Thursday, November 28, 2013

KHL Day 86 2013-2014

Eleven games on today, beginning in...

Omsk, as Avangard hosts Slovan Bratislava. Jaroslav Janus and Denis Kostin will be in the blue paint. Omsk was first to score in the first period with a power play goal by Anton Kuryanov, passed from Kirill Lyamin. Avangard added on as Sergei Shirokov scored, assisted by Kuryanov and Denis Kulyash. Omsk extended the lead with an Ivan Baranka goal, fueled by Alexander Popov. Avangard padded the lead on a power play goal by Popov, powered by Sergei Kostitsyn. Bratislava got on the board in the third period as Tomas Netik scored, with a lone helper by Milan Bartovic. Slovan pulled closer as Martin Bakos scored, thanks to Michal Sersen. This only made it 4-2, with the three stars being Kuryanov, Popov, and Baranka.

North to Yekaterinburg, as Avtomobilist welcomes Dinamo Riga. Mikael Tellqvist and Jakub Kovar are the masked men. Yekaterinburg began in the first period with a power play goal by Tobias Viklund, powered by Anton Lazarev and Sami Lepisto. Riga tied it on a Rustams Begovs goal, with a lone assist by Maris Bicevskis. Avtomobilist retook the lead in the second period on an Alexander Streltsov goal, fueled by Eduard Lewandowski and Alexei Yefimov. Yekaterinburg added on as Yefimov scored an unassisted goal. This held up for a 3-1 win, with the three stars going to Yefimov, Streltsov, and Kovar (24 for 25 in saves).

Moving along to Khanty-Mansiysk, as Yugra brings in CSKA Moscow. Ilya Proskuryakov and Mikhail Biryukov are set to start. Moscow got going in the second period as Ilari Filppula scored a power play goal, with a lone assist by Denis Denisov. CSKA added on with an unassisted goal by Nikolai Prokhorkin. Khanty-Mansiysk got on the board in the third period as Marek Troncinsky scored a power play goal, powered by Tomas Starosta and Stephen Dixon. Yugra tied it with a Mikhail Zhukov goal, guided in by Alexei Kruchinin. Moscow took the lead with an Igor Grigorenko goal, coming off of Prokhorkin and Alexander Radulov. Khanty-Mansiysk retied it with a Radek Smolenak goal, set up by Dixon. CSKA took the lead back on a Denisov goal, made possible by Brandon Reid. They would go on to win 4-3, with the three stars being Denisov, Prokhorkin, and Dixon.

Down in Kazakhstan, Barys Astana hosts Lev Prague. Atte Engren is mismatched with Ari Ahonen in goal. Prague struck first in the first period as Martin Thornberg scored, with a lone assist by Jiri Sekac. Astana tied it on a power play goal by Brandon Bochenski, powered by Cam Barker and Mike Lundin. Lev took the lead as Jakub Matai scored in the second period, helped along by Michal Birner and Lukas Cingel. Barys tied it in the third period with a Roman Starchenko goal, fueled by Konstantin Rudenko. Prague regained the lead as Sekac scored, via Patrik Zackrisson. This made it 3-2, the final, with Sekac, Starchenko, and Matai getting the three stars.

Back in Russia, Vityaz Podolsk welcomes Amur Khabarovsk. Mika Jarvinen and Ivan Lisutin are between the pipes. Podolsk dented the scoreboard in the second period with an Alexei Makeyev goal, fueled by Maxim Afinogenov. Khabarovsk tied it with a power play goal by Dylan Reese, powered by Dmitry Tarasov and Brian Salcido. The tie lasted into the shootout, where Mike Iggulden and Dmitry Shitikov's goals for Vityaz propelled them a 2-1 win over a lone Amur tally from Jakub Petruzalek. The three stars were Shitikov, Lisutin (29 for 30 in saves), and Jarvinen (29 for 30 in saves).

Northeast to Nizhny Novgorod, as Torpedo brings in Admiral Vladivostok. Niko Hovinen and Georgy Gelashvili occupy the blue paint. Vladivostok started with a Sergei Lesnukhin first period goal, assisted by Viktor Drugov. Nizhny Novgorod tied it in the second period on a power play goal by Juuso Hietanen, powered by Sakari Salminen and Jarkko Immonen. Torpedo took the lead on a Wojtek Wolski goal, with a lone helper by Justin Hodgman. This was all they needed for a 2-1 win, with the three stars being Gelashvili (14 for 15 in saves), Hietanen, and Wolski.

Down in Kazan, Ak Bars hosts Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Ilya Sorokin and Konstantin Barulin guard the cages. Kazan led off with an Ilya Nikulin goal, with a lone assist by Kirill Petrov in the first period. Novokuznetsk tied it with an Evgeny Lapenkov goal, fueled by Semyon Valuisky and Raymond Giroux. Ak Bars took the lead back on a Tim Stapleton goal, coming off of Mikhail Varnakov and Alexander Burmistrov. Metallurg tied it with a Vladislav Kartayev goal, passed from Alexei Kosourov and Zakhar Arzamastsev in the second period. Novokuznetsk took the lead on an Ansel Galimov goal, made possible by Kurtis McLean and Yegor Martynov. Metallurg added on as Alexander Aksyonenko scored, thanks to Lapenkov. Kazan got one back as Petrov scored with the help of Alexander Osipov. Ak Bars tied it with a Stapleton power play goal, his second of the game, powered by Shaun Heshka and Burmistrov in the third period. The tie lasted to a shootout, where McLean's goal gave Metallurg the 5-4 win. The three stars were Lapenkov, Stapleton, and McLean, while Burmistrov gets an honorable mention.

Back into the Moscow area, as Spartak welcomes Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Andrei Vasilevsky and Jeff Glass are the reliable goalies. Moscow dented the scoreboard in the third period on a Deron Quint power play goal, powered by Vyacheslav Kozlov and Denis Bodrov. Ufa tied it as Kirill Koltsov scored, thanks to Alexei Kaigorodov and Antti Pihlstrom. Salavat Yulaev took the lead with a Teemu Hartikainen goal, fueled by Dmitry Makarov and Tomas Zaborsky. Spartak tied it again with a Rastislav Spirko power play goal, with a lone assist by Quint. Ufa took the lead back on an Igor Mirnov goal, coming off of Andrei Zubarev. This made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars being Mirnov, Quint, and Hartikainen.

Out west, Dinamo Minsk brings in Traktor Chelyabinsk. Michael Garnett and Lars Haugen protect the nets. Minsk opened in the first period on a shorthanded goal by Geoff Platt, set up by Tomas Surovy. Chelyabinsk tied it with an Andrei Popov goal, fueled by Andrei Kostitsyn and Anton Glinkin. Traktor took the lead with an Evgeny Kuznetsov goal in the second period, with a lone helper by Stanislav Chistov. Dinamo retied it in the third period with a power play goal by Ilya Kaznadei, powered by Alexei Kalyuzhny and Andrei Stas. Minsk took the lead with an Alexander Kitarov goal, coming off of Alexei Yefimenko. Dinamo wrapped it up at 4-2 with an Evgeny Nogachyov goal, going in unassisted. The three stars wee given to Kitarov, Kaznadei, and Platt.

Into Ukraine, as Donbass Donetsk hosts Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Matt Dalton and Michael Leighton are the North American goalies. Donetsk got going in the second period on a Vaclav Nedorost goal, fueled by Evgeny Dadonov. Nizhnekamsk tied it in the third period with a Fyodor Belyakov goal, passed from Yegor Milovzorov. The tie lasted to a shootout, where two goals from Maxim Yakutsenya and one goal from Randy Robitaille was good enough for a 2-1 win by Donbass, topping goals by Neftekhimik's Milovzorov and Petr Koukal. The three stars belonged to Yakutsenya, Leighton (24 for 25 in saves), and Milovzorov.

Finally, Medvescak Zagreb welcomes Sibir Novosibirsk. Mikko Koskinen and Mark Dekanich tend the twines. Zagreb led off in the first period with an unassisted Charles Linglet goal. Medvescak added on as Kurtis Foster scored a power play goal, powered by Jonathan Cheechoo and Bill Thomas. Zagreb extended the lead as Mike Glumac scored, with the help of Michael Ryan. Novosibirsk got on the board as Dmitry Kugryshev scored on a penalty shot he received after being tripped by Ivan Svarny. Medvescak replied in the second period on a power play goal by Matt Murley, assisted by Thomas and Cheechoo. Zagreb padded the lead as Svarny scored, with assists provided by Murley and Thomas, the latter getting a sock trick. Medvescak finished it at 6-1 in the third period with a Murley goal, with a lone helper by Thomas. The three stars were Thomas, Murley, and Cheechoo.

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