Monday, January 13, 2014

KHL 132 2013-2014

The KHL finally gets some extended time again, going from now until the Olympic break. We begin with seven games today, starting in...

Yaroslavl, as Lokomotiv hosts Vityaz Podolsk. Johan Backlund and Curtis Sanford are in goal. Yaroslavl got going in the third period on a Geoff Platt power play goal, powered by Jonas Holos and Staffan Kronwall. This was good for a 1-0 win, with the three stars going to Sanford (12 save shutout), Platt, and Backlund (35 for 36 in saves).

Over in Moscow, CSKA welcomes Amur Khabarovsk. Mika Jarvinen and Rastislav Stana are the masked men. Moscow led off in the first period with a Fyodor Fyodorov goal, going in unassisted. CSKA added on in the second period as Alexander Frolov scored a power play goal, powered by Nikolai Prokhorkin and Nikita Zaitsev. Moscow extended the lead on a Stanislav Yegorshev goal, passed from Ilari Filppula and Jan Mursak. This was it for the scoring, with the final being 3-0, and the three stars went to Stana (27 save shutout), Fyodorov, and Frolov.

Up in Mytishchi, Atlant brings in Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Mikhail Demidov is mismatched with Stanislav Galimov in goal. Mytishchi opened in the first period on an Igor Radulov goal, courtesy of Maxim Mayorov and Vitaly Atyushov. Atlant added on with a Sergei Shmelyov goal, fueled by Evgeny Artyukhin and Atyushov. Nizhny Novgorod got on the board in the second period with a Wojtek Wolski goal, coming off of Sakari Salminen and Jarkko Immonen. Torpedo tied it when Sergei Bernatsky scored, with a lone helper by Immonen. Nizhny Novgorod took the lead on a Roman Lyuduchin goal, going in unassisted. Mytishchi tied it with Radulov's second of the game, passed from Andreas Engqvist and Mayorov. Torpedo retook the lead as Salminen scored, thanks to Immonen, who got a sock trick. Vitaly Koval relieved Demidov for the third period. Nizhny Novgorod extended the lead in the third period with an Immonen power play goal, powered by Juuso Hietanen and Salminen. Atlant got one back when Radulov converted a penalty shot to complete his hat trick after Koval threw his stick. This only made it 5-4, with Radulov, Immonen, and Salminen picking up the three stars while Atyushov and Mayorov got the honorable mentions.

West to St. Petersburg, as SKA hosts Ak Bars Kazan. Emil Garipov and Alexander Salak are the reliable goalies. St. Petersburg began in the first period on an unassisted power play goal by Dmitry Kalinin. Kazan tied it with an Artyom Lukoyanov goal, coming off of Vasily Tokranov and Denis Golubev. SKA took the lead in the second period on an Alexander Kucheryavenko goal, fueled by Maxim Chudinov and Viktor Tikhonov. St. Petersburg iced it at 3-1 on an Ilya Kovalchuk empty net goal, going in unassisted. The three stars belonged to Salak (30 for 31 in saves), Kucheryavenko, and Kalinin.

Out in Riga, Dinamo brings in Admiral Vladivostok. Evgeny Ivannikov and Mikael Tellqvist are between the pipes. Vladivostok was first to score in the first period with a Justin Hodgman power play goal, powered by Logan Pyett and Stanislav Bocharov. Admiral added on in the second period with a Yegor Antropov goal, guided in by Konstantin Sokolov and Andrei Nikitenko. Vladivostok extended the lead when Hodgman scored his second of the game, a shorthanded and unassisted goal. Admiral padded the lead on a third period goal by Evgeny Grachyov, passed from Felix Schutz. Vladivostok struck again on a Nikitenko goal, going in unassisted. Riga got on the board as Kristaps Sotnieks scored a shorthanded goal, set up by Marcel Hossa and Krisjanis Redlihs. Dinamo pulled closer with a Sotnieks power play goal, powered by Aleksandrs Nizivijs and Kyle Wilson. This produced a 5-2 final, with the three stars being Hodgman, Sotnieks, and Nikitenko.

Further along to Prague, where Lev welcomes Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Ilya Sorokin and Petri Vehanen are set to start. Novokuznetsk started in the first period with a Nikita Vyglazov goal, going in unassisted. Metallurg added on in the third period with an Igor Velichkin goal, assisted by Nikita Kamalov and Artyom Gareyev. Prague got on the board as Petr Vrana scored a power play goal, powered by Martin Thornberg and Jiri Sekac. Lev tied it with a power play goal by Sekac, coming off of Thornberg and Ondrej Nemec. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Thornberg was matched by Kurtis McLean before a David Ullstrom goal secured the 3-2 Lev win. The three stars were Sekac, Thornberg, and Ullstrom.

Finally, in Bratislava, Slovan hosts Sibir Novosibirsk. Mikko Koskinen and Jaroslav Janus guard the cages. Bratislava struck first in the first period on a power play goal by Miroslav Satan, powered by Libor Hudacek and Branko Radivojevic. Novosibirsk tied it on an Oleg Gubin goal, fueled by Stepan Sannikov and Maxim Ignatovich. The tie was broken in the shootout as Satan and Michal Vondrka scored for Slovan to overwhelm an Alexei Kopeikin tally for Sibir, and Slovan won 2-1. The threes stars belonged to Satan, Janus (33 for 34 in saves), and Koskinen (22 for 23 in saves).

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