Wednesday, September 30, 2015

2015/16 KHL Season - Day 37

Today is another short day for the league, with only four games on. We begin in...

Podolsk, as Vityaz hosts Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Niklas Svedberg and Harri Sateri are the masked men. Podolsk got going in the second period on an Igor Musatov goal, assisted by Anton Krysanov. Vityaz added on with a Dmitry Shitikov goal, via Sergei Peretyagin and Denis Abdullin. Podolsk iced it at 3-0 in the third period on a Mario Kempe empty net goal, set up by Krysanov and Evgeny Viksna. The three stars went to Sateri (38 save shutout), Musatov, and Krysanov.

Up in Moscow, Dynamo welcomes Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Alexander Lazushin tend the twines. Moscow began in the first period on a Dmitry Vishnevsky goal, coming off of Ilya Nikulin and Maxim Karpov. Magnitogorsk tied it on a Sergei Mozyakin goal in the second period, courtesy of Danis Zaripov. Dynamo retook the lead in the second period on a Denis Kokarev goal, going in unassisted. The final held at 2-1, with the three stars going to Kokarev, Lazushin (30 for 31 in saves), and Vishnevsky.

West to Croatia, where Medvescak Zagreb brings in Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Alexander Sudnitsin and Gasper Kroselj are the goalies. Zagreb led off in the first period on a Mike Glumac goal, fueled by Simon Gysbers. Nizhnekamsk tied it on an Igor Polygalov goal, with a lone assist from Yegor Milovzorov. Neftekhimik pulled ahead as Pavel Zdunov scored, thanks to Jeff Taffe. Medvescak retied it on an Edwin Hedberg goal, helped along by Colby Genoway. Zagreb won 3-2 in overtime on a Geoffrey Kinrade goal, made possible by Jesse Saarinen. The three stars belonged to Kinrade, Hedberg, and Glumac.

Finally, Slovan Bratislava hosts Traktor Chelyabinsk. Vasily Demchenko and Michael Garnett protect the nets. Chelyabinsk was first to score in the first period on an Ilya Davydov power play goal, powered by Andrei Popov and Anton Glinkin. Bratislava tied it on a Michel Miklik goal, guided in by Tomas Surovy. Traktor took the lead back in the second period as Semyon Kokuyov scored, with the help of Deron Quint. Chelyabinsk added on with an Alexander Rybakov goal in the third period, with a lone helper by Alexei Petrov. This produced the 3-1 final, with the three stars going to Demchenko (42 for 43 in saves), Kokuyov, and Rybakov.

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