Thursday, December 11, 2014

KHL December 11th, 2014

Three games for the day, beginning in...

Yekaterinburg, with Avtomobilist hosting SKA St. Petersburg. Mikko Koskinen and Jakub Kovar tend the twines. St. Petersburg started in the first period with a Vadim Shipachyov penalty shot goal after he was hooked by Alexei Simakov. SKA added on with an Artemy Panarin goal, via Shipachyov. St. Petersburg extended the lead as Patrick Thoresen scored, thanks to Tony Martensson and Roman Cervenka. SKA padded the lead in the second period with an Anton Burdasov goal, passed from Alexander Kadeikin and Ilya Kablukov. Yekaterinburg got on the board in third period with an Ilya Arkalov goal, guided in by Nikita Tryamkin. St. Petersburg shot back with an Evgeny Ketov goal, with a lone assist by Shipachyov. This made it 5-1, with the three stars going to Shipachyov, Koskinen (28 for 29 in saves), and Panarin.

Moving along to Magnitogorsk, with Metallurg welcoming Dinamo Riga. Jeff Deslauriers and Vasily Koshechkin are given the starting nods. Magnitogorsk opened in the first period with a Danis Zaripov goal, fueled by Sergei Mozyakin. Metallurg added on with a Jan Kovar goal, with a lone assist by Mozyakin. Riga got on the board with a Miks Indrasis goal, coming off of Charles Genoway and Nikolajs Jelisejevs. Magnitogorsk shot back on a Mozyakin goal, assisted by Viktor Antipin and Kovar. Metallurg extended the lead in the second period with a Kovar goal, courtesy of Antipin. Dinamo replied with a power play goal by Mikelis Redlihs, powered by Krisjanis Redlihs and Lauris Darzins. Riga pulled closer with a Linus Videll goal, passed from Krisjanis Redlihs and Darzins. Dinamo tied it on a Oskars Cibulskis goal, made possible by Darzins, who got a sock trick, and Mikelis Redlihs. Magnitogorsk won 5-4 with a third period Chris Lee goal, with assists provided by Maxim Yakutsenya and Denis Platonov. The three stars went to Mozyakin, Kovar, and Darzins, while Antipin, Krisjanis Redlihs, and Mikelis Redlihs are given the honorable mentions.

Finally, Ak Bars Kazan brings in Jokerit Helsinki. Riku Helenius and Anders Nilsson protect the nets. Helsinki struck first in the first period with a power play goal by Niklas Hagman, powered by Juhamatti Aaltonen and Ryan Gunderson. Jokerit added on with a Steve Moses goal, via Petr Koukal. Kazan got on the board in the third period with an Ilya Nikulin power play goal, guided in by Oscar Moller and Justin Azevedo. The final stood at 2-1 with the three stars being Helenius (27 for 28 in saves), Moses, and Hagman.

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