Thursday, November 27, 2014

KHL November 27th, 2014

Six games today, with the first in...

Togliatti, as Lada hosts Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Ilya Ezhov are the goalies. Togliatti opened with an Alexander Streltsov goal, with a lone assist by Vasily Streltsov. Magnitogorsk tied it on a second period Sergei Mozyakin power play goal, powered by Jan Kovar. Metallurg took the lead with an unassisted goal by Denis Platonov. Magnitogorsk added on with another Mozyakin power play goal, helped along by Chris Lee. Lada got one back as Vasily Streltsov scored, with the help of Stanislav Romanov and Fedor Fedorov. Metlalurg shot back with a Tim Brent power play goal in the third period, assisted by Maxim Yakutsenya and Platonov. This made it 4-2, the final, with the three stars going to Mozyakin, Platonov, and Vasily Streltsov.

Over in Cherepovets, Severstal welcomes Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Ivan Kasutin and Jakub Stepanek are in the blue paint. Cherepovets led off in the first period on a Gennady Stolyarov goal, passed from Logan Pyett. Nizhny Novgorod tied it on a Roman Konkov goal, guided in by Alexei Potapov and Kirill Knyazev. Severstal took the lead back in the second period on a Maxim Trunyov goal, via Andrei Shefer. Torpedo tied it with an unassisted Wojtek Wolski goal. Cherepovets gained the lead with another goal by Trunyov in the third period, courtesy of Marek Kvapil. Nizhny Novgorod tied it again on a Sakari Salminen goal, fueled by Wolski and Vladimir Galuzin. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Jarkko Immonen and Denis Kazionov won it 4-3 for Torpedo. The three stars go to Trunyov, Wolski, and Salminen.

Up in Finland, Jokerit Helsinki brings in Sibir Novosibirsk. Mikko Koskinen and Henrik Karlsson receive the starting nods. Novosibirsk got going in the second period on a Jonas Enlund goal, via Jarno Koskiranta and Dmitry Kugryshev. Helsinki tied it with a Niklas Hagman goal, made possible by Jani Rita and Oskari Korpikari. Jokerit took the lead in the third period on a Steve Moses goal, fueled by Petr Koukal and Linus Omark. Helsinki iced it at 3-1 with a shorthanded empty net goal by Petteri Wirtanen, set up by Ossi Vaananen. The three stars went to Karlsson (29 for 30 in saves), Moses, and Hagman.

Back in Russia, SKA St. Petersburg hosts Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Ilya Sorokin and Evgeny Ivannikov draw the starts. St. Petersburg started in the first period on a Patrick Thoresen power play goal, powered by Ilya Kovalchuk and Jimmie Ericsson. Novokuznetsk tied it on a Kirill Gavrilychev goal, assisted by Vadim Mitryakov and Alexei Kosourov. SKA took the lead back in the second period on a Kovalchuk goal, with a lone assist by Vadim Shipachyov. St. Petersburg added on with an Alexander Kadeikin goal, fueled by Thoresen and Andrei Yermakov. SKA extended the lead as Kovalchuk scored, thanks to Shipachyov and Thoresen on the power play. Rafael Khakimov relieved Sorokin in goal. St. Petersburg padded the lead on a Shipachyov goal, with a lone helper from Dmitry Yudin. SKA kept going in the third period with another Kadeikin goal, via Roman Rukavishnikov and Alexei Ponikarovsky. Metallurg got one back on a Nikolai Skladnichenko goal, passed from Nikita Kamalov and Mikhail Plotnikov. This made it a 6-2 final, with the three stars given to Kovalchuk, Shipachyov, and Kaidekin, while Thoresen gets an honorable mention.

Out to Bratislava, where Slovan welcomes Vityaz Podolsk. Harri Sateri and Johan Backlund are between the pipes. Podolsk dented the scoreboard in the second period on a Dmitry Tsyganov power play goal, powered by Mario Kempe and Roman Horak. Vityaz added on in the third period with a Maxim Afinogenov empty net goal, set up by Kempe. The three stars in the 2-0 game were Sateri (37 save shutout), Tsyganov, and Kempe.

Finally, Medvescak Zagreb brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Curtis Sanford and Calvin Heeter are in goal. Zagreb began in the first period with a Ville Leino goal, courtesy of Bill Thomas and Matt Anderson. Medvescak added on with a Thomas goal, guided in by Mark Flood. Yaroslavl got on the board with a power play goal by Alexei Vasilyev in the second period, powered by Jiri Novotny and Geoff Platt. Zagreb shot back on a Leino goal, made possible by Flood and Anderson. Lokomotiv pulled back in the third period on an Evgeny Grachyov goal, passed from Yegor Korshkov and Staffan Kronwall. Yaroslavl tied it with a Jonas Holos goal, assisted by Yegor Averin and Sergei Plotnikov. Lokomotiv won 4-3 in overtime on a Yegor Yakovlev goal, with a lone assist by Novotny. The three stars went to Leino, Thomas, and Flood, while Anderson and Novotny get the honorable mentions.

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