We're already fifty days in now, and we have five games to play today. We begin with...
Lada Togliatti hosting Medvescak Zagreb. Danny Taylor and Edgars Masalskis are in goal. Togliatti opened with a Stanislav Bocharov goal, courtesy of Alexander Streltsov and Alexei Volgin. Zagreb tied it with a Marek Kvapil power play goal, powered by Milan Jurcina. Lada took the lead back in the third period with an Anton Shenfeld goal, via Dmitry Vorobyov and Georgy Belousov on the power play. Togliatti added on with an Anton Krysanov power play goal, assisted by Shenfeld and Belousov. Lada extended the lead as Alexei Mastryukov scored, thanks to Yefim Gurkin. Togliatti padded the lead on another Bocharov goal, going in unassisted. Medvescak got one back with a Gilbert Brule goal, made possible by Radek Smolenak and Kvapil. The final held at 5-2, with the three stars going to Bocharov, Shenfeld, and Kvapil, while Belousov gets an honorable mention.
Along to Kazan, where Ak Bars welcomes Slovan Bratislava. Barry Brust and Emil Garipov man the nets. Bratislava dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Ladislav Nagy goal, fueled by Lukas Kaspar. This stood for a 1-0 win, with the three stars being Brust (33 save shutout), Nagy, and Garipov (25 for 26 in saves).
Next up, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod hosts Dinamo Minsk. Kevin Lalande and Mikhail Biryukov receive the starting nods. Nizhny Novgorod started on a first period goal from Vyacheslav Kulyomin, coming off of Dmitry Semin. Torpedo added on with a Vladimir Galuzin goal in the third period, going in unassisted. Minsk got on the board with an Alexander Materukhin goal, guided in by Nick Bailen and Andrei Mikhalyov. They failed to tie the game, losing 2-1. The three stars were Biryukov (16 for 17 in saves), Galuzin, and Kulyomin.
To the west, Vityaz Podolsk brings in Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Vladislav Fokin and Harri Sateri are the masked men. Podolsk got going in the second period on an Igor Golovkov unassisted goal. Vityaz ran this all the way, winning 1-0, with the three stars awarded to Sateri (39 save shutout), Fokin (43 for 44 in saves), and Golovkov.
Finally, Dynamo Moscow hosts Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Alexander Lazushin tend the twines. Moscow struck first in the first period on an Ilya Nikulin goal, passed from Alexei Tsvetkov and Konstantin Gorovikov. Yekaterinburg tied it on a Nikolai Timashov goal, assisted by Nikita Tryamkin and Artyom Gareyev in the second period. Avtomobilist took the lead with an Eero Elo goal, via Alexei Simakov and Dmitry Megalinsky in the third period on the power play. Dynamo retied it on an Alexei Tereshchenko goal, made possible by Daniil Tarasov. Moscow won 3-2 in overtime on an Ansel Galimov goal, with assists provided by Tereshchenko and Alexander Osipov. The three stars went to Tereshchenko, Galimov, and Elo.
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