Friday, March 21, 2014

KHL Eastern Conference Semifinals Day 1 2014

As is normal, the semifinals have two games on today for the Eastern Conference. We begin in...

Astana, as Barys hosts Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Andrei Vasilevsky and Vitaly Yeremeyev are in goal. Astana was first to score in the first period with a Mike Lundin goal, courtesy of Brandon Bochenski and Andrei Gavrilin. Ufa tied it in the second period with a Dmitry Makarov power play goal, powered by Kirill Koltsov and Teemu Hartikainen. Salavat Yulaev took the lead in the third period on an Alexei Kaigorodov goal, assisted by Koltsov and Antti Pihlstrom. Barys retied it with a Nikolai Antropov goal, coming off of Maxim Semyonov. Ufa won 3-2 in overtime on an unassisted goal by Nikita Filatov. The three stars were Filatov, Koltsov, and Vasilevsky (35 for 37 in saves). Salavat Yulaev takes a 1-0 series lead.

Up in Magnitogorsk, Metallurg hosts Sibir Novosibirsk. Mikko Koskinen and Vasily Koshechkin tend the twines. Magnitogorsk struck first in the first period with a Jan Kovar power play goal, powered by Sergei Mozyakin. Metallurg added on in the third period with a Danis Zaripov goal, with a lone helper by Mozyakin. Novosibirsk got on the board as Konstantin Alexeyev scored an unassisted goal. Sibir tied it on an Ivan Lekomtsev goal, passed from Jonas Enlund. Magnitogorsk won 3-2 in overtime with a Mozyakin goal, fueled by Kovar on the power play. The three stars belonged to Mozyakin, Kovar, and Koshechkin (32 for 34 in saves). Metallurg leads the series 1-0.

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