Saturday, November 29, 2014

KHL November 29th, 2014

Eleven games on today, beginning in...

Astana, as Barys hosts Admiral Vladivostok. Ilya Proskuryakov and Jan Laco are in the creases. Astana struck first in the first period on a Nigel Dawes power play goal, with a lone assist by Brandon Bochenski. Vladivostok tied it in the second period as Ivan Glazkov scored, thanks to Ilya Zubov and Richard Gynge. Admiral took the lead with a Felix Schutz power play goal, powered by Konstantin Makarov and Glazkov. Barys tied it with a Dawes goal, fueled by Kevin Dallman and Dustin Boyd. Vladivostok regained the lead in the third period on an unassisted Zubov goal. Admiral added on with a Vladislav Ushenin goal, coming off of Vyacheslav Ushenin and Alexander Gorshkov. Astana got one back with a Boyd goal, passed from Bochenski and Mike Lundin. Barys tied it with a Konstantin Rudenko goal, assisted by Konstantin Pushkaryov and Nikolai Antropov. Vladivostok won 5-4 in overtime with an Artyom Zemchyonok goal, courtesy of Enver Lisin and Schutz. The three stars went to Zubov, Dawes, and Schutz, while Bochenski, Boyd, and Glazkov get the honorable mentions.

Up in Khanty-Mansiysk, Yugra welcomes Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Stepan Goryachevskikh are set to start. Khanty-Mansiysk opened in the first period on a Nikita Gusev goal, courtesy of Igor Magogin. Yugra added on with an Igor Bortnikov goal, via Vitaly Sitnikov. Khanty-Mansiysk extended the lead on an Airat Ziazov goal, assisted by Denis Gorbunov and Philip Larsen. Yugra padded the lead on a Lukas Kaspar goal, passed from Ben Maxwell. This held up for a 4-0 win, with the three stars going to Goryachevskikh (30 save shutout), Gusev, and Bortnikov.

West to Chelyabinsk, where Traktor brings in Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Michael Garnett guard the cages. Magnitogorsk got going in the second period on a Chris Lee goal, guided in by Vladimir Malenkikh and Tim Brent. Metallurg added on with an Evgeny Timkin goal, fueled by Mikhail Yunkov. Chelyabinsk got on the board in the third period with a Jan Bulis goal, with a lone assist by Deron Quint. Traktor tied it with an Anton Glinkin power play goal, powered by Artyom Borodkin and Andrei Popov. Magnitogorsk won 3-2 in overtime with a Yaroslav Kosov goal. The three stars were given to Kosov, Timkin, and Lee.

Out in Belarus, Dinamo Minsk hosts Medvescak Zagreb. Mark Dekanich and Danny Taylor are all padded up. Minsk was first to score in the first period on a Matt Ellison power play goal, with a lone assist by Ryan Vesce. Dinamo added on in the second period as Vesce scored, with the help of Charles Linglet and Ellison. Zagreb got one back with a James Wright goal, helped along by Krystofer Kolanos and Shaone Morrisonn. Minsk shot back in the third period with another Ellison goal, fueled by Linglet. Dinamo extended the lead on a Linglet power play goal, powered by Jonathan Cheechoo and Vesce. Medvescak replied with a Mark Flood goal, made possible by Pascal Pelletier. Zagreb pulled closer on a Kolanos goal, with assists provided by Bill Thomas and Mathieu Carle. This only made it 4-3, the final, with the three stars being Ellison, Vesce, and Linglet, while Kolanos gets an honorable mention.

To Russia again, as the Sochi Leopards welcome Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Ivan Kasutin and Tomas Popperle receive the starting nods. Sochi started in the first period on an Ilya Krikunov goal, assisted by Andrei Kostitsyn and Igor Ignatushkin. The Leopards added on with an Alexander Shcherbina goal, passed from Timofei Shishkanov and Artyom Kryukov. Sochi extended the lead on a shorthanded Ignatushkin goal in the second period, set up by Pavel Koledov. Nizhny Novgorod got on the board with a Vladimir Galuzin goal, coming off of Nikita Filatov. The Leopards answered in the third period as Andre Petersson scored an unassisted goal. This gave them a 4-1 win, with the three stars being Ignatushkin, Popperle (25 for 26 in saves), and Shcherbina.

North to St. Petersburg, where SKA brings in Sibir Novosibirsk. Mikko Koskinen and Evgeny Ivannikov are between the pipes. Novosibirsk began in the first period on a Dmitry Monya goal, made possible by Viktor Bobrov. Sibir added on with a Jonas Enlund goal, guided in by Renat Mamashev and Jarno Koskiranta. St. Petersburg got on the board in the second period with an Ilya Kablukov goal, passed from Dmitry Yudin and Alexei Ponikarovsky. Novosibirsk shot back with a power play goal by Alexei Kopeikin, powered by Igor Ozhiganov and Mamashev. SKA got one back with a Vadim Shipachyov power play goal, assisted by Artemy Panarin and Patrick Thoresen. St. Petersburg tied it in the third period as Dmitry Kalinin scored, thanks to Roman Rukavishnikov and Roman Cervenka on the power play. SKA took the lead with an Ilya Kovalchuk goal, with helpers from Thoresen and Andrei Kuteikin. St. Petersburg extended the lead with a Kuteikin goal, helped along by Panarin and Cervenka. Sibir got one back with an Enlund power play goal, fueled by Dmitry Kugryshev and Patrik Hersley. This only made it 5-4, the final, with the three stars given to Kuteikin, Enlund, and Thoresen, while Mamashev, Panarin, and Cervenka get the honorable mentions.

Back east to Nizhnekamsk, where Neftekhimik hosts Ak Bars Kazan. Emil Garipov and Alexander Sudnitsin are the masked men. Kazan led off in the first period with a Fyodor Malykhin goal, assisted by Dmitry Obukhov and Dmitry Arkhipov. Ak Bars added on with a Mikhail Varnakov goal in the second period, guided in by Stepan Zakharchuk and Mikhail Glukhov. Kazan extended the lead with an Alexander Burmistrov power play goal, powered by Evgeny Medvedev. Ak Bars padded the lead in the third period on a Kirill Petrov goal, passed from Oscar Moller and Burmistrov. Nizhnekamsk got on the board with a Teemu Eronen goal, coming off of Tim Stapleton and Dan Sexton on the power play. This produced a 4-1 final, with the three stars going to Burmistrov, Garipov (34 for 35 in saves), and Varnakov.

Down in Podolsk, Vityaz welcomes Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Stepanek and Harri Sateri draw the starts. Cherepovets struck first in the first period with a shorthanded Pavel Chernov goal, set up by David Ullstrom. Severstal added on with a Logan Pyett goal, fueled by Yury Trubachyov and Evgeny Mons. Cherepovets extended the lead in the second period on a power play goal by Marek Kvapil, powered by Pavel Buchnevich and Trubachyov. Podolsk got on the board with an Ivan Vereshchagin power play goal, coming off of Roman Horak and Denis Grebeshkov. Severstal shot back with a Dmitry Kagarlitsky goal, guided in by Zakhar Arzamastsev and Chernov. Cherepovets padded the lead in the third period on a Buchnevich goal, via Gennady Stolyarov and Andrei Shefer. Vityaz took one back with an Anton Korolyov goal, passed from Alexei Makeyev. This only made it 5-2, the final, with the three stars going to Chernov, Buchnevich, and Trubachyov.

Into Moscow, where Dynamo brings in crosstown rivals CSKA. Stanislav Galimov and Alexander Yeryomenko tend the twines. Dynamo was first to score in the first period on a Filip Novak goal, fueled by Dmitry Vishnevsky and Alexei Tsvetkov. CSKA tied it on a second period power play goal by Igor Grigorenko, powered by Alexander Radulov and Nikita Zaitsev. CSKA took the lead with a Roman Lyubimov goal, assisted by Andrei Kuzmenko. Dynamo tied it with a third period Tsvetkov goal, guided in by Martins Karsums and Maxim Karpov. Dynamo gained the lead on an unassisted Karpov power play goal. CSKA retied it on a Zaitsev power play goal, with a lone assist by Nikolai Prokhorkin. In the shootout, CSKA got goals from Jan Mursak and Simon Hjalmarsson for a 4-3 win. The three stars went to Zaitsev, Karpov, and Tsvetkov.

Out in Latvia, Dinamo Riga hosts Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Rafael Khakimov and Jakub Sedlacek are in the blue paint. Riga dented the scoreboard in the second period with a power play goal by Miks Indrasis, powered by Marcel Hossa and Kyle Wilson. This was all they needed for a 1-0 win. The three stars were awarded to Sedlacek (29 save shutout), Indrasis, and Khakimov (25 for 26 in saves).

Finally, Slovan Bratislava hosts Atlant Mytishchi. Atte Engren and Johan Backlund have the green light to start in goal. Bratislava opened in the first period with a Rok Ticar goal, coming off of Ziga Jeglic. Mytishchi tied it in the second period as Vyacheslav Leshchenko scored, thanks to Igor Levitsky. In the shootout, Slovan won 2-1 with goals by Jeglic and Ticar to top an Andreas Engqvist tally. The three stars went to Ticar, Backlund (26 for 27 in saves), and Engren (45 for 46 in saves).

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