Friday, October 18, 2013

KHL Day 45 2013-2014

Only four games on today, but they are big games. We begin with the biggest one, from...

Ufa, as Salavat Yulaev hosts Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Stepanek and Andrei Vasilevsky are set to start. Ufa began in the first period with a Dmitry Makarov goal, assisted by Nikita Filatov and Teemu Hartikainen. Salavat Yulaev added on as Alexander Mereskin scored, thanks to Ivan Vishnevsky and Denis Khlystov. Ufa extended the lead on an Antti Pihlstrom goal, fueled by Igor Mirnov and Mereskin. Salavat Yulaev padded the lead as Tomas Zaborsky scored, with the help of Khlystov and Brent Sopel. Cherepovets got on the board with a goal by Evgeny Kovyrshin, passed from Nikolai Kazakovtsev and Pavel Buchnevich. Ufa replied in the second period on an Alexander Stepanov goal, coming off of Alexei Glukhov and Yefim Gurkin. Salavat Yulaev kept going in the third period on an Alexander Pankov goal, set up by Anton Babchuk and Gurkin. Ufa struck again with a Hartikainen goal, with assists provided by Makarov and Filatov. Salavat Yulaev got another as Mirnov scored, helped along by Alexei Kaigorodov and Gurkin, the latter getting a sock trick. Severstal answered with an Alexander Yevseyenkov goal, with a lone assist by Linus Videll. Cherepovets chipped back with a Buchnevich goal, made possible by Kazakovtsev and Kovyrshin. This only made it 8-3 Salavat Yulaev, the final, with the three stars going to Makarov, Mirnov, and Gurkin, while Hartikainen, Gurkin, Buchnevich, Kovyrshin, Khlystov, and Filatov get the honorable mentions.

Over in Magnitogorsk, Metallurg welcomes SKA St. Petersburg. Ilya Ezhov and Vasily Koshechkin are the veteran goalies. St. Petersburg started with an Igor Makarov goal, assisted by Artemy Panarin. Magnitogorsk tied it with a Danis Zaripov power play goal, powered by Sergei Mozykin and Jan Kovar. SKA took the lead back in the second period with an Ilya Kovalchuk goal, fueled by Roman Cervenka and Vadim Shipachyov. St. Petersburg added on with an Alexander Kucheryavenko goal, guided in by Panarin and Evgeny Ryasensky. SKA made it 4-1 in the third period with a Maxim Chudinov power play goal, with a lone helper by Viktor Tikhonov. This was the final, with the three stars going to Ezhov (23 for 24 in saves), Kovalchuk, and Panarin.

Next up, Traktor Chelyabinsk hosts Atlant Mytishchi. Stanislav Galimov and Vladislav Fokin receive the starting nods. Mytishchi led off with a first period goal by Andreas Engqvist, coming off of Yaroslav Dyblenko. Chelyabinsk tied it with an unassisted power play goal by Stanislav Chistov. Traktor took the lead when Jan Bulis scored a power play goal in the second period, powered by Dmitry Ryabykin. Atlant retied the game with another Engqvist goal, fueled by Igor Radulov. Mytishchi took the lead in the third period on a Pavel Kopytin goal, via Radulov. They held on for a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Engqvist, Galimov (20 for 22 in saves), and Radulov.

Finally, in Nizhnekamsk, Neftekhimik brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Curtis Sanford and Alexander Sudnitsin protect the nets. Nizhnekamsk opened with a first period Yaroslav Alshevsky goal, fueled by Maxim Berezin and Stanislav Alshevsky. Yaroslavl tied it as Anton But scored an unassisted goal. Lokomotiv took the lead in the third period on a Yegor Averin goal, passed from Sergei Plotnikov and Daniil Apalkov. This was it for the scoring, with the final being 2-1, and the three stars were Averin, Sanford (33 for 34 in saves), and But.

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