Three games for today, beginning with...
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg hosting Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Andrei Kareyev and Jakub Kovar draw the starts in goal. Yekaterinburg got going in the second period on a Anatoly Golyshev power play goal, powered by Alexander Torchenyuk and Nikita Tryamkin. Novokuznetsk tied it on an Ignat Zemchenko goal, passed from Alexander Komaristy. Avtomobilist retook the lead with a Dmitry Megalinsky power play goal in the third period, assisted by Golyshev and Eero Elo. This made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars going to Golyshev, Kovar (22 for 23 in saves), and Megalinsky.
Next up, Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk welcomes Sibir Novosibirsk. Alexander Salak and Georgy Gelashvili are in goal. Novosibirsk dented the scoreboard in the second period on a Tomas Vincour goal, made possible by Konstantin Alexeyev and the goalie Salak. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it as Alexander Shevchenko scored a power play goal, with the help of Igor Volkov and Andrei Ivanov. In the shootout, Sibir's Maxim Shalunov and David Ullstrom got canceled out by Nikita Gusev and Shevchenko, and then Yugra won 2-1 on a second Gusev tally. The three stars went to Gusev, Shevchenko, and Gelashvili (34 for 35 in saves).
Finally, in the west, Severstal Cherepovets brings in CSKA Moscow. Stanislav Galimov faces a lesser foe in Sergei Magarilov. Cherepovets opened in the first period on a Sergei Monakhov goal, guided in by Mattias Karlsson and Sergei Dorofeyev. Moscow tied it on a Jan Mursak power play goal, with a lone assist by Dmitry Kugryshev. Severstal took the lead back in the third period as Pavel Buchnevich scored, thanks to Yury Trubachyov. This held up for a 2-1 win, with the three stars given to Magarilov (45 for 46 in saves), and Monakhov.
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