Tuesday, October 22, 2013

KHL Day 49 2013-2014

Just four games to go with today, beginning in...

Ufa, as Salavat Yulaev hosts Atlant Mytishchi. Sergei Borisov and Andrei Vasilevsky make the starts. Mytishchi got going in the second period with a Konstantin Koltsov goal, assisted by Vitaly Novpashin and Oleg Yashin. Ufa tied it in the third period on an Antti Pihlstrom goal, fueled by Anton Babchuk. Salavat Yulaev took the lead on an Alexander Pankov goal, with the help of Alexander Stepanov. Ufa added on with a power play goal by Denis Khlystov, powered by Yegor Dubrovsky and Tomas Zaborsky. They went on to win 3-1, with the three stars being Vasilevsky (29 for 30 in saves), Pankov, and Khlystov.

Into Magnitogorsk, where Metallurg welcomes Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Vitaly Kolesnik and Vasily Koshechkin are in the blue paint. Magnitogorsk was first to score in the first period with a Sergei Mozyakin power play goal, powered by Chris Lee and Danis Zaripov. Yaroslavl tied it on a Daniil Apalkov goal, assisted by Sergei Plotnikov. The tie lasted all the way to a shootout, where Emil Galimov was the only goal-scorer, and led Lokomotiv to a 2-1 win. The three stars were Kolesnik (36 for 37 in saves), Galimov, and Koshechkin (30 for 31 in saves).

A bit west, Traktor Chelyabinsk hosts Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Stepanek and Michael Garnett wear the masks. Chelyabinsk dented the scoreboard in the first period as Anton Glinkin scored, with a lone assist by Yegor Dugin. Cherepovets tied it on an unassisted goal by Nikolai Bushuyev in the second period, coming shorthanded. Traktor took the lead as Dugin scored, thanks to Glinkin and Alexei Bondarev. Severstal tied it in the third period as Bushuyev scored again, via Linus Videll and Anatoly Nikontsev. The tie lasted into the shootout, where two goals by Glinkin topped one goal by Videll, leading Traktor to a 3-2 win. The three stars were Glinkin, Bushuyev, and Dugin, while Videll gets an honorable mention.

Finally, in Nizhnekamsk, Neftekhimik brings in SKA St. Petersburg. Dmitry Shikin and Matt Dalton are between the pipes. St. Petersburg struck first in the first period with a Viktor Tikhonov goal, assisted by Vadim Shipachyov. Nizhnekamsk tied it in the second period on a Yegor Milovzorov goal, fueled by Renat Mamashev. SKA took the lead back with a Patrick Thoresen goal, with a lone assist from Ilya Kovalchuk. St. Petersburg iced it at 3-1 in the third period on a Roman Cervenka goal, guided in by Kovalchuk and Shipachyov. The three stars were Shikin (30 for 31 in saves), Kovalchuk, and Shipachyov.

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