Sunday, January 26, 2014

KHL Day 145 2013-2014

Six games on today, beginning in...

Omsk, as Avangard hosts Barys Astana. Vitaly Yeremeyev and Henrik Karlsson receive the starting nods. Astana led off in the first period on a Brandon Bochenski goal, courtesy of Nigel Dawes. Omsk tied it in the second period on a Sergei Shirokov goal, assisted by Denis Kazionov. Barys retook the lead on an unassisted goal by Bochenski, his second of the game. Avangard retied it with a Denis Kulyash goal, coming off of Sergei Kalinin. Omsk took the lead with a power play goal by Alexander Perezhogin, powered by Kulyash and Sergei Kostitsyn. Astana pulled even in the third period on a Konstantin Rudenko goal, via Roman Starchenko. Barys gained the lead again on a Dawes goal, with a lone assist by Dustin Boyd. Avangard got the equalizer with a goal by Kalinin, going in unassisted. Astana won 5-4 in overtime as Rudenko scored his second of the night, with the help of Kristian Kudroc. The three stars went to Rudenko, Bochenski, and Dawes, while Kalinin and Kulyash get the honorable mentions.

Up in Yekaterinburg, Avtomobilist welcomes Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Alexei Kuznetsov and Jakub Kovar are the masked men. Yekaterinburg opened in the first period on an Alexei Simakov goal, coming off of Sergei Demagin and Dmitry Megalinsky. Avtomobilist added on in the second period with a Fyodor Malykhin power play goal, powered by Tobias Viklund and Artyom Chernov. Khanty-Mansiysk got on the board in the third period on an unassisted goal by Radek Smolenak. Yugra tied it with a shorthanded goal by Ilari Mellart, going in unassisted. The tie lasted to a shootout, where goals by Smolenak and Nikita Gusev sealed the 3-2 comeback win for Yugra. The three stars were Smolenak, Melart, and Kovar (38 for 40 in saves).

West to Moscow, as Dynamo brings in Lev Prague. Petri Vehanen and Alexander Lazushin are in the blue paint. Prague began in the first period with an unassisted goal by Justin Azevedo. Moscow tied it in the second period on an Alexei Tsvetkov goal, assisted by Maxim Pestushko and Konstantin Gorovikov. Dynamo took the lead in the third period with a Leo Komarov power play goal, powered by Pestushko and Gorovikov. This was good for a 2-1 win, with the three stars being Lazushin (31 for 32 in saves), Pestushko, and Gorovikov.

Down to Podolsk, as Vityaz hosts Slovan Bratislava. Jaroslav Janus and Johan Backlund are between the pipes. Bratislava got going in the second period with a Martin Bakos goal, fueled by Andrej Stastny and Jan Brejcak. Podolsk tied it in the third period with an Ivan Ivanov goal, coming off of Yury Koksharov and Anton Korolyov. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Slovan used goals by Milan Bartovic, Miroslav Satan, and Martin Stajnoch to overwhelm Vityaz's lone tally by Korolyov for a 2-1 Slovan win. The three stars went to Janus (25 for 26 in saves), Backlund (19 for 20 in saves), and Korolyov.

Back east a touch to Kazan, as Ak Bars welcomes Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek is mismatched with Konstantin Barulin in goal. Kazan dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Jakub Petruzalek goal, via Ilya Nikulin and Kirill Petrov. Ak Bars added on with a Nikulin goal, assisted by Shaun Heshka and Artyom Lukoyanov. Riga got on the board in the third period with a Krisjanis Redlihs goal, coming off of Georgijs Pujacs. Dinamo tied it with a Miks Indrasis goal, coming off of Paul Szczechura and Aleksandrs Nizivijs. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Riga won 3-2 with tallies from Szczechura and Nizivijs. The three stars were Nizivijs, Szczechura, and Nikulin.

Up in Nizhny Novgorod, we end with Torpedo bringing in CSKA Moscow. Jeff Glass and Ivan Kasutin are the veteran goalies. Nizhny Novgorod started in the first period with a power play goal by Pavel Valentenko, powered by Sakari Salminen. Moscow tied it in the second period on an Igor Grigorenko goal, fueled by Igor Fefelov and Sergei Gimayev. Torpedo retook the lead with a Vyacheslav Kulyomin goal, passed from Vladimir Denisov and Sergei Sentyurin. Nizhny Novgorod added on in the third period with a power play goal by Juuso Hietanen, guided in by Salminen. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars going to Kasutin (27 for 28 in saves), Kulyomin, and Salminen.

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