Saturday, August 29, 2015

2015/16 KHL Season - Day 6

Only four games on, beginning with...

Jokerit Helsinki hosting CSKA Moscow. Viktor Fasth and Henrik Karlsson are the former NHLers in net. Helsinki got going in the second period on a power play goal by Pekka Jormakka, powered by Peter Regin and Brandon Kozun. Jokerit added on with another power play goal, scored by Matias Olimb, with a lone assist from Juhamatti Aaltonen. Helsinki extended the lead on a Jere Sallinen goal in the third period, made possible by Jormakka and Petteri Wirtanen. This produced the 3-0 final, with the three stars handed to Jormakka, Karlsson (36 save shutout), and Olimb.

Down in Moscow, Spartak welcomes Lada Togliatti. Edgars Masalskis and Atte Engren are between the pipes. Togliatti opened on an Alexander Streltsov goal, fueled by Vasily Streltsov and Andrei Stepanov. Lada added on in the second period with a Vasily Streltsov goal, made possible by Alexander Streltsov. Moscow got on the board with a Filipp Toluzakov goal, coming off of Igor Radulov and Alexander Vasilyev. Togliatti shot back in the third period as Alexander Bumagin scored, thanks to Dmitry Vorobyov and Mark Flood. The final stood at 3-1, with the three stars given to Masalskis (44 for 45 in saves), Vasily Streltsov, and Alexander Streltsov.

Backtracking to Yaroslavl, where Lokomotiv brings in Ak Bars Kazan. Jussi Rynnas and Vitaly Kolesnik occupy the creases. Yaroslavl dented the scoreboard with a second period goal by Yegor Averin, assisted by Daniil Apalkov and Petri Kontiola. Kazan tied it on a Fyodor Malykhin goal, courtesy of Mikhail Varnakov. Lokomotiv retook the lead in the third period on an Ilya Gorokhov goal, passed from Apalkov. Yaroslavl added on with a Patrik Hersley power play goal, powered by Staffan Kronwall and Kontiola. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars going to Apalkov, Kontiola, and Kolesnik (30 for 31 in saves).

Wrapping up the day, SKA St. Petersburg hosts Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Ilya Proskuryakov and Ilya Ezhov are the masked men. Nizhny Novgorod started in the first period with a Daniil Ilyin goal, guided in by Dan Spang and Alexander Frolov. St. Petersburg tied it with a Vadim Shipachyov power play goal, fueled by Yegor Yakovlev and Maxim Chudinov. Torpedo retook the lead on a power play goal by Alexei Pepelyaev, powered by Frolov and Vladimir Galuzin. Nizhny Novgorod added on in the third period as Carl Klingberg scored, with the help of Stanislav Yegorshev and Linus Videll. The final held at 3-1, with the three stars handed to Frolon, Proskuryakov (29 for 30 in saves), and Pepelyaev.

Follow me on Twitter @KipperScorpion.

No comments :

Post a Comment