Thursday, September 26, 2013

KHL Day 23 2013-2014

We have five games after our off day to cover, beginning in...

Chelyabinsk, as Traktor hosts Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Michael Garnett are starting in goal. Magnitogorsk was first to score in the first period with an Anton Shenfeld goal, coming off of Evgeny Grigorenko and Vladimir Malinovsky. Metallurg added on as Sergei Mozyakin scored an unassisted goal. Magnitogorsk extended the lead in the second period as Mozyakin scored a power play goal, powered by Chris Lee and the goalie Koshechkin. Metallurg padded the lead when Yaroslav Khabarov scored, thanks to Justin Hodgman and Milan Gulas on the power play. Magnitogorsk iced it at 5-0 in the third period on a Hodgman goal, assisted by Vladimir Malenkikh and Gulas. The three stars went to Mozyakin, Koshechkin (34 save shutout), and Hodgman, while Gulas gets an honorable mention.

West to Mytishchi, as Atlant welcomes Vityaz Podolsk. Ivan Lisutin and Stanislav Galimov receive the starting nods. Mytishchi got going in the second period on a Sergei Shmelyov goal, assisted by Janne Niskala and Evgeny Artyukhin. Atlant added on with a Juha-Pekka Haataja goal, fueled by Alexei Mikhnov. Podolsk got on the board in the third period when Maxim Afinogenov scored, thanks to Sergei Rozin and Maxim Rybin. Mytishchi answered with a power play goal by Igor Radulov, powered by Yury Trubachyov and Maxim Mayorov. This was good for a 3-1 win, with the three stars being Galimov (21 for 22 in saves), Haataja, and Radulov.

Staying in the Moscow area, Spartak hosts Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Jeff Glass are in the creases. Moscow struck first in the second period with an Alexei Krutov goal, coming off of Alexander Nesterov and Valery Vasilyev. Yekaterinburg tied it with a Fyodor Malykhin goal, passed from Anton Lazarev. Avtomobilist took the game in the shootout on a lone tally by Filipp Toluzakov, earning them a 2-1 win. The three stars were Toluzakov, Kovar (23 for 24 in saves), and Glass (24 for 25 in saves).

Over in Ukraine, Donbass Donetsk brings in Barys Astana. Ari Ahonen and Michael Leighton will be the masked men. Astana opened in the first period with a Dustin Boyd goal, courtesy of Nigel Dawes and Mike Lundin on the power play. Barys added on with a Fyodor Polishchuk goal, assisted by Talgat Zhailauov and Maxim Spiridonov. Astana extended the lead with Boyd scoring again, with the help of Artemy Lakiza. Donetsk got on the board with a Evgeny Dadonov, guided in by Vaclav Nedorost and Maxim Yakutsenya. Barys replied in the second period as Spiridonov scored, with a lone assist from Zhailauov. Donbass got one back in the third period with a Lukas Kaspar power play goal, powered by Oleg Piganovich and Teemu Laine. They couldn't get anymore, losing 4-2, with the three stars being awarded to Boyd, Zhailauov, and Spiridonov.

Finally, in Croatia, Medvescak Zagreb hosts Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Alexei Kuznetsov and Barry Brust guard the cages. Khanty-Mansiysk started in the first period as Nikita Gusev scored, with helpers from Mikhail Zhukov. Zagreb tied it with a second period Jonathan Cheechoo goal, coming on the power play via Matt Murley and Steve Montador. Medvescak took the lead on a Brian Willsie goal, fueled by Charles Linglet and Ryan Vesce. They held on for a 2-1 win, and the three stars were Brust (23 for 24 in saves), Willsie, and Kuznetsov (33 for 35 in saves).

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