Monday, March 24, 2014

KHL Western Conference Semifinals Day 4 2014

Two more games on for the west today, and both series will be playing games after today. We begin in...

Yaroslavl, as Lokomotiv welcomes SKA St. Petersburg. Alexander Salak and Curtis Sanford make the starts. St. Petersburg was first to score in the first period on an Anton Malyshev goal, made possible by Dinar Khafizullin. SKA added on with a Tony Martensson power play goal, powered by Patrick Thoresen and Roman Cervenka. St. Petersburg extended the lead on a Vadim Shipachyov goal, with a lone assist by Viktor Tikhonov. Yaroslavl got on the board in the second period with a Yegor Yakovlev goal, guided in by Daniil Apalkov and Sergei Plotnikov. SKA shot back with an unassisted goal by Alexander Barbanov. St. Petersburg padded the lead on a power play goal by Tikhonov, fueled by Cervenka and Martensson. SKA wrapped it up at 6-1 with an Ilya Kovalchuk power play goal, with assists provided by Kevin Dallman and Cervenka, the latter getting a sock trick. The three stars belonged to Cervenka, Martensson, and Tikhonov. SKA evened the series at 2 games apiece.

Westward to Bratislava, as Donbass Donetsk brings in Lev Prague for another neutral site game. Petri Vehanen and Jan Laco are the masked men. Donetsk struck first in the first period on an Oskars Bartulis goal, via Evgeny Dadonov and Lukas Kaspar. Donbass added on in the second period with an Alexander Toryanik goal, courtesy of Evgeny Belukhin and Viktor Zakharov. Prague got on the board as Justin Azevedo scored in the third period, thanks to Ondrej Nemec and Nathan Oystrick. Donetsk finished it at 3-1 with an empty net goal by Dadonov, set up by Maxim Yakutsenya. The three stars went to Laco (36 for 37 in saves), Toryanik, and Dadonov. The series is now tied at 2.

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