Saturday, March 22, 2014

KHL Eastern Conference Semifinals Day 2 2014

Two games on in the east today, beginning in...

Astana, as Barys hosts Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Andrei Vasilevsky and Vitaly Yeremeyev are in the blue paint. Ufa was first to score in the first period with an Andrei Zubarev power play goal, powered by Dmitry Makarov and Teemu Hartikainen. Salavat Yulaev added on as Yegor Dubrovsky scored an unassisted goal. Astana got on the board with a Kristian Kudroc goal, via Dustin Boyd and Brandon Bochenski. Barys tied it in the second period with an unassisted power play goal by Konstantin Rudenko. Astana took the lead with a Cam Barker goal, with a lone assist from Andrei Gavrilin. Barys extended the lead in the third period on a Gavrilin goal, guided in by Bochenski and Boyd. Astana finished it at 5-2 with a Boyd goal, made possible by Bochenski, who got a sock trick. The three stars went to Boyd, Bochenski, and Gavrilin. The series is now tied at 1.

Up in Magnitogorsk, Metallurg hosts Sibir Novosibirsk. Mikko Koskinen and Vasily Koshechkin guard the cages. Magnitogorsk struck first in the first period with a shorthanded and unassisted goal from Dmitry Kazionov. Novosibirsk took the lead in the second period on a power play goal by Dmitry Monya, powered by Vyacheslav Belov. Metallurg retook the lead as Francis Pare scored a power play goal, made possible by Chris Lee. Magnitogorsk added on as Sergei Mozyakin scored a power play goal, thanks to Danis Zaripov. Sibir shot back in the third period with another Monya goal, assisted by Konstantin Alexeyev. This only made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars going to Mozyakin, Monya, and Koshechkin (28 for 30 in saves). Metallurg takes a 2-0 series lead on the road.

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