Friday, March 21, 2014

KHL Western Conference Semifinals Day 2 2014

Two more games on today, beginning with...

SKA St. Petersburg welcoming Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Curtis Sanford and Alexander Salak are set to start. Yaroslavl led off in the first period with a Sergei Konkov goal, via Emil Galimov and Vladislav Kartayev. St. Petersburg tied it on a Roman Cervenka goal, passed from Tony Martensson and Patrick Thoresen. SKA took the lead in the second period with an Ilya Kablukov goal, courtesy of Alexei Ponikarovsky and Ilya Kovalchuk. Lokomotiv retied it with a power play goal by Konkov, powered by Geoff Platt and Ilya Gorokhov. St. Petersburg retook the lead on a Kovalchuk goal, assisted by Kevin Dallman and Kablukov. SKA added on with a Cervenka goal, via Dinar Khafizullin and Thoresen. Yaroslavl got one back in the third period on a Staffan Kronwall goal, coming off of Galimov. Lokomotiv retied it on a Daniil Apalkov power play goal, with assists provided by Kronwall and Sergei Plotnikov. Yaroslavl won 5-4 in overtime as Kartayev scored, with a lone helper form Kronwall. The three stars were awarded to Kartayev, Kronwall, and Konkov, while Galimov, Cervenka, Kovalchuk, Kablukov, and Thoresen all get honorable mentions. The series heads west tied at 1.

Over in Prague, Lev brings in Donbass Donetsk. Michael Leighton and Petri Vehanen are the masked men. Donetsk began in the first period with an Evgeny Dadonov goal, assisted by Ruslan Fedotenko and Maxim Yakutsenya. Prague tied it with a Petr Vrana goal, via Nathan Oystrick and Mikko Maenpaa on the power play. Lev added on as Vrana scored another power play goal, powered by Maenpaa. Donbass tied it in the second period with a power play goal from Evgeny Belukhin, coming off of Oskars Bartulis. Prague pulled ahead with a Lukas Cingel goal, made possible by Jakub Matai. Donetsk tied it in the third period with a Yakutsenya goal, fueled by Belukhin and Dadonov. Donbass won in the fourth overtime by a 4-3 score on a Belukhin goal, guided in by Yakutsenya. The three stars were Belukhin, Yakutsenya, and Vrana, while Maenpaa and Dadonov get the honorable mentions. The series is now tied at 1.

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