Tuesday, October 8, 2013

KHL Day 35 2013-2014

Five games on today, beginning in...

Omsk, as Avangard hosts Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Yeryomenko and Eduard Reizvikh are set to start. Moscow opened in the first period with an Alexander Boikov goal, coming off of Maxim Karpov. Dynamo added on with a Leo Komarov goal, set up by Konstantin Volkov. Moscow extended the lead as Karpov scored a power play goal, powered by Yury Babenko. Dynamo padded the lead in the second period with an unassisted goal by Karpov. Moscow kept going as Martins Karsums scored, with the help of Denis Kokarev and Alexei Tsvetkov. Dynamo got another in the third period as Karpov finished his hat trick, thanks to Tsvetkov and Karsums. They would go on to win 6-0, with the three stars being Karpov, Yeryomenko (36 save shutout), and Karsums, while Tsvetkov gets an honorable mention.

Over in Yekaterinburg, Avtomobilist welcomes Torpedo Nizny Novgorod. Georgy Gelashvili and Jakub Kovar are in the blue paint. Nizhny Novgorod was first to score in the first period with a Vladimir Galuzin goal, assisted by Maxim Potapov and Vyacheslav Kulyomin. Torpedo added on with a Potapov goal, courtesy of Galuzin and Kulyomin. Nizhny Novgorod extended the lead as Jarkko Immonen scored, with the help of Juuso Hietanen and Sakari Salminen. Yekaterinburg got on the board as Igor Yemeleyev scored an unassisted goal. Torpedo answered in the second period with a Salminen power play goal, powered by Denis Parshin. Avtomobilist got one back in the third period on a Anton Lazarev goal, coming off of Fyodor Malykhin. They got no closer, losing 4-2, and the three stars were Salminen, Potapov, and Galuzin, while Kulyomin gets an honorable mention.

Continuing to Khanty-Mansiysk, where Yugra hosts Ak Bars Kazan. Emil Garipov and Mikhail Biryukov are the average goalies. Kazan started in the first period with a Tim Stapleton goal, with a lone assist by Alexander Burmistrov. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it on a Veli-Matti Savinainen power play goal, powered by Jonas Andersson and Stephen Dixon. Ak Bars took the lead back with a Danil Faizullin goal, helped along by Dmitry Obukhov. Yugra tied it again in the second period on a Vladimir Gorbunov goal, going in unassisted. Khanty-Mansiysk took the lead in the third period on an Andersson power play goal, via Dixon. Kazan tied it again as Mikhail Varnakov scored, thanks to Stapleton. Ak Bars took the game 4-3 in overtime on an Alexander Svitov goal, courtesy of Evgeny Medvedev. The three stars were Stapleton, Andersson, and Dixon.

Down in Astana, Barys brings in Vityaz Podolsk. Ivan Lisutin and Ari Ahonen are between the pipes. Astana got going in the second period on an Evgeny Blokhin goal, assisted by Maxim Semyonov and Talgat Zhailauov on the power play. Podolsk tied it with a power play goal by Yakov Seleznyov, powered by Josh Hennessy and Dmitry Shitikov. Vityaz took the lead in the third period on a Sergei Topol goal, via Yury Koksharov and Seleznyov. Barys tied it on a power play goal by Roman Savchenko, guided in by Konstantin Rudenko and Roman Starchenko. The tie lasted into a shootout, where Astana took the game 3-2 with a lone tally by Starchenko. The three stars belonged to Starchenko, Seleznyov, and Ahonen (21 for 23 in saves).

Finally, we end in Moscow, Spartak hosts Donbass Donetsk. Michael Leighton and Jeff Glass are the North American goalies. Moscow struck first in the second period with a Matt Anderson goal, coming off of Andrei Sergeyev and Rastislav Spirko. Spartak added on in the third period with an Alexei Krutov goal, via Alexander Nesterov and Mikhail Yunkov. Donetsk got on the board with a Ruslan Fedotenko goal, made possible by Teemu Laine and Oleg Piganovich. They failed to tie the game, dropping a 2-1 decision. Glass (22 for 23 in saves), Krutov, and Leighton (31 for 33 in saves) were awarded the three stars.

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