Sunday, March 9, 2014

KHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Day 2 2014

Four games on again, as is the norm for the first half of the round. We begin with...

Salavat Yulaev Ufa hosting Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Ivan Kasutin and Andrei Vasilevsky are set to start. Nizhny Novgorod got going in the second period with a Krystofer Kolanos goal, assisted by Denis Parshin and Sergei Bernatsky. This was it for the scoring, with the three stars being Kasutin (34 save shutout), Kolanos, and Vasilevsky (17 for 18 in saves) in the 1-0 game. Torpedo will head home with a dominating 2-0 series lead.

Down in Astana, Barys welcomes Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Vitaly Yeremeyev are the solid goalies. Astana was first to score in the first period with a Mikhail Rakhmanov goal, assisted by Dmitry Upper. Yekaterinburg tied it on an Andre Deveaux goal, fueled by Eduard Lewandowski and Igor Yemeleyev. Barys took the lead in the second period on a Roman Starchenko goal, guided in by Konstantin Rudenko and Nikolai Antropov. Avtomobilist tied it on an Artyom Chernov goal, passed from Fyodor Malykhin and Tobias Viklund. Yekaterinburg pulled ahead on a power play goal by Malykhin, powered by Sami Lepisto and Anton Lazarev. Astana retied it on another Starchenko goal, via Kristian Kudroc and Rudenko. Barys pulled ahead in the third period with a Brandon Bochenski goal, with a lone assist by Mike Lundin. Avtomobilist retied it as Dmitry Megalinsky scored a power play goal, thanks to Sergei Demagin and Alexei Simakov. Astana won 5-4 in overtime on an unassisted power play goal by Lundin. The three stars were awarded to Lundin, Starchenko, and Rudenko, while Malykhin gets an honorable mention. Barys will head on the road with a 2-0 series lead.

Back in Russia, Metallurg Magnitogorsk brings in Admiral Vladivostok. Evgeny Ivannikov and Vasily Koshechkin are the masked men. Magnitogorsk struck first in the first period with a Viktor Antipin power play goal, powered by Oskar Osala and Mikhail Yunkov. Vladivostok tied it in the second period with an unassisted goal by Niclas Bergfors. Metallurg retook the lead with a Yaroslav Kosov goal, fueled by Rinat Ibragimov. Magnitogorsk added on with a Tim Brent goal, assisted by Denis Platonov and Sergei Tereshchenko. Admiral got one back with a power play goal by Dmitry Vorobyov, with a lone assist from Michael Commodore. Metallurg shot back on a Francis Pare goal, passed from Osala and Ibragimov. Vladivostok pulled back on an Evgeny Grachyov goal, coming off of Justin Hodgman and Ilya Zubov. Magnitogorsk finished it at 5-3 in the third period with a power play goal by Chris Lee, courtesy of Sergei Mozyakin and Jan Kovar. The three stars were Ibragimov, Osala, and Pare.

Finally, in Kazan, Ak Bars hosts Sibir Novosibirsk. Mikko Koskinen faces a lesser foe in Emil Garipov in goal. Novosibirsk led off just fifteen seconds into the game with a Dmitry Monya goal, assisted by Jori Lehtera and Jonas Enlund. Sibir added on in the second period with a power play goal by Dmitry Kugryshev, powered by Ivan Lekomtsev. Kazan got on the board in the third period as Alexander Osipov scored a power play goal, guided in by Kirill Petrov and Ilya Nikulin. Ak Bars tied it on a Mikhail Varnakov goal, coming off of Tim Stapleton and Alexander Burmistrov. Kazan won 3-2 in overtime on another Osipov goal, with a lone helper from Alexander Svitov. The three stars were Osipov, Varnakov, and Garipov (25 for 27 in saves). The series heads east tied it at 1.

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