Welcome to the post for the quarterfinal series between SKA St. Petersburg and Atlant Moscow Oblast (Mytishchi) in the KHL Gagarin Cup playoffs. This post will act as a reference for the entire series.
Game 1: Ice Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia. In goal: Stanislav Galimov for Atlant and Ilya Ezhov for SKA. Game 1 was scoreless until overtime, where St. Petersburg won 1-0 on a Patrick Thoresen goal, assisted by Petr Prucha on the power play. The three stars were Thoresen, Ezhov (16 save shutout), and Galimov (36 for 37 in saves). SKA owns a 1-0 series lead.
Game 2: Ice Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia. In goal: Stanislav Galimov for Atlant and Ivan Kasutin for SKA. St. Petersburg opened in the first period on an Alexander Kucheryavenko goal, assisted by Artemy Panarin and Maxim Afinogenov. SKA added on in the second period as Kevin Dallman scored a power play goal, powered by Tony Martensson and Petr Prucha. St. Petersburg extended the lead with a Mikhail Varnakov goal, fueled by Alexander Osipov and Viktor Tikhonov. SKA kept going in the third period with an Anton Buardasov goal, coming off of Fyodor Fedorov and Ivan Nepryayev. St. Petersburg padded the lead with a Dallman goal, set up by Tikhonov and Teemu Ramstedt. SKA struck again as Burdasov converted the penalty shot he was awarded for being tripped on a breakaway by Jonas Frogren. St. Petersburg iced it at 7-0 with a Tikhonov goal, with a lone assist by Varnakov. The three stars were given to Dallman, Burdasov, and Tikhonov, while Varnakov gets an honorable mention. SKA will head on the road with a 2-0 series lead in hand.
Game 3: Mytishchi Arena, Mytishchi, Russia. In goal: Ilya Ezhov for SKA and Stanislav Galimov for Atlant. St. Petersburg led off in the first period with an unassisted goal by Alexander Kucheryavenko. Mytishchi answered in the second period on an Oleg Yashin goal, fueled by Sergei Shmelyov. Atlant took the lead with an Andreas Engqvist power play goal, powered by Alexei Mikhnov and Maxim Mayorov. Mytishchi extended the lead with a power play goal by Mikhail Glukhov, with a lone assist from Dmitry Kosmachyov. This held up for a 3-1 win, with the three stars going to Galimov (40 for 41 in saves), Engqvist, and Yashin. SKA still holds on to a 2-1 series lead.
Game 4: Mytishchi Arena, Mytishchi, Russia. In goal: Ivan Kasutin for CSKA and Stanislav Galimov for Atlant. St. Petersburg started in the first period with a Mikhail Varnakov goal, fueled by Artemy Panarin and Teemu Ramstedt. SKA added on with a power play goal by Panarin, powered by Kevin Dallman and Ramstedt. St. Petersburg extended the lead in the second period as Fyodor Fedorov scored, thanks to Tnoy Martensson and Ivan Nepryayev. SKA padded the lead with an unassisted goal recorded by Maxim Chudinov. St. Petersburg kept going in the third period on a Martensson goal, coming off of Viktor Tikhonov and Patrick Thoresen. SKA struck again with a power play goal by Alexander Osipov, set up by Panarin and Ramstedt, the latter getting a sock trick. Mytishchi avoided the shutout with a late Ivan Vishnevsky goal, with a lone helper from Sandis Ozolins. This made it 6-1, a final, with the three stars being Panarin, Ramstedt, and Kasutin (27 for 28 in saves), while Martensson gets an honorable mention. SKA has Atlant on their guard, holding a 3-1 lead over them.
Game 5: Ice Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia. In goal: Stanislav Galimov for Atlant and Ivan Kasutin for SKA. St. Petersburg began in the first period with an Artemy Panarin goal, assisted by Alexander Osipov and Mikhail Varnakov. SKA added on as Varnakov scored an unassisted goal in the second period. St. Petersburg extended the lead with a Tony Martensson scoring, thanks to Viktor Tikhonov. SKA struck again with another Martensson goal, set up by Tikhonov and Patrick Thoresen. St. Petersburg padded the lead as Alexander Kucheryavenko put away the puck, with helpers provided by Osipov and Maxim Chudinov. SKA kept going in the third period as Thoresen scored a power play goal, powered by Martensson. St. Petersburg iced it at 7-0 with a Varnakov goal, coming off of Teemu Ramstedt and Panarin. The three stars were handed to Martensson, Varnakov, and Panarin, while Thoresen, Tikhonov, and Osipov receive the honorable mentions. SKA finally put Atlant out of the playoffs with a 4-1 series win.
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