Monday, February 25, 2013

Western Conference Quarterfinal: CSKA Moscow VS. Lev Praha

Welcome to the post for the quarterfinal series between CSKA Moscow and Lev Praha in the KHL Gagarin Cup playoffs. This post will act as a reference for the entire series.

Game 1: CSKA Ice Palace, Moscow, Russia. In goal: Toms Popperle for Lev and Rastislav Stana for CSKA. Moscow opened in the first period on an Igor Radulov power play goal, powered by Yakov Rylov and Alexander Radulov. Praha tied it in the second period as Petr Vrana scored, thanks to Michal Birner and Michal Repik on the power play. CSKA took the lead in the third period as Oleg Kvasha scored, with helpers provided by Denis Denisov and Shaone Morrisonn on the power play. Lev tied it with a Repik goal, passed from Birner and Nathan Oystrick. The game went into overtime, where Moscow won 3-2 as Rylov scored a power play goal, with a lone assist from Alexander Radulov. The three stars were Rylov, Alexander Radulov, and Repik, while Birner gets an honorable mention. CSKA leads the series 1-0.

Game 2: CSKA Ice Palace, Moscow, Russia. In goal: Toms Popperle for Lev and Rastislav Stana for CSKA. Moscow began in the first period with a power play goal by Alexander Radulov, with a lone assist from Igor Radulov. Praha tied it in the second period on a Nicklas Danielsson power play goal, powered by Nathan Oystrick and Mikko Maenpaa. Lev took the lead in the third period with a Michal Birner goal, fueled by Michal Repik and Petr Vrana. CSKA tied it with a Yakov Rylov goal, made possible by Igor Radulov and Alexander Radulov. Moscow won 3-2 in overtime on an Igor Grigorenko goal, coming off of Sergei Shirokov and Oleg Kvasha. The three stars belonged to Alexander Radulov, Grigorenko, and Igor Radulov. CSKA will go abroad with a 2-0 series lead.

Game 3: Tipsport Arena, Prague, Czech Republic. In goal: Rastislav Stana for CSKA and Tomas Popperle for Lev. Praha got going in the second period on a Jiri Novotny goal, assisted by Nathan Oystrick. Moscow tied it with an Igor Ozhiganov power play goal, made possible by Alexander Radulov. CSKA took the lead as Patrick Davis scored, via Janis Sprukts and Viktor Kozlov. Moscow added on in the third period with a Nikolai Prokhorkin goal, guided in by Oleg Kvasha. This was all they needed for a 3-1 win, with the three stars awarded to Stana (25 for 26 in saves), Davis, and Ozhiganov. CSKA has pushed Lev to the brink of elimination, with a 3-0 series lead in hand. 

Game 4: Tipsport Arena, Prague, Czech Republic. In goal: Rastislav Stana for CSKA and Tomas Popperle for Lev. Moscow led off in the first period with an Igor Radulov power play goal, powered by Alexander Radulov and Evgeny Ryasensky. CSKA extended the lead in the second period as Sergei Shirokov scored, with assists provided by Oleg Kvasha and Alexander Radulov. Praha got on the board as Mikko Maenpaa scored a power play goal, passed from Nicklas Danielsson. They couldn't score again, losing 2-1. The three stars were Stana (21 for 22 in saves), Shirokov, and Alexander Radulov. CSKA gets to take some time off after sweeping Lev out of the playoffs.

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