Friday, October 17, 2014

KHL October 17th, 2014

Seven games on today, beginning in...

Amur, where Khabarovsk hosts the Sochi Leopards. Tomas Popperle and Sergei Borisov are the goalies. Sochi dented the scoreboard in the third period on an Andrei Pervyshin goal, with a lone assist by Igor Ignatushkin. The Leopards iced it at 2-0 with an empty net goal by Oleg Saprykin, set up by Max Warn. The three stars were given to Popperle (32 save shutout), Pervyshin, and Borisov (34 for 35 in saves).

Down in Vladivostok, Admiral welcomes Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Yeryomenko and Ilya Proskuryakov are in the blue paint. Moscow started with a first period Denis Mosalyov goal, fueled by Denis Kokarev and Maxim Solovyov. Vladivostok tied it on a second period goal by Richard Gynge, a power play goal made possible by Ilya Zubov and Niclas Bergfors. Dynamo took the lead back on another Mosalyov goal, assisted by Kokarev and Dmitry Vishnevsky. Moscow added on as Solovyov scored a power play goal, powered by Maxim Karpov and Janne Jalasvaara. Dynamo finished it at 4-1 with a third period Karpov goal, guided in by Martins Karsums and Alexei Tsvetkov. The three stars went to Mosalyov, Yeryomenko (20 for 21 in saves), and Kokarev, while Karpov gets an honorable mention.

A little west, Sibir Novosibirsk brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Curtis Sanford and Mikko Koskinen tend the twines. Yaroslavl opened in the first period on a Yegor Averin goal, made possible by Sergei Plotnikov and Daniil Apalkov. Lokomotiv added on in the second period as Sergei Konkov scored, thanks to Apalkov. Yaroslavl extended the lead on a Staffan Kronwall power play goal, powered by Averin. Nikita Bespalov relieved Koskinen in goal at this time. Lokomotiv padded the lead on a Jiri Novotny power play goal with a lone helper by Martin Thornberg. Novosibirsk got on the board in the third period on a Viktor Bobrov goal, helped along by Alexei Kopeikin. This was as close as it got, with the final being 4-1. The three stars were handed to Sanford (48 for 49 in saves), Averin, and Apalkov.

Next up, Metallurg Novokuznetsk hosts Vityaz Podolsk. Ivan Lisutin and Ilya Sorokin are between the pipes. Podolsk began in the first period with a Roman Horak power play goal, powered by Dmitry Tsyganov and Mathias Porseland. Novokuznetsk tied it in the second period with an Ansel Galimov goal, via Vitaly Zotov and Alexander Komaristy. Vityaz took the lead back on an unassisted Alexander Kucheryavenko. Metallurg retied it as James O'Brien scored, courtesy of Sergei Sentyurin. Podolsk retook the lead with a Maxim Afinogenov goal, going in unassisted in the third period. Vityaz added on with a Robert Kousal goal, with a lone assist by Horak. Podolsk extended the lead to 5-2 with a Tsyganov goal, coming off of Porseland. This was the final, and the three stars belonged to Horak, Tsyganov, and Porseland.

Out west further, Metallurg Magnitogorsk brings in Ak Bars Kazan. Anders Nilsson and Vasily Koshechkin are the masked men. Kazan got going in the third period on an Igor Mirnov goal, passed from Justin Azevedo and Sergei Kostitsyn. Magnitogorsk tied it as Evgeny Biryukov scored, with a lone assist by Viktor Antipin. In the shootout, Metallurg won with two goals by Danis Zaripov to top a single Ak Bars goal by Alexander Burmistrov, for a 2-1 Metallurg win. The three stars were given to Koshechkin (38 for 39 in saves), Nilsson (34 for 35 in saves), and Zaripov.

Continuing to Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev welcomes Avangard Omsk. Konstantin Barulin and Vitaly Koval guard the cages. Omsk led off in the first period with an Evgeny Mozer goal, guided in by Alexander Popov and Alexander Perezhogin. Ufa tied it on a Dmitry Semin goal, via Dmitry Makarov. Avangard took the lead as Popov scored, thanks to Perezhogin. Omsk added on in the second period with a Valery Vasilyev goal, assisted by Vladimir Pervushin and Ivan Nepryayev. Salavat Yulaev got one back on a Kirill Koltsov goal, courtesy of Andrei Zubarev and Antti Pihlstrom. Avangard shot back with a Tom Wandell goal, with a lone assist by Denis Parshin. Leland Irving replaced Koval in goal. Omsk extended the lead with another Wandell goal, made possible by Vladimir Sobotka and Parshin. Avangard padded the lead on a power play goal in the third period by Mozer, powered by Denis Kulyash and Perezhogin, the latter getting a sock trick. This made it 6-2, the final, with the three stars going to Wandell, Mozer, and Perezhogin, while Popov and Parshin get the honorable mentions.

Finally, in Helsinki, Jokerit hosts Barys Astana. Jan Laco and Henrik Karlsson occupy the creases. Astana struck first in the first period with a power play goal by Kevin Dallman, powered by Mike Lundin and Dustin Boyd. Helsinki tied it on a Petr Koukal goal, fueled by Steve Moses and Linus Omark on the power play. Jokerit took the lead in the second period as Moses scored, with a lone assist by Omark. Helsinki added on in the third period with another Moses power play goal, courtesy of Omark, who got a sock trick, and Topi Jaakola. Barys got one back on an unassisted Boyd goal. Jokerit iced it at 4-2 with an Eetu Poysti empty net goal, set up by Jaakola. The three stars went to Moses, Omark, and Boyd, while Jaakola gets an honorable mention.

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