Saturday, December 13, 2014

KHL December 13th, 2014

Three games today, beginning with...

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg hosting Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek and Jakub Kovar are the reliable goalies. Riga struck first in the first period on a Charles Genoway goal, assisted by Mikelis Redlihs. Dinamo added on as Miks Indrasis scored a power play goal in the third period, powered by Genoway and Marcel Hossa. Riga iced it at 3-0 with an empty net goal by Lauris Darzins, set up by Redlihs. The three stars went to Sedlacek (26 save shutout), Genoway, and Redlihs.

Down in Magnitogorsk, Metallurg welcomes Jokerit Helsinki. Henrik Karlsson and Vasily Koshechkin are in the blue paint. Helsinki was first to score in the first period on a Linus Omark goal, via Steve Moses on the power play. Jokerit added on with a Ville Lajunen power play goal, powered by Moses. Magnitogorsk got on the board in the second period with a Jan Kovar power play goal, assisted by Chris Lee and Danis Zaripov. Metallurg tied it with an Oskar Osala goal, fueled by Evgeny Timkin. Helsinki took the lead back with a Moses goal, coming off of Atte Ohtamaa. Magnitogorsk tied it again with a Lee power play goal, with a lone assist from Kovar. Jokerit regained the lead on another Moses goal in the third period, set up by Petr Koukal. This held up for a 4-3 win, with the three stars going to Moses, Kovar, and Lee.

Finally, Ak Bars Kazan brings in SKA St. Petersburg. Mikko Koskinen and Anders Nilsson are the masked men. Kazan led off in the first period with an Ilya Nikulin goal, via Dmitry Obukhov. Ak Bars added on with an Alexander Burmistrov goal in the second period, courtesy of Oscar Moller and Kirill Petrov. Kazan extended the lead on a Nikulin power play goal in the third period, powered by Justin Azevedo and Moller. St. Petersburg got on the board with an Anton Burdasov goal, fueled by Alexei Ponikarovsky and Ilya Kablukov. This only made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars awarded to Nikulin, Nilsson (25 for 26 in saves), and Moller.

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