Monday, October 13, 2014

KHL October 13th, 2014

Four games on for today, with the first from...

Yekaterinburg, as Avtomobilist hosts Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Stepan Goryachevskikh and Jakub Kovar are the young goalies. Yekaterinburg got going in the second period on a Filipp Metlyuk goal, with a lone assist by Anatoly Golyshev. This was good for a 1-0 win, with the three stars being Kovar (32 save shutout), Metlyuk, and Goryachevskikh (21 for 22 in saves).

Down in Magnitogorsk, Metallurg welcomes Traktor Chelyabinsk. Vasilys Demchenko and Koshechkin are the masked men tonight. Magnitogorsk was first to score in the first period on a Viktor Antipin power play goal, via Danis Zaripov. Metallurg added on as Zaripov goal, with a lone assist by Sergei Mozyakin. Magnitogorsk extended the lead in the second period on a Mozyakin power play goal, powered by Chris Lee and Zaripov. Metallurg padded the lead on a Maxim Yakutsenya goal, assisted by Vladislav Kaletnik and Rafael Batyrshin. Magnitogorsk kept going with a Lee goal, guided in by Mozyakin and Zaripov, the latter getting a sock trick. Vladislav Fokin took over for Demchenko in the third period. Metallurg struck again with an Evgeny Timkin goal, passed from Denis Platonov and Yaroslav Khabarov. Chelyabinsk avoided a shutout with a late unassisted power play goal from Deron Quint. The three stars in the 6-1 game were Zaripov, Mozyakin, and Lee.

West to St. Petersburg, as SKA brings in Dinamo Riga. Edgars Masalskis and Evgeny Ivannikov are in the blue paint. St. Petersburg dented the scoreboard in the second period on an Artemy Panarin goal, assisted by Andrei Kuteikin and Evgeny Dadonov. Riga tied it in the third period as Andris Dzerins scored, thanks to Aleksandrs Jerofejevs and Lauris Darzins. SKA retook the lead on a Dinar Khafizullin goal, coming off of Viktor Tikhonov and Ilya Kovalchuk. This held up for a 2-1 win, with the three stars going to Ivannikov (23 for 24 in saves), Khafizullin, and Panarin.

Backtracking to Kazan, where Ak Bars hosts Admiral Vladivostok. Ilya Proskuryakov and Emil Garipov protect the nets. Kazan struck first in the first period with a Mikhail Varnakov goal, courtesy of Oscar Moller and Alexander Burmistrov. Ak Bars added on with a Konstantin Korneyev goal, via Igor Mirnov and Justin Azevedo. Kazan extended the lead in the second period with a Sergei Kostitsyn goal, assisted by Azevedo. Vladivostok got on the board with a power play goal by Vladislav Ushenin, powered by Enver Lisin and Denis Kuzmin. Admiral pulled closer on a Jan Kolar goal, coming off of Ilya Zubov and Alexander Gorshkov. Vladivostok tied it in the third period with a Vyacheslav Ushenin goal, with a lone helper by Vladislav Ushenin. Ak Bars reclaimed the lead with a shorthanded Varnakov goal, set up by Ilya Nikulin. This made it 4-3, the final, with the three stars being Varnakov, Azevedo, and Vladislav Ushenin.

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