Saturday, November 8, 2014

KHL November 8th, 2014

Five games on today, with the first coming from...

Chelyabinsk, as Traktor hosts Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Ivan Kasutin and Michael Garnett protect the nets. Chelyabinsk started in the first period on an Oleg Piganovich power play goal, powered by Stanislav Chistov and Jan Bulis. Nizhny Novgorod tied it on a second period goal by Denis Kazionov, via Vladimir Galuzin. Torpedo took the lead with a Mikhail Grigoryev goal, coming off of Galuzin. Traktor tied it on a Konstantin Panov goal, fueled by Chistov and Bulis. Chelyabinsk went ahead on another Panov goal, with a lone assist by Chistov, who got a sock trick. The three stars of the 3-2 game were Panov, Chistov, and Bulis, while Galuzin gets an honorable mention.

Back east, Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk welcomes Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Stepanek and Stepan Goryachevskikh are in the blue paints. Khanty-Mansiysk began in the first period on an Ilari Melart goal, via Lukas Kaspar. Cherepovets tied it on an Andrei Shefer goal, assisted by Yury Trubachyov and Anatoly Nikontsev. Yugra took the lead back with an Artyom Bulyansky power play goal, powered by Igor Magogin and Nikita Gusev. Khanty-Mansiysk added on in the third period with an Ivan Yatsenko goal, coming off of Pavel Medvedev and Sergei Lesnukhin. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars going to Goryachevskikh (29 for 30 in saves), Bulyansky, and Yatsenko.

Continuing to Togliatti, as Lada hosts Vityaz Podolsk. Harri Sateri and Jeff Glass are the masked men. Podolsk led off in the first period on a Roman Horak goal, via Dmitry Tsyganov and Mario Kempe. Togliatti tied it on a Martin Zatovic goal, going in unassisted. Lada took the lead with an Alexander Chernikov goal, fueled by Denis Barantsev. Vityaz retied it on a Denis Grebeshkov goal, assisted by Alexei Makeyev. Podolsk took the lead with a Nikita Vyglazov goal, passed from Mathias Porseland. Glass was pulled for Ilya Ezhov in the second period. Togliatti tied it on a Yury Petrov goal, coming off of Alexander Streltsov. Lada pulled ahead as Anton Shenfeld scored in the third period, thanks to Georgy Belousov. Vityaz retied it with a Vyacheslav Solodukhin goal, guided in by Igor Golovkov. Podolsk gained the lead once again with an Alexander Kucheryavenko goal, with a lone assist by Solodukhin. This made it 5-4, the final, with the three stars given to Solodukhin, Kucheryavenko, and Shenfeld.

Next up, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk brings in the Sochi Leopards. Tomas Popperle and Ville Kolppanen are set to start. Nizhnekamsk opened in the first period on a Dan Sexton goal, via Dmitry Kosmachyov and Tim Stapleton. Sochi tied it on an Evgeny Lapenkov goal, fueled by Clay Wilson and Alexander Shcherbina. The Leopards tied it with an Andrei Kostitsyn power play goal, powered by Ilya Krikunov and Nikita Shchitov. Sochi added on with a Roman Lyuduchin goal, courtesy of Ryan Whitney and Mikhail Anisin. Neftekhimik got one back on a Gleb Klimenko goal, passed from Yegor Milovzorov in the second period. The Leopards shot back as Krikunov scored, thanks to Shchitov and Kostitsyn on the power play. Nizhnekamsk replied with a third period Maxim Berezin goal, made possible by Pyotr Khokhryakov. Sochi answered on an Igor Ignatushkin goal, helped along by Wilson and Kostitsyn. The Leopards finished it at 6-3 with a Lapenkov goal, with helpers provided by Rafael Akhmetov and Joonas Jarvinen. The three stars went to Lapenkov, Kostitsyn, and Krikunov, while Wilson and Shchitov get the honorable mentions.

Finally, Ak Bars Kazan hosts CSKA Moscow. Stanislav Galimov and Emil Garipov are between the pipes. Kazan got going in the second period on a Vladimir Denisov goal, passed from Vladimir Tkachyov and Artyom Lukoyanov. Moscow tied it with a Simon Hjalmarsson goal, assisted by Jan Mursak and Stanislav Yegorshev. CSKA took the lead on a third period Mursak power play goal, powered by Evgeny Artyukhin and Alexei Bondarev. Ak Bars tied it again on a Justin Azevedo goal, fueled by Sergei Kostitsyn and Dmitry Obukhov on the power play. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Mursak and Roman Lyubimov scored to give Moscow the 3-2 win. The three stars went to Mursak, Hjalmarsson, and Galimov (29 for 31 in saves).

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