Friday, March 14, 2014

KHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Day 5 2014

Three series are left in the East. All three play today, beginning in...

Magnitogorsk, as Metallurg hosts Admiral Vladivostok. Evgeny Ivannikov and Vasily Koshechkin tend the twines. Magnitogorsk opened with a first period power play goal by Danis Zaripov, with a lone assist by Sergei Mozyakin. Metallurg added on with Jan Kovar goal, fueled by Mozyakin and Zaripov. Vladivostok got on the board in the second period when Igor Bortnikov scored a power play goal, powered by Ilya Zubov. Admiral tied it with an Alexei Ugarov power play goal, coming off of Evgeny Grachyov. Magnitogorsk took the lead in the third period on a Kovar goal, his second of the game, made possible by Mozyakin, who got a sock trick. Vladivostok tied it with a Justin Hodgman power play goal, guided in by Logan Pyett. Metallurg won 4-3 in overtime with a Mozyakin goal, helped along by Zaripov. The three stars went to Mozyakin, Zaripov, and Kovar. Metallurg wins the series 4-1.

Moving along to Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev welcomes Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Georgy Gelashvili and Andrei Vasilevsky are set to start. Ufa started in the first period with a power play goal by Yegor Dubrovsky, powered by Denis Khlystov and Denis Tolpeko. Nizhny Novgorod tied it with a power play goal by Wojtek Wolski, assisted by Juuso Hietanen and Sakari Salminen. Torpedo took the lead on a Salminen goal in the second period, passed from Wolski and Jarkko Immonen on the power play. Salavat Yulaev tied it with another power play goal by Nikita Shchitov, courtesy of Khlystov and Tolpeko. Ufa regained the lead in the third period on a power play goal from Dubrovsky, his second of the game, via Khlystov, who got a sock trick. Salavat Yulaev iced it at 4-2 with an empty net goal by Antti Pihlstrom, set up by Alexei Kaigorodov and the goalie Vasilevsky. The three stars were given to Dubrovsky, Khlystov, Tolpeko, while Salminen and Wolski get the honorable mention. Salavat Yulaev takes a 3-2 series lead.

Finally, in Kazan, Ak Bars brings in Sibir Novosibirsk. Mikko Koskinen and Emil Garipov are in the creases. Novosibirsk got going in the third period with an Oleg Gubin goal, courtesy of Sergei Shumakov and Stepan Sannikov. This was the only goal in the game, for a 1-0 final. Koskinen (29 save shutout), Gubin, and Garipov (27 for 28 in saves). Sibir takes a 3-2 series lead.

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