Monday, January 20, 2014

KHL Day 139 2013-2014

Only four games on in the KHL today, beginning in...

Omsk, as Avangard hosts Donbass Donetsk. Jan Laco and Henrik Karlsson are in goal. Donetsk got going in the third period with a Lukas Kaspar power play goal, with a lone helper by Randy Robitaille. Donbass added on as Evgeny Dadonov scored a power play goal, powered by Andrei Konev and Maxim Yakutsenya. This was all they needed to win 2-0, with the three stars being Laco (30 save shutout), Kaspar, and Dadonov.

Up in Yekaterinburg, Avtomobilist welcomes Medvescak Zagreb. Barry Brust and Jakub Kovar tend the twines. Yekaterinburg opened in the first period on a Tobias Viklund power play goal, powered by Anton Lazarev and Fyodor Malykhin. Avtomobilist added on in the second period as Igor Yemeleyev scored, thanks to Alexei Yefimov. This held up for a 2-0 win, and Kovar (32 save shutout), Viklund, and Yemeleyev were the three stars.

South to Astana, as Barys brings in Dinamo Minsk. Dmitry Milchakov and Vitaly Yeremeyev are the backups in goal. Astana started in the first period with a Brandon Bochenski power play goal, powered by Mike Lundin and Kristian Kudroc. Minsk tied it on an Andrei Stas power play goal in the third period, coming off of Alexei Yefimenko. Dinamo won 2-1 in overtime with a Lukas Krajicek goal, fueled by Stas and Alexei Kalyuzhny. The three stars belonged to Stas, Milchakov (32 for 33 in saves), and Krajicek.

Finally, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Yugra hosts Spartak Moscow. Alexei Ivanov and Alexei Kuznetsov are set to start. Moscow led off in the first period with a Filipp Toluzakov goal, courtesy of Valery Vasilyev. Spartak added on with a Denis Bodrov power play goal, made possible by Oleg Kvasha and Vyacheslav Kozlov. Khanty-Mansiysk got on the board in the second period with an Andrei Shefer power play goal, powered by Nikita Gusev and Evgeny Khvostov. Yugra tied it with a Sergei Lesnukhin goal, with a lone helper by Radek Smolenak. Moscow retook the lead in the third period on a Kozlov power play goal, via Kvasha. Khanty-Mansiysk retied it with another Shefer power play goal, assisted by Mikhail Zhukov. Yugra pulled ahead on a Tomas Starosta goal, coming off of Smolenak. Khanty-Mansiysk iced it at 5-3 with an empty net goal by Zhukov, set up by Smolenak, who got a sock trick, and Ilari Melart. The three stars were handed to Shefer, Zhukov, and Smolenak, while Kozlov and Kvasha get the honorable mentions.

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