Sunday, January 18, 2015

KHL January 18th, 2015

Six games on today, beginning in...

Chelyabinsk, where Traktor hosts Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Michael Garnett guard the cages. Chelyabinsk opened in the first period on an Andrei Popov goal, via Dmitry Pestunov. Traktor added on with an Alexei Vasilchenko goal, guided in by Anton Glinkin and Francis Pare. Yekaterinburg got on the board with a second period power play goal by Alexander Rybakov, powered by Alexei Simakov and Anton Lazarev. Chelyabinsk replied in the third period on another Popov goal, passed from Pestunov and Glinkin on the power play. Traktor finished it at 4-1 with a Vyacheslav Osnovin empty net goal, set up by Martin Ruzicka and Artyom Penkovsky. The three stars went to Popov, Pestunov, and Glinkin.

Over in Magnitogorsk, Metallurg welcomes Ak Bars Kazan. Anders Nilsson and Vasily Koshechkin tend the twines. Kazan got going in the second period on a Dmitry Obukhov goal, guided in by Kirill Petrov. Magnitogorsk tied it in the third period on a power play goal by Sergei Mozyakin, powered by Danis Zaripov and Jan Kovar. Metallurg took the lead with an Evgeny Timkin goal, coming off of Denis Platonov and Mikhail Yunkov. Magnitogorsk added on with an unassisted Platonov goal. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars going to Platonov, Koshechkin (38 for 39 in saves), and Timkin.

Up in Khanty-Mansiysk, Yugra brings in Neftekhimik. Alexander Sudnitsin and Stepan Goryachevskikh are the goalies with long names. Nizhnekamsk began in the first period on a Dan Sexton goal, fueled by Matt Anderson and Evgeny Ryasensky. Neftekhimik added on as Evgeny Grigorenko scored, thanks to Sexton and Teemu Eronen. Nizhnekamsk extended the lead in the second period on a Maxim Berezin goal, assisted by Yaroslav Alshevsky and Mikhail Zhukov. Neftekhimik padded the lead on a Maxim Rybin goal, helped along by Zhukov. Khanty-Mansiysk got on the board with an Andrei Chibisov goal, with assists provided by Ben Maxwell and Andrei Sergeyev. Nizhnekamsk finished it at 5-1 in the third period on a Zhukov goal, with a lone assist by Eronen. The three stars went to Zhukov, Sexton, and Eronen.

Over in Cherepovets, Severstal hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Mikko Koskinen and Jakub Stepanek are the masked men. St. Petersburg led off in the first period on an Andrei Kuteikin goal, coming off of Maxim Chudinov. SKA added on with a Roman Cervenka goal in the second period, courtesy of Pyotr Khokhryakov. Cherepovets got on the board with an Andreas Thuresson goal, assisted by Nikolai Kazakovtsev and Evgeny Kovyrshin. Severstal tied it in the third period on an Evgeny Mons goal, guided in by Pavel Buchnevich and Ilya Khokhlov. St. Petersburg took the lead back with a Cervenka goal, his second of the game, passed from Tony Martensson and Khokhryakov. SKA wrapped it up with an empty net goal by Viktor Tikhonov, set up by Alexei Ponikarovsky. The final was 4-2, and the three stars went to Cervenka, Khokhryakov, and Kuteikin.

Into Nizhny Novgorod, where Torpedo welcomes Dinamo Riga. Jeff Deslauriers and Mikhail Biryukov are in the creases. Riga started in the first period on a Krisjanis Redlihs power play goal, powered by Linus Videll. Nizhny Novgorod tied it in the second period on a Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev goal, courtesy of Vladimir Galuzin. Torpedo took the lead on a Galuzin power play goal, made possible by Evgeny Mozer and Alexei Pepelyaev. Nizhny Novgorod added on with a Jarkko Immonen goal, guided in by Sakari Salminen and Pepelyaev. Dinamo pulled back with a Videll power play goal, assisted by Krisjanis Redlihs and Mikelis Redlihs. Riga tied it on an Andris Dzerins goal, with a lone assist by Rodrigo Abols. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Dzerins and Lauris Darzins topped an Immonen tally for a 4-3 Dinamo win. The three stars were Videll, Krisjanis Redlihs, and Galuzin, while Pepelyaev is given an honorable mention.

Finally, Jokerit Helsinki brings in CSKA Moscow. Kevin Lalande and Henrik Karlsson are the former NHL goalies. Helsinki dented the scoreboard in the second period on a Steve Moses power play goal, powered by Juhamatti Aaltonen. Jokerit added on with an Aaltonen goal in the third period, assisted by Topi Jaakola and Daine Todd. Moscow got on the board with an Igor Makarov goal, helped along by Jan Mursak. This only made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars going to Aaltonen, Karlsson (30 for 31 in saves), and Moses.

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