Saturday, March 8, 2014

KHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Day 1 2014

Today marks the first day of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in the KHL. There are four games on, beginning in...

Ufa, as Salavat Yulaev Ufa hosts Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Ivan Kasutin and Andrei Vasilevsky get the starting nods. Nizhny Novgorod was first to score in the first period with an Alexei Badyukov goal, courtesy of Evgeny Skachkov. Torpedo added on in the second period with a power play goal by Mikhail Grigoryev, powered by Denis Parshin and Skachkov. Ufa got on the board with an Igor Mirnov goal, guided in by Kirill Koltsov. Nizhny Novgorod replied in the third period with a Skachkov goal, assisted by Pavel Valentenko and Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars going to Skachkov, Kasutin (24 for 25 in saves), and Grigoryev. Torpedo holds a 1-0 series lead.

Down in Magnitogorsk, Metallurg welcomes Admiral Vladivostok. Evgeny Ivannikov and Vasily Koshechkin guard the cages. Vladivostok began in the first period with an Alexei Ugarov power play goal, with a lone assist by Andrei Nikitenko. Magnitogorsk tied it with an unassisted goal by Jan Kovar, coming on the power play. Metallurg gained the lead with a Danis Zaripov goal, fueled by Sergei Mozyakin and Evgeny Biryukov. Magnitogorsk added on with another Kovar goal, with a lone assist by Mozyakin. This produced a 3-1 final, with the three stars going to Kovar, Koshechkin (26 for 27 in saves), and Mozyakin. Metallurg owns a 1-0 series lead.

Further south, Barys Astana brings in Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Ari Ahonen are in the creases. Yekaterinburg got going in the second period with an unassisted goal by Artyom Chernov. Astana tied it on a Roman Starchenko power play goal, powered by Roman Savchenko and Alexei Litvinenko. Barys took the lead in the third period as Starchenko scored, thanks to Savchenko. Avtomobilist retied it with a power play goal by Sami Lepisto, courtesy of Chernov and Tobias Viklun. Astana won 3-2 in the second overtime with a Savchenko goal, going in unassisted. The three stars were Savchenko, Starchenko, and Chernov. Barys earns a 1-0 series lead.

Finally, back in Russia, Ak Bars Kazan hosts Sibir Novosibirsk. Mikko Koskinen and Konstantin Barulin protect the nets. Kazan struck first in the first period on a Mikhail Varnakov goal, assisted by Nikolai Belov and Stepan Zakharchuk. Novosibirsk tied it in the second period on a Jarno Koskiranta goal, fueled by Dmitry Kugryshev. Sibir took the lead with an Igor Ozhiganov goal, with a lone assist by Jori Lehtera. Novosibirsk added on with an Oleg Gubin goal, guided in by Sergei Shumakov. This was it for the scoring, with the final being 3-1, and the three stars went to Koskinen (24 for 25 in saves), Ozhiganov, and Gubin.

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