Saturday, September 13, 2014

KHL September 13th, 2014

Eight games on today, beginning with...

Sibir Novosibirsk hosting Avangard Omsk. Konstantin Barulin and Mikko Koskinen tend the twines. Omsk was first to score in the first period with a Sergei Shirokov goal, coming off of Miroslav Blatak. Avangard added on in the second period as Shirokov scored again, with the help of Vladimir Sobotka and Blatak. Omsk extended the lead with a power play goal by Kirill Lyamin, powered by Sergei Kalinin and Evgeny Kulik. Novosibirsk got on the board as Alexei Kopeikin scored a power play goal, assisted by Vyacheslav Belov and Igor Ozhiganov. Sibir pulled closer with an Andreas Thuresson goal, with a lone assist by Jonas Enlund on the power play. Novosibirsk tied it in the third period as Kopeikin scored his second of the game, thanks to Dmitry Kugryshev. Avangard took the lead on a Kalinin goal, going in unassisted. Omsk iced it at 5-3 when Shirokov finished his hat trick on an empty net goal, set up by Denis Parshin and Ilya Dervuk. The three stars were Shirokov, Kalinin, and Kopeikin, while Blatak gets an honorable mention. 

Nearby, Metallurg Novokuznetsk welcomes Barys Astana. Jan Laco and Ilya Sorokin are set to start in goal. Astana began in the first period with a Nikolai Antropov goal, via Konstantin Rudenko and Roman Starchenko. Barys added on with a Starchenko power play goal, powered by Antropov. Novokuznetsk got on the board in the second period on a Ryan Stoa goal, courtesy of Matt Lashoff and Cade Fairchild. Astana shot back with a Dustin Boyd goal, assisted by Brandon Bochenski. Barys extended the lead as Boyd scored his second of the game, a power play goal with a lone assist by Nigel Dawes. Astana padded the lead with a Bochenski shorthanded goal, set up by Boyd. Metallurg got one back on an Ansel Galimov goal, guided in by Alexander Makarov. The scoring went silent in the third period, so the final was 5-2. The three stars were Starchenko, Boyd, and Bochenski, while Antropov gets an honorable mention.

Out west a bit, Traktor Chelyabinsk hosts Jokerit Helsinki. Riku Helenius and Vladislav Fokin guard the cages. Chelyabinsk got going in the first period with a Stanislav Chistov goal, assisted by Kyle Wilson and Andrei Kostitsyn. Helsinki tied it on a second period Juhamatti Aaltonen goal, fueled by Ryan Gunderson and Niko Kapanen. Jokerit took the lead as Gunderson scored a power play goal, powered by Ville Lajunen. This held up for a 2-1 final, with Gunderson, Helenius (31 for 32 in saves), and Aaltonen being the three stars.

Up in Nizhnekamsk, Neftekhimik brings in Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek and Ville Kolppanen are the backups making spot starts. Nizhnekamsk dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Maxin Rybin goal, with a lone helper from Mikhail Zhukov. Riga tied it on a Kaspars Saulietis goal, courtesy of Krisjanis Redlihs and Gunars Skvorcovs. Dinamo took the lead as Marcel Hossa scored, thanks to Charles Genoway and Redlihs on the power play. Neftekhimik tied it again with a Yegor Antropov goal, assisted by Maxim Berezin and Pavel Zdunov. Riga took the lead with an unassisted Lauris Darzins goal. This was good for a 3-2 win at the end of the game, with the three stars being Darzins, Hossa, and Sedlacek (35 for 37 in saves).

West again to Yaroslavl, where Lokomotiv hosts Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Curtis Sanford are the masked men. Magnitogorsk struck first in the first period with a power play goal by Danis Zaripov, powered by Sergei Mozyakin and Jan Kovar. Metallurg added on with another Zaripov goal, guided in by Mozyakin and Maxim Yakutsenya. Magnitogorsk extended the lead in the second period on a Sergei Tereshchenko goal, fueled by Danis Platonov and Kovar. Metallurg padded the lead in the third period with a Yaroslav Kosov power play goal, assisted by Rafael Batyrshin and Vladislav Kamenev. Yaroslavl got on the board with a Yegor Yakovlev goal, with a lone assist by Daniil Apalkov. This made it a 4-1 final, with the three stars being Zaripov, Mozyakin, and Kovar.

Down in Podolsk, Vityaz welcomes Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Harri Sateri are in the blue paint. Yekaterinburg started in the first period with an Igor Yemeleyev goal, assisted by Evgeny Lapenkov and Eduard Lewandowski. Podolsk tied it in the second period on an Vyacheslav Solodukhin goal, coming off of Anton Korolyov. Vityaz took the lead in the third period with a Robert Kousal goal, via Maxim Afinogenov and Nikita Vyglazov. Podolsk added on with a Roman Horak power play goal, powered by Dmitry Tsyganov and Mathias Porseland. Vityaz extended the lead as Korolyov scored, thanks to Solodukhin and Yury Koksharov. Evgeny Lobanov relieved Kovar after this quick outburst. Podolsk padded the lead with a Koksharov goal, guided in by Korolyov and Denis Grebeshkov. Vityaz finished it at 6-1 with a Nikita Shatsky goal, made possible by Roman Kudinov and Georgy Berdyukov. The three stars went to Korolyov, Solodukhin, and Koksharov.

Backtracking to Togliatti, where Lada hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Alexander Salak and Ilya Ezhov are between the pipes. St. Petersburg opened in the first period with an Ilya Kovalchuk power play goal, powered by Artemy Panarin. SKA added on with a Tony Martensson goal, guided in by Patrick Thoresen and Roman Cervenka. Togliatti got on the board in the second period with a Stanislav Bocharov goal, fueled by Dmitry Vorobyov and Zyuzyakin. St. Petersburg shot back with another Kovalchuk goal in the third period, with a lone assist by Jimmie Ericsson. Lada pulled back with a Martin Zatovic goal, assisted by Semyon Valuisky. SKA answered when Kovalchuk finished his hat trick, thanks to Vadim Shipachyov and Panarin on the power play. This made it 4-2, the final, with the three stars going to Kovalchuk, Panarin, and Martensson.

Finally, in Moscow again, Dynamo brings in Ak Bars Kazan. Emil Garipov and Alexander Lazushin are called on to start. Moscow led off in the first period with a power play goal by Dmitry Vishnevsky, powered by Filip Novak and Yury Babenko. Kazan tied it with an Oscar Moller goal, fueled by Justin Azevedo on the power play. Dynamo took the lead back in the second period as Konstantin Gorovikov scored, thanks to Maxim Pestushko and Kaspars Daugavins. Ak Bars tied it again as Fyodor Malykhin scored, with the help of Sergei Kostitsyn. Moscow pulled ahead again on a Denis Mosalyov goal, guided in by Nikolai Zherdev. This made it 3-2, which was a final, and the three stars went to Mosalyov, Gorovikov, and Vishnevsky.

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