Thursday, September 19, 2013

KHL Day 16 2013-2014

There are six games to go through today, beginning with...

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg hosting Avangard Omsk. Teemu Lassila and Jakub Kovar will make the starts. Yekaterinburg got going in the second period with a Fyodor Malykhin goal, passed from Anton Lazarev. Omsk tied it with an unassisted Oleg Kvasha goal. Avtomobilist retook the lead in the third period on an unassisted goal by Malykhin. Yekaterinburg added on when Eduard Lewandowski scored an unassisted goal. Avtomobilist padded the lead with a power play goal by Tobias Viklund, powered by Evgeny Fyodorov and Alexei Simakov. This made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars being Malykhin, Kovar (26 for 27 in saves), and Lewandowski.

Over in Khanty-Mansiysk, Yugra hosts Barys Astana. Ari Ahonen and Mikhail Biryukov protect the nets. Astana was first to score in the first period as Dmitry Upper converted a penalty shot he received after being tripped by Marek Troncinsky. Barys added on with an Alexei Litvinenko goal, coming on the power play from Talgat Zhailauov. Astana extended the lead Brandon Bochenski scored a power play goal, powered by Nigel Dawes and Evgeny Blokhin. Khanty-Mansiysk got on the board with an Alexei Pepelyaev power play goal, pushed through by Mikhail Yakubov and Anton Krysanov. Barys replied with a Mikhail Rakhmanov goal, fueled by Artemy Lakiza in the second period. Astana struck again in the third period on a Dustin Boyd goal, with a lone helper from Bochenski on the power play. Barys padded the lead as Boyd put away an unassisted power play goal. Yugra got one back on a Vladimir Gorbunov goal, assisted by Kirill Dyakov and Troncinsky. This was as close as it got, with the final being 6-2 Barys, and the three stars were awarded to Boyd, Bochenski, and Upper.

Way to the west, CSKA Moscow welcomes Ak Bars Kazan. Konstantin Barulin and Rastislav Stana tend the twines. Moscow started in the second period with an Igor Grigorenko power play goal, with a lone assist provided by Alexander Radulov. CSKA added on as Ilari Filppula scored, thanks to Ilya Zubov and Roman Lyubimov. This was it for the scoring, with CSKA winning 2-0, and the three stars went to Stana (23 save shutout), Grigorenko, and Filppula.

Exiting Russia and entering Latvia, we have Dinamo Riga hosting Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Lazushin and Mikael Tellqvist are between the pipes. Moscow began in the first period with a Maxim Pestushko power play goal, powered by Leo Komarov and Filip Novak. Riga tied it as Marcel Hossa scored in the second period, thanks to Kyle Wilson. Dynamo retook the lead in the third period with another Pestushko goal, assisted by Novak and Konstantin Gorovikov. Dinamo tied it with a Paul Szczechura goal, via Sandis Ozolins and Hossa with just a second left in regulation, forcing overtime. Riga won it in the shootout with a pair of goals from Aleksandrs Nizivijs and Vojtech Polak. The three stars of the 3-2 game were Pestushko, Hossa, and Polak.

Shifting to the Czech Republic, we have Lev Praha hosting Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Georgy Gelashvili and Petri Vehanen are called on to start. Praha opened with a first period Martin Sevc goal, coming off of Jakub Klepis. Nizhny Novgorod tied it on a Pavel Valentenko goal, assisted by Maxim Potapov and Jarkko Immonen on the power play. Torpedo took the lead in the second period as Daniil Zharkov scored, with the help of Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev and Pyotr Schastlivy. Nizhny Novgorod added on with a power play goal by Wojtek Wolski, powered by Krasnoslobodtsev and Juuso Hietanen. Lev answered in the third period as Klepis scored, thanks to Niko Kapanen and Sevc. Praha tied it with a power play goal by Martin Thornberg goal, made possible by Patrik Zackrisson and Jiri Sekac. The tie lasted into a shootout, where Michal Birner and Thornberg lifted Lev to a 4-3 victory. The three stars went to Thornberg, Klepis, and Sevc, while Krasnoslobodtsev got the honorable mention.

Finally, we end in Slovakia, with Slovan Bratislava bringing in Vityaz Podolsk. Johan Backlund and Miroslav Kopriva will occupy the creases. Podolsk struck first in the first period with an Alexander Vasilyev goal, assisted by Vladimir Malevich and Maxim Mamin. Vityaz added on as Dinar Khafizullin scored, with the help of Alexander Korolyuk and Dmitry Shitikov. Podolsk extended the lead with a second period Vyacheslav Solodukhin goal, set up by Igor Golovkov and Alexander Rybakov. Vityaz padded the lead on a goal from Logan Pyett, via Ainars Podzins. Bratislava got on the board with a power play goal by Martin Skoula, powered by Michal Sersen and Michel Miklik. The third period was scoreless, so Vityaz won the game 4-1, with the three stars belonging to Backlund (37 for 38 in saves), Khafizullin, and Solodukhin.

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