Four games on today, beginning in...
Novokuznetsk, where Metallurg hosts CSKA Moscow. Ilya Sorokin and Vladislav Podyapolsky are in goal. Moscow got going in the second period with a Geoff Platt power play goal, powered by Dmitry Kugryshev and Artyom Blazhiyevsky. This stood for a 1-0 win, with the three stars going to Sorokin (34 save shutout), Platt, and Podyapolsky (26 for 27 in saves).
Over in Novosibirsk, Sibir welcomes Severstal Cherepovets. Sergei Magarilov and Alexander Salak receive the starting nods. Novosibirsk led off in the first period on a Calle Ridderwall goal, via the goalie Salak and Tomas Vincour. Sibir added on with an Alexei Kopeikin power play goal, with a lone assist by Rinat Ibragimov. Cherepovets got on the board with a Nikolai Stasenko power play goal, helped along by Daniil Vovchenko and Pavel Buchnevich. Novosibirsk shot back in the second period on a power play goal by David Ullstrom, assisted by Ivan Vereshchagin and Ridderwall. Severstal pulled back in the third period on a Stasenko goal, guided in by Anatoly Nikontsev and Sergei Dorofeyev. This made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars going to Ridderwall, Stasenko, and Ullstrom.
Way west to Moscow, where Dynamo brings in Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Georgy Gelashvili and Alexander Lazushin are the goalies. Moscow dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Martins Karsums goal, coming off of Ansel Galimov and Mat Robinson. Dynamo added on with a Kirill Pilipenko goal, courtesy of Robinson. The final held at 2-0, with the three stars being Lazushin (20 save shutout), Pilipenko, and Robinson.
Finally, Vityaz Podolsk hosts Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Harri Sateri tend the twines. Yekaterinburg got started in the second period on an Anatoly Golyshev goal, made possible by Ondrej Roman and Alexei Simakov. Podolsk tied it on a Maxim Afinogenov goal in the third period, with assists provided by Yegor Voronkov and Roman Horak. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Vitaly Popov and Eero Elo of Avtomobilist topped a Dmitry Shitikov tally for Vityaz for a 2-1 win. The three stars went to Kovar (30 for 31 in saves), Golyshev, and Sateri (31 for 32 in saves).
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