Wednesday, January 7, 2015

KHL January 7th, 2015

Seven games for today, with the first in...

Yekaterinburg, as Avtomobilist hosts Lada Togliatti. Evgeny Ivannikov and Jakub Kovar are set to start in goal. Yekaterinburg opened in the first period on an Anton Lazarev goal, guided in by Gilbert Brule and Aaron Palushaj. Togliatti tied it on a power play goal by Stanislav Romanov, powered by Andrei Nikitenko and Alexei Mastryukov. Avtomobilist took the lead back in the second period on an Alexander Loginov goal, coming off of Brule and Lazarev. Lada tied it again with an Anton Shenfeld power play goal, passed from Dmitry Vorobyov and Martin Zatovic. Yekaterinburg won 3-2 in overtime on an Alexander Nesterov goal, via Loginov. The three stars went to Lazarev, Loginov, and Brule.

Into Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev welcomes Barys Astana. Pavel Poluektov and Vladimir Sokhatsky draw the starts. Ufa got going in the second period on a Dmitry Semin power play goal, powered by Ivan Vishnevsky and Kirill Koltsov. Astana tied it with a Roman Starchenko goal, guided in by Nikolai Antropov. Barys took the lead on a Nigel Dawes power play goal, coming off of Brandon Bochenski and Dustin Boyd. Astana iced it at 3-1 with an empty net goal by Kevin Dallman, going in unassisted. The three stars were Poluektov (33 for 34 in saves), Dawes, and Starchenko.

Westward to Moscow, as CSKA brings in Vityaz Podolsk. Ivan Lisutin and Stanislav Galimov are the experienced goalies. Moscow dented the scoreboard with a second period goal by Damir Zhafyarov, courtesy of Evgeny Korotkov. Podolsk tied it in the third period with a Nikita Vyglazov power play goal, powered by Alexei Semenov and Dmitry Shitikov. Vityaz took the lead with a power play goal from Vyacheslav Solodukhin, via Anton Korolyov and Yakov Seleznyov. CSKA retied it on an Igor Grigorenko goal, assisted by Alexander Radulov and Nikolai Prokhorkin. Moscow won 3-2 in overtime with a Stephane Da Costa goal, fueled by Radulov and Nikita Zaitsev on the power play. The three stars were Da Costa, Radulov, and Grigorenko.

East a little to Nizhny Novgorod, as Torpedo hosts Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Stepanek and Mikhail Biryukov are the masked men. Cherepovets was first to score in the first period on a Marek Kvapil power play goal, with a lone assist by Maxim Trunyov. Severstal added on as Zakhar Arzamastsev scored in the second period, thanks to Alexander Shinin and Trunyov. Cherepovets extended the lead in the third period on an Evgeny Mons goal, passed from Dmitry Kagarlitsky and Ignat Zemchenko. Severstal padded the lead on an empty net goal by Vadim Berdnikov, set up by Logan Pyett and Sergei Monakhov. The three stars in the 4-0 game were Stepanek (19 save shutout), Kvapil, and Trunyov.

Moving along to Kazan, as Ak Bars brings in Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Alexander Sudnitsin and Anders Nilsson protect the nets. Kazan struck first in the first period on a Kirill Petrov goal, guided in by Vladimir Denisov and Yakov Rylov. Nizhnekamsk tied it on a Dan Sexton power play goal, powered by Teemu Eronen and Evgeny Grigorenko. Neftekhimik gained the lead as Matt Anderson scored, thanks to Sexton. Ak Bars retied it on a second period goal by Sheldon Brookbank, made possible by Mikhail Varnakov and Justin Azevedo. Kazan took the lead in the third period on an Azevedo goal, guided in by Alexander Svitov and Varnakov. This made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars awarded to Azevedo, Sexton, and Varnakov.

Southwest to Sochi, as the Leopards welcome Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Curtis Sanford and Tomas Popperle are in the creases. Yaroslavl started in the first period on a Jonas Holos goal, guided in by Daniil Apalkov and Sergei Plotnikov. Lokomotiv added on with an Andrei Loktionov power play goal, powered by Petri Kontiola and Martin Thornberg. Yaroslavl extended the lead as Apalkov scored, thanks to Plotnikov and Yegor Averin. Dmitry Shikin replaced Popperle in goal. Lokomotiv padded the lead on a Sergei Konkov goal, with a lone assist by Jiri Novotny. Sochi got on the board with an Evgeny Lapenkov power play goal, via Cory Emmerton and Andre Petersson. The Leopards pulled closer in the second period on a Ryan Whitney goal, made possible by Petersson and Pyotr Schastlivy. This only made it 4-2, the eventual final, with the three stars given to Apalkov, Plotnikov, and Petersson.

Westward to Riga, as Dinamo hosts Jokerit Helsinki. Henrik Karlsson and Jeff Deslauriers are all padded up. Riga led off in the first period on an Oskars Cibulskis power play goal, powered by Mikelis Redlihs. Helsinki tied it on a Tommi Huhtala goal in the second period, coming off of Niklas Hagman. Dinamo took the lead with a Roberts Bukarts goal, via Martins Cipulis and Linus Videll. Jokerit tied it in the third period on a Hagman goal, courtesy of Niko Kapanen and Ryan Gunderson. Riga regained the lead on a Bukarts goal, his second of the game, helped along by Videll and Redlihs. This made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars awarded to Bukarts, Hagman, and Videll, while Redlihs gets an honorable mention.

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