Tuesday, December 3, 2013

KHL Day 91 2013-2014

Five games on today, starting in...

Chelyabinsk, as Traktor hosts Barys Astana. Ari Ahonen and Michael Garnett protect the nets. Astana began with a first period Dmitry Upper goal, fueled by Konstantin Rudenko. Barys added on in the second period with a Roman Starchenko goal, with a lone assist by Upper. Astana extended the lead as Nigel Dawes scored a power play goal, powered by Cam Barker and Brandon Bochenski. Barys padded the lead with a Mikhail Panshin goal, coming off of Andrei Gavrilin. This held up for a 4-0 win, with the three stars being Ahonen (24 save shutout), Upper, and Starchenko.

Over in Ufa, Salavat Yulaev welcomes Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Alexei Kuznetsov and Alexei Volkov draw the starts. Ufa was first to score in the first period on a Denis Khlystov goal, assisted by Dmitry Makarov and Teemu Hartikainen. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it in the third period when Stephen Dixon scored, thanks to Marek Troncinsky and Radek Smolenak. Salavat Yulaev took the lead back with a goal by Nikita Shchitov, guided in by Khlystov. Yugra tied it with a Veli-Matti Savinainen goal, fueled by Andrei Shefer and Mikhail Yakubov. Ufa won the game 3-2 in overtime as Kirill Koltsov scored, with the help of Andrei Zubarev and Alexei Kaigorodov.

Moving along to Magnitogorsk, as Metallurg hosts Avangard Omsk. Andrei Mezin is mismatched with Vasily Koshechkin in goal. Omsk got going in the second period as Maxim Kazakov scored, with a lone helper from Sergei Kostitsyn. Avangard added on with an unassisted goal by Maxim Goncharov. Magnitogorsk got on the board in the third period when Sergei Mozyakin potted an unassisted goal. Metallurg tied it on a Viktor Antipin power play goal, powered by Mozyakin and Jan Kovar. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Kostitsyn and Anton Kuryanov scored for Avangard to give them a 3-2 win. The three stars were Kostitsyn, Mozyakin, and Goncharov.

A bit west to Nizhnekamsk, as Neftekhimik brings in Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Alexander Sudnitsin are the reliable and young goalies. Nizhnekamsk led off with a first period Pavel Kulikov goal, coming on the power play from Oskar Osala. Neftekhimik added on as Kulikov scored again, with another lone assist by Osala. Fyodor Malykhin got Yekaterinburg on the board in the second period with a power play goal, powered by Sergei Demagin and Dmitry Megalinsky. Avtomobilist tied it on an Andre Deveaux goal, passed from Eduard Lewandowski and Alexei Yefimov. Yekaterinburg took the lead as Ilya Arkalov scored, thanks to Yegor Zhuralyov and Vasily Streltsov. This held up for a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Kulikov, Arkalov, and Osala.

Finally, we end in Podolsk, as Vityaz hosts Ak Bars Kazan. Emil Garipov and Ivan Lisutin are the underrated goalies. Ak Bars struck first in the first period on an Alexei Tereshchenko goal, assisted by Shaun Heshka and Kirill Petrov. Podolsk tied it on a Vyacheslav Solodukhin power play goal, powered by Yury Koksharov and Anton Korolyov. Ak Bars retook the lead in the second period on an unassisted goal by Alexander Burmistrov. Kazan added on with a shorthanded and unassisted goal by Petrov. Vityaz got one back in the third period on an Airat Ziazov goal, coming off of Maxim Afinogenov and Gleb Klimenko. This resulted in a 3-2 final, with Petrov, Burmistrov, and Tereshchenko getting the three stars.

Follow me on Twitter @KipperScorpion.

No comments :

Post a Comment