Four games on today, beginning with...
Lada Togliatti hosting Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Georgy Gelashvili and Ivan Kasutin get the starting nods in goal. Khanty-Mansiysk got going in the second period on an Igor Volkov goal, fueled by Kirill Dyakov. Yugra added on with a Nikita Gusev goal, guided in by the goalie Gelashvili and Yakov Seleznyov. Togliatti got on the board with a third period goal from Alexander Bumagin, passed from Alexei Mastryukov. The final stood from here at 2-1, with the three stars being Gelashvili (22 for 23 in saves), Gusev, and Volkov.
Over in Moscow, CSKA welcomes Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Igor Ustinsky and Viktor Fasth occupy the nets. Moscow began in the first period on an Alexander Radulov goal, coming off of Igor Ozhiganov on the power play. CSKA added on with a Stephane Da Costa goal, courtesy of Geoff Platt and Radulov. Moscow extended the lead with a Dmitry Kugryshev goal, made possible by Artyom Balzhiyevsky. Yekaterinburg got on the board with an Oleg Saprykin goal, going in unassisted. CSKA replied in the third period with an Ozhiganov power play goal, powered by Radulov. The final was 4-1, with the three stars awarded to Radulov, Ozhiganov, and Fasth (25 for 26 in saves).
Backtracking to Cherepovets, where Severstal brings in Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin faces a lesser foe in Sergei Magarilov in goal. Magnitogorsk led off in the first period on a Denis Platonov goal, assisted by Oskar Osala and Yaroslav Khabarov. Metallurg added on with an Evgeny Timkin goal, coming off of Bogdan Potekhin and Tomas Filippi. Magnitogorsk extended the lead in the second period as Jan Kovar scored, thanks to Chris Lee and Danis Zaripov. Cherepovets got on the board with a Yury Trubachyov goal, made possible by Pavel Buchnevich. Severstal chipped closer on an Andrei Shefer goal, via Igor Skorokhodov and Evgeny Kovyrshin. Metallurg replied with a Zaripov goal, with assists provided by Sergei Mozyakin and Kovar. Cherepovets got one back in the third period on a Buchnevich goal, with a lone helper from Anatoly Nikontsev. They couldn't tie it, losing 4-3, with the three stars handed to Zaripov, Kovar, and Buchnevich.
Finally, Ak Bars Kazan hosts Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Niklas Svedberg and Emil Garipov are the masked men. Ufa dented the scoreboard with an unassisted Dmitry Makarov goal in the first period. Salavat Yulaev added on with a Denis Khlystov power play goal, powered by Makarov and Maxim Goncharov. Kazan got on the board with an Oscar Moller goal, guided in by Justin Azevedo in the second period. Ak Bars tied it on a Mattias Sjogren goal, with helpers from Marek Daloga and Azevedo. Kazan took the lead with a Dmitry Arkhipov goal in the third period, courtesy of Fyodor Malykhin and Mikhail Varnakov. Ufa tied it again with a Nikolai Prokhorkin goal, with a lone assist by Kirill Koltsov. In the shootout, Khlystov got matched by Vladimir Tkachyov, and then Linus Omark lifted Salavat Yulaev to a 4-3 win. The three stars went to Makarov, Azevedo, and Khlystov.
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