Saturday, November 22, 2014

KHL November 22nd, 2014

Eight games on today, beginning with...

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg hosting Barys Astana. Jan Laco and Jakub Kovar are in the blue paint. Astana opened in the first period on a Roman Savchenko goal, assisted by Evgeny Blokhin on the power play. Yekaterinburg tied it in the third period as Alexei Simakov scored, thanks to Alexander Rybakov and Filipp Metlyuk. Avtomobilist won 2-1 in overtime on a Tobias Viklund goal, coming off of Eduard Lewandowski and Alexei Mikhnov. The three stars went to Viklund, Kovar (19 for 20 in saves), and Simakov.

Down in Magnitogorsk, Metallurg welcomes Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Vladimir Sokhatsky and Alexander Pechursky are set to start in goal. Ufa began in the first period with a power play goal by Kirill Koltsov, powered by Alexei Kaigorodov. Salavat Yulaev added on as Koltsov scored again, thanks to Andrei Zubarev and Antti Pihlstrom. Magnitogorsk got on the board with a power play goal by Francis Pare, passed from Viktor Antipin and Oskar Osala. Ufa shot back in the second period on an Ilkka Heikkinen goal, via Koltsov on the power play. Salavat Yulaev extended the lead in the third period on a Dmitry Semin goal, courtesy of Dmitry Makarov. Ufa padded the lead with an Evgeny Skachkov goal, with a lone assist by Koltsov. Metallurg took one back on a Sergei Mozyakin goal, guided in by Jan Kovar. Salavat Yulaev iced it at 6-2 on an empty net goal by Yegor Dubrovsky, set up by Denis Tolpeko. The three stars went to Koltsov, Heikkinen, and Semin.

Northwest to Yaroslavl, where Lokomotiv hosts Lada Togliatti. Ilya Ezhov and Curtis Sanford are the veteran goalies. Togliatti led off in the first period on an Alexander Chernikov goal, passed from Yury Petrov and Dmitry Stulov. Yaroslavl tied it with a Sergei Plotnikov goal in the second period, helped along by Sergei Konkov and Daniil Apalkov. Lada took the lead back with another Chernikov power play goal in the third period, powered by Denis Barantsev and Jiri Hunkes. Togliatti added on with an Alexander Streltsov goal, coming off of Fedor Fedorov and Stanislav Romanov. Lada extended the lead with another Alexander Streltsov goal, assisted by Vitaly Shulakov and Vasily Streltsov. Lokomotiv shot back as Jiri Novotny scored a power play goal, thanks to Jonas Holos and Geoff Platt. This made it 4-2, the final, with the three stars being Alexander Streltsov, Chernikov, and Ezhov (38 for 40 in saves).

Over in Cherepovets, Severstal brings in Atlant Mytishchi. Atte Engren and Jakub Stepanek protect the nets. Mytishchi started in the first period on an Andreas Engqvist goal, passed from Dmitry Vorobyov. Atlant added on with an unassisted Igor Radulov goal. Cherepovets got on the board with a second period power play goal by Dmitry Kagarlitsky, powered by David Ullstrom and Alexander Urbom. Severstal tied it in the third period with an Ilya Nekolenko goal, courtesy of Anatoly Nikontsev and Marek Kvapil. Cherepovets retook the lead as Pavel Buchnevich scored, thanks to Gennady Stolyarov and Yury Trubachyov. Mytishchi tied it again on another Engqvist goal, a power play goal coming off of Sergei Shmelyov and Matthew Gilroy. Atlant won 4-3 in overtime on a Petr Vrana goal, set up by Gilroy. The three stars were given to Engqvist, Gilroy, and Vrana.

Down in Podolsk, Vityaz hosts Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Ville Kolppanen and Harri Sateri are the masked men. Podolsk struck first in the first period on a Vyacheslav Solodukhin goal, made possible by Anton Korolyov and Mikhail Yakubov. Vityaz added on in the third period with a shorthanded goal by Dmitry Tsyganov, set up by Mario Kempe. Nizhnekamsk got one back with an Igor Polygalov, with a lone assist by Gleb Klimenko. Neftekhimik tied it with a Tim Stapleton power play goal, powered by Stanislav Kalashnikov and Dan Sexton. Vityaz won 3-2 in the shootout on Solodukhin and Kempe goals, topping a Stapleton tally. The three stars went to Solodukhin, Kempe, and Stapleton.

Backtracking to Kazan, Ak Bars welcomes Avangard Omsk. Konstantin Barulin and Emil Garipov tend the twines. Omsk was first to score in the first period with a Denis Parshin goal, guided in by Sergei Kalinin. Kazan tied it on a Fyodor Malykhin goal, assisted by Stepan Zakharchuk and Konstantin Korneyev. Ak Bars took the lead on a Mikhail Varnakov goal, passed from Sergei Kostitsyn and Justin Azevedo. Avangard retied it in the third period on a Parshin goal, fueled by Vladimir Sobotka and Kalinin. Kazan took the lead back with a power play goal by Alexander Svitov, powered by Alexander Burmistrov and Damir Musin. Ak Bars iced it at 4-2 with an empty net goal by Artyom Lukoyanov, set up by Azevedo. The three stars went to Parshin, Azevedo, and Kalinin.

Out in Latvia, Dinamo Riga hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Alexander Salak and Jakub Sedlacek guard the cages. St. Petersburg dented the scoreboard in the first period on an Anton Burdasov. Riga tied it in the second period on a Mikelis Redlihs goal, via Lauris Darzins. Dinamo took the lead with another Redlihs goal, courtesy of Darzins and Linus Videll. Riga added on with an Andris Dzerins goal, assisted by Oskars Cibulskis and Gunars Skvorcovs. SKA took one back in the third period with an Andrei Kuteikin goal, passed from Artemy Panarin. Dinamo finished it at 4-2 with a Kyle Wilson empty net goal, going in unassisted. The three stars went to Redlihs, Darzins, and Dzerins.

Finally, in Zagreb, Medvescak brings in Jokerit Helsinki. Henrik Karlsson and Mark Owuya are the goalies. Helsinki got going in the second period with a Johan Harju goal, fueled by Niko Kapanen. Zagreb tied it as Mark Flood scored, thanks to Ville Leino. Jokerit took the lead back on a Petteri Wirtanen goal, coming off of Linus Omark and Petr Koukal. Helsinki added on in the third period as Steve Moses scored, with the help of Koukal and Omark. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars being Karlsson (29 for 30 in saves), Koukal, and Omark.

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