Sunday, October 18, 2015

2015/16 KHL Season - Day 55

Four games today, beginning with...

Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosting Traktor Chelyabinsk. Vasilys Demchenko and Koshechkin tend the twines. Chelyabinsk got going in the second period on an Ilya Davydov goal, passed from Filip Novak and Anton Glinkin. Magnitogorsk tied it on a Sergei Mozyakin power play goal, powered by Tomas Filippi. Traktor took the lead back on an Artyom Penkovsky goal, coming off of Stanislav Chistov and Nikita Khlystov. Chelyabinsk added on with an Artyom Borodkin goal in the third period, assisted by Alexander Rybakov on the power play. Metallurg shot back with a Danis Zaripov power play goal, via Mozyakin. Magnitogorsk tied it as Mozyakin scored his second of the game, with the help of Zaripov and Bogdan Potekhin on the power play. Metallurg won 4-3 in overtime on a Zaripov goal, with helpers provided by Mozyakin and Rafael Batyrsin. The three stars went to Mozyakin, Zaripov, and Demchenko (35 for 39 in saves).

Out west, Spartak Moscow welcomes Ak Bars Kazan. Emil Garipov and Atte Engren protect the nets. Kazan struck first in the first period on an Oscar Moller power play goal, courtesy of Mattias Sjogren. Ak Bars added on in the second period on a Mikhail Glukhov goal, via Vasily Tokranov and Fyodor Malykhin. Moscow got on the board with an Alexander Mereskin goal, helped along by Yaroslav Dyblenko. Spartak tied it in the third period as Gleb Klimenko scored a power play goal, powered by Charles Genoway and Lukas Radil. Moscow took the lead on a Konstantin Glazachev power play goal, made possible by Genoway and Klimenko. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Klimenko, Genoway, and Mereskin.

Backtracking to Yaroslavl, where Lokomotiv brings in Jokerit Helsinki. Henrik Karlsson and Alexei Murygin are the masked men. Helsinki dented the scoreboard with a Pekka Jormakka goal in the second period, assisted by Philip Larsen and Tommi Huhtala on the power play. Yaroslavl tied it on a Daniil Apalkov goal, guided in by Patrik Hersley and Ilya Gorokhov. Lokomotiv took the lead in the third period on a Sergei Konkov power play goal, powered by Mikhail Pashnin and Andrei Loktionov. Yaroslavl added on with a Yegor Averin empty net goal, set up by Petri Kontiola. The three stars of the 3-1 game were Konkov, Murygin (20 for 21 in saves), and Apalkov.

Finally, SKA St. Petersburg hosts Lada Togliatti. Edgars Masalskis and Mikko Koskinen are between the pipes. St. Petersburg was first to score in the first period on an Ilya Kovalchuk power play goal, powered by Vadim Shipachyov. Togliatti tied it on a second period power play goal from Anton Shenfeld, fueled by Tobias Viklund and Anton Krysanov. SKA won 2-1 with a third period goal by Anton Burdasov, made possible by Ilya Kablukov and Evgeny Ketov. The three stars were handed to Koskinen (27 for 28 in saves), Burdasov, and Kovalchuk.

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