Wednesday, March 12, 2014

KHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Day 4 2014

Four more games today. We begin in...

Vladivostok, as Admiral hosts Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Evgeny Ivannikov are given the starting nods. Magnitogorsk led off in the first period with an unassisted goal by Francis Pare. Vladivostok tied it in the second period with a Michael Commodore goal, going in unassisted. Admiral took the lead with an Ilya Zubov goal, assisted by Igor Bortnikov and Richard Gynge. Metallurg retied it in the third period as Jan Kovar scored, thanks to Sergei Mozyakin. Magnitogorsk won in the third overtime with a Danis Zaripov goal, made possible by Kovar and Mozyakin. The three stars of the 3-2 game were Kovar, Zaripov, and Mozyakin. Metallurg goes home with a 3-1 series lead.

West to Novosibirsk, as Sibir welcomes Ak Bars Kazan. Emil Garipov and Mikko Koskinen are in the blue paint. Kazan got going in the second period with an unassisted goal by Ilya Nikulin. Ak Bars added on with a power play goal by Mikhail Varnakov, powered by Nikulin and Shaun Heshka. Kazan extended the lead on a power play goal by Janne Pesonen, fueled by Heshka and Alexander Svitov. Novosibirsk got on the board with a Jarno Koskiranta goal, going in unassisted. Ak Bars shot back in the third period with an unassisted goal from Nikolai Belov. Kazan padded the lead on a Heshka power play goal, via Svitov and Nikulin. Ak Bars kept going with a Tomas Vincour goal, passed from Alexei Tereshchenko and Kirill Petrov. Sibir got one back with a Jonas Enlund goal, with a lone assist by Dmitry Monya. Novosibirsk pulled closer on a power play goal by Ivan Lekomtsev, helped along by Monya. This only made it 6-3, the final, with Nikulin, Heshka, and Svitov getting the three stars, while Monya gets an honorable mention. The series heads west tied at 2.

Further to the west, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg brings in Barys Astana. Vitaly Yeremeyev and Jakub Kovar are between the pipes. Astana dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Roman Savchenko goal, via Fyodor Polishchuk. Barys added on with a Konstantin Romanov goal, with a lone assist by Talgat Zhailauov. Yekaterinburg got on the board with a power play goal by Fyodor Malykhin, powered by Tobias Viklund and the goalie Kovar. They failed to tie the game, losing 2-1, with the three stars being Yeremeyev (29 for 30 in saves), Romanov, and Savchenko. Barys sweeps Avtomobilist out of the playoffs, advancing to the semifinals.

Finally, in Nizhny Novgorod, Torpedo hosts Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Andrei Vasilevsky and Ivan Kasutin are the masked men. Nizhny Novgorod began in the second period with a Vladimir Galuzin goal, helped along by Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev. Ufa tied it on a power play goal by Ivan Vishnevsky, powered by Kirill Koltsov and Alexei Kaigorodov. Salavat Yulaev took the lead on an Igor Mirnov goal, with a lone assist by Kaigorodov. Ufa added on with an Arturs Kulda goal, fueled by Brent Sopel and Teemu Hartikainen. Georgy Gelashvili relieved Kasutin for the third period. Torpedo got one back in the third period on a Jarkko Immonen goal, passed from Mikhail Grigoryev and Evgeny Skachkov. Salavat Yulaev iced it at 4-2 with an unassisted empty net goal by Yegor Dubrovsky. The three stars were Kaigorodov, Kulda, and Vishnevsky. The series is now tied at 2.

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