fisenko scored, via Andrei Stepanov. Khabarovsk struck again with a Perttu Lindgren goal, made possible by Jakub Petruzalek and Nikita Gusev. Astana got on the board as Nigel Dawes scored, thanks to Vitaly Novopashin and Brandon Bochenski. Amur replied in the second period as Gusev scored, with a lone assist from Juha-Pekka Hytonen. Barys shot back with a power play goal by Roman Savchenko, powered by Alexei Litvinenko and Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev. Khabarovsk struck back as Dmitry Tarasov netted the puck, with helpers provided by Ozhiganov and Alexander Osipov. Barys pulled Yeremeyev at this time, in favor of Pavel Poluektov. Astana pulled closer in the third period as Talgat Zhailauov scored a goal, assisted by Fyodor Polishchuk and Krasnoslobodtsev. Barys chipped away as Samvel Mnatsyan scored a goal, guided in by Dawes and Dustin Boyd. They failed to tie the game, falling 5-4, with the three stars being Gusev, Ozhiganov, and Dawes, while Krasnoslobodtsev gets an honorable mention.
Westward, as Sibir Novosibirsk hosts Avangard Omsk. Karri Ramo and Sergei Gaiduchenko have the green light to start. Omsk led off with a first period Igor Volkov goal, assisted by Anton Belov and Tomas Zaborsky on the power play. Avangard added on in the second period as Volkov scored again, with helpers provided by Zaborsky and Anssi Salmela. Omsk padded the lead in the third period as Zaborsky scored a power play goal, powered by Alexander Popov and Volkov. Novosibirsk got on the board with a power play goal from Evgeny Fyodorov, passed from Alexander Romanov and Viktor Bobrov. This was as close as it got, with the final being 3-1, and the three stars were Volkov, Zaborsky, and Ramo (34 for 35 in saves).
Moving along to Novokuznetsk, as Metallurg hosts Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Edgars Masalskis and Yury Klyuchnikov are all padded up. Khanty-Mansiysk was first to score in the first period as Stanislav Bocharov scored an unassisted goal. Novokuznetsk tied it with an Alexander Islamov goal, passed from Brent Sopel. Metallurg took the lead on a Yury Nazarov goal, set up by Konstantin Turukin. Novokuznetsk extended the lead with an Alexei Yefimov goal, made possible by Anton Lazarev and Alexander Mereskin. Yugra shot back with an unassisted goal by Alexei Pepelyaev. Metallurg responded as Nazarov scored again in the second period, this time with a lone assist coming from Chris Simon. Khanty-Mansiysk chipped away with a power play goal by Sergei Demagin, powered by Tomas Starosta. Yugra tied the game with a Rinat Ibragimov goal, guided in by Anton Krysanov and Kirill Safronov. The game went into overtime, where Khanty-Mansiysk won with three seconds remaining as Igor Magogin scored, courtesy of Ibragimov, for a 5-4 final. The three stars were Ibragimov, Nazarov, and Magogin.
Finally, in Kazan, Ak Bars hosts Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Iiro Tarkki and Konstantin Barulin will guard the cages. Kazan opened in the first period with a Janne Pesonen goal, via Alexei Yemelin and Alexei Tereshchenko. Ak Bars added on with an Alexei Morozov goal, courtesy of Danis Zaripov and Denis Kulyash. Kazan struck again on a Kirill Petrov goal, passed from Tereshchenko and Lauris Darzins. Ufa got on the board with Miroslav Blatak's goal, made possible by Antti Pihlstrom and Alexei Kaigorodov. Ak Bars padded the lead on a Konstantin Korneyev goal, coming off of Ilya Nikulin and Zaripov. Kazan extended the lead again as Kapanen scored an unassisted power play goal. Ak Bars kept going as Zaripov scored a power play goal, powered by Korneyev and Nikulin. Kazan padded the lead again on a Darzins power play goal, helped along by Petrov and Tereshchenko, the latter getting a sock trick. Salavat Yulaev answered in the third period with an unassisted Alexander Svitov goal. Ak Bars responded as Kapanen scored another power play goal, this time set up by Morozov and Nikulin, the latter getting a sock trick. Kazan scored again as Darsins netted a power play goal, pushed through by Petrov and Tereshchenko. Ufa got one back with a power play goal by Pihlstrom, with assists provided by Kirill Koltsov and Igor Mirnov. This produced the 9-3 final, with the three stars being Darzins, Tereshchenko, and Kapanen, while Zaripov, Nikulin, Korneyev, Morozov, Petrov, and Pihlstrom get the honorable mentions.
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