Thursday, December 26, 2013

KHL Day 114 2013-2014

Five games on today, beginning in...

Omsk, as Avangard hosts Amur Khabarovsk. Alexei Murygin and Mathieu Garon are in the creases. Omsk began in the first period as Denis Kulyash scored, with the help of Nikita Pivtsakin. Khabarovsk tied it on a power play goal by Jan Mursak, powered by Timofei Shishkanov and Andrei Stepanov. Avangard gained the lead in the second period with a Stefan Ruzicka goal, assisted by Alexander Perezhogin. Amur tied it again on a Mikhail Klimchuk goal, going in unassisted. Omsk took the lead back in the third period as Maxim Goncharov scored a power play goal, with a lone assist by Sergei Shirokov. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars being Goncharov, Ruzicka, and Kulyash.

Up to Yekaterinburg, as Avtomobilist welcomes Sibir Novosibirsk. Mikko Koskinen and Jakub Kovar tend the twines. The game remained scoreless until a Vasily Streltsov shootout tally to give Avtomobilist the 1-0 win. The three stars went to Kovar (31 save shutout), Streltsov, and Koskinen (18 save "shutout").

Moving along to Khanty-Mansiysk, as Yugra hosts Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Nikita Lozhkin and Mikhail Biryukov were given the starting nods. Novokuznetsk struck first in the first period on an Igor Velichkin goal, assisted by Sergei Yemelin and Mark Skutar. Metallurg added on with an Alexei Kosourov goal, fueled by Artyom Gareyev. Novokuznetsk extended the lead in the second period with a Pavel Kanarsky goal, coming off of Skutar. Metallurg padded the lead when Skutar scored, with helpers provided by Velichkin and Yemelin. Novokuznetsk got another as Yemelin scored, via Skutar, who got a sock trick, and Nikita Vyglazov. Metallurg struck again in the third period with a power play goal by Tuukka Mantyla, powered by Gareyev and Vladislav Kartayev. Khanty-Mansiysk got on the board with a power play goal by Ivan Yatsenko, guided in by Ilari Melart and Mikhail Tyulyapkin. This made it 6-1, the final, with the three stars being Skutar, Yemelin, and Velichkin, while Gareyev gets an honorable mention.

Down in Kazakhstan, Barys Astana brings in Admiral Vladivostok. Niko Hovinen and Ari Ahonen are the masked men. Astana led off in the first period with a Brandon Bochenski shorthanded goal, set up by Dustin Boyd. Barys added on with another Bochenski goal, with a lone assist by Nigel Dawes. Vladivostok got on the board in the second period on a Vladimir Pervushin goal, coming off of Dmitry Vorobyov and Artyom Zemchyonok. Astana shot back as Dawes scored, guided in by Bochenski and Boyd. Barys extended the lead with a power play goal by Bochenski to finish his hat trick, powered by Roman Savchenko and Boyd, the latter getting a sock trick. Admiral pulled back as Felix Schutz scored, courtesy of Niclas Bergfors and Evgeny Grachyov. Astana padded the lead in the third period with a Konstantin Rudenko goal, made possible by Roman Starchenko and Nikolai Antropov. Vladivostok replied with another Schutz goal, passed from Bergfors and Justin Hodgman. Barys iced it at 6-3 as Starchenko scored an unassisted empty net goal shorthanded. The three stars were Bochenski, Boyd, and Dawes, while Schutz, Starchenko, and Bergfors get the honorable mentions.

Finally, in Mytishchi, Atlant plays the second of a back-to-back against Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Vladimir Sokhatsky is msimatched with Stanislav Galimov in goal. Ufa was first to score in the second period on a Teemu Hartikainen goal, fueled by Dmitry Makarov. Salavat Yulaev added on as Sergei Zinovyev scored a power play goal, courtesy of Nikita Filatov. Mytishchi got on the board as Alexander Kadeikin scored, thanks to Yaroslav Dyblenko and Evgeny Artyukhin. Ufa shot back on an unassisted goal by Ivan Vishnevsky. Salavat Yulaev extended the lead as Hartikainen scored his second of the game, assisted by Makarov and Brent Sopel. Ufa padded the lead in the third period on a Filatov goal, coming off of Kirill Koltsov and Antti Pihlstrom. Atlant got one back on a power play goal by Alexei Mikhnov, powered by Igor Radulov and Roman Rukavishnikov. This only made it 5-2, the final, with the three stars being Hartikainen, Filatov, and Makarov.

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