Sunday, December 1, 2013

KHL Day 89 2013-2014

Five games on today, beginning...

Chelyabinsk, as Traktor hosts Avangard Omsk. Andrei Mezin and Michael Garnett are in the creases. Omsk was first to score in the first period as Denis Kulyash scored a power play goal, powered by Sergei Kostitsyn and Nikita Pivtsakin. Chelyabinsk tied it in the second period as Maxim Kondratyev scored, thanks to Jan Bulis and Andrei Kostitsyn on the power play. Avangard took the lead back in the third period on a Sergei Kalinin goal, fueled by Kulyash and Sergei Kostitsyn. This held up for a 2-1 win, with the three stars being Kulyash, Mezin (26 for 27 in saves), and Sergei Kostitsyn.

Over in Ufa, Salavat Yulaev welcomes Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Andrei Vasilevsky are set to start. Yekaterinburg opened in the first period as Sami Lepisto scored, assisted by Fyodor Malykhin. Avtomobilist added on in the third period as Eduard Lewandowski scored, thanks to Andre Deveaux and Alexei Yefimov. Yekaterinburg extended the lead on a Malykhin goal, coming off of Anton Lazarev. Ufa got on the board as Yegor Dubrovsky scored, with the help of Alexei Glukhov and Anton Slepyshev. This only made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars being Malykhin, Kovar (30 for 31 in saves), and Lewandowski.

Moving along to Magnitogorsk, as Metallurg hosts Barys Astana. Ari Ahonen and Vasily Koshechkin tend the twines. Astana struck first in the first period as Nigel Dawes scored, with a lone assist by Brandon Bochenski. Magnitogorsk tied it in the second period on a Tim Brent power play goal, powered by Evgeny Biryukov and Rinat Ibragimov. Barys took the lead with a Bochenski goal, assisted by Dawes and Dustin Boyd. Metallurg tied it in the third period as Brent scored his second of the game, coming off of Vladimir Malenkikh and Dmitry Kazionov. Astana regained the lead with a Boyd goal, passed from Dawes and Bochenski. Magnitogorsk tied it once again with a Jan Kovar goal, made possible by Sergei Mozyakin. Barys won 4-3 with a lone shootout tally by Roman Starchenko. The three stars were given to Bochenski, Dawes, and Brent, while Boyd gets an honorable mention.

To the west, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk brings in Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Mikhail Biryukov and Alexander Sudnitsin are the masked men. Nizhnekamsk started in the first period with a Pavel Kulikov goal, fueled by Martin Cibak. Neftekhimik added on as Maxim Rybin scored a power play goal, powered by Maxim Berezin and Igor Polygalov. Nizhnkamsk extended the lead in the third period with a Cibak goal, with assists provided by Dmitry Kosmachyov and Oskar Osala. Neftekhimik padded the lead on a power play goal by Rybin, helped along by Renat Mamashev. This made it a 4-0 final, with the three stars being Sudnitsin (34 save shutout), Rybin, and Cibak.

Finally, out in Riga, Dinamo hosts Atlant Mytishchi. Stanislav Galimov and Mikael Tellqvist are in the blue paint. Mytishchi dented the scoreboard in the first period on an Ilya Kablukov goal, assisted by Mikhail Glukhov. Atlant added on as Konstantin Koltsov scored, with helpers from Glukhov and Kablukov. Riga got on the board in the second period on a Paul Szczechura goal, fueled by Mat Robinson and Kristaps Sotnieks. This only made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars going to Kablukov, Galimov (25 for 26 in saves), and Glukhov.

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