Saturday, October 12, 2013

KHL Day 39 2013-2014

Four games today as a prelude to eleven NHL games later. We begin in...

Omsk, where Avangard hosts Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Georgy Gelashvili and Andrei Mezin are set to start. Nizhny Novgorod began in the first period with a Wojtek Wolski power play goal, assisted by Sakari Salminen. Omsk tied it in the second period when Alexander Popov scored, via Dmitry Vorobyov and Alexander Perezhogin. Avangard took the lead with a Roman Berdnikov goal, guided in by Sergei Kalinin. Omsk extended the lead in the third period as Andrei Ivanov scored, courtesy of Oleg Kvasha. Avangard added on with a shorthanded empty net goal by Ivanov, set up by Ivan Baranka. Omsk padded the lead as Popov scored his second of the game, with a lone assist by Perezhogin. This made it 5-1, the final, with the three stars being Popov, Ivanov, and Mezin (21 for 22 in saves), while Perezhogin gets an honorable mention.

Over in Yekaterinburg, Avtomobilist welcomes Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Lazushin and Jakub Kovar draw the starts. Moscow led off in the first period as Konstantin Volkov scored, thanks to Dmitry Pestunov and Marek Kvapil. Dynamo added on with an unassisted goal by Maxim Karpov. Yekaterinburg got on the board in the second period with a power play goal by Artyom Chernov, powered by Anton Lazarev and Fyodor Malykhin. Avtomobilist tied the game when Tobias Viklun scored an unassisted goal. Moscow took the lead back in the third period on a Roman Derlyuk goal, going in unassisted. Dynamo iced it at 4-2 with an unassisted goal from Kvapil. The three stars were Kvapil, Lazushin (19 for 21 in saves), and Derlyuk.

Down in Kazakhstan, Barys Astana hosts Ak Bars Kazan. Konstantin Barulin and Ari Ahonen tend the twines. Kazan started in the first period with a Janne Pesonen goal, coming off of Ilya Nikulin and Kirill Petrov. Ak Bars added on with a Mikhail Varnakov goal, fueled by Stepan Zakharchuk and Alexander Burmistrov. Kazan extended the lead with a Tomas Vincour goal, assisted by Burmistrov and Grigory Panin. Ak Bars padded the lead with an Alexei Tereshchenko goal, with a lone assist by Petrov. Kazan iced it at 5-0 with a power play goal by Evgeny Medvedev, powered by Tim Stapleton and Burmistrov. The three stars were Barulin (18 save shutout), Burmistrov, and Petrov.

Finally, we end in Khanty-Mansiysk, with Yugra bringing in Vityaz Podolsk. Johan Backlund and Alexei Kuznetsov are the masked men. Khanty-Mansiysk opened with a first period goal by Kirill Knyazev, passed from Anton Krysanov. Yugra took the lead as Krysanov scored a power play goal, powered by Alexei Pepelyaev. Podolsk got on the board with a Maxim Rybin goal, with a lone helper by Josh Hennessy. Khanty-Mansiysk answered in the second period on a Marek Troncinsky power play goal, assisted by Krysanov and Pepelyaev. This held up for a 3-1 win, with the three stars being Krysanov, Kuznetsov (31 for 32 in saves), and Pepelyaev.

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