Just four games on today, beginning with...
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg hosting Spartak Moscow. Atte Engren and Jakub Kovar are the masked men. Moscow got going in the second period on a Casey Wellman goal, assisted by Evgeny Bodrov and Sergei Shmelyov. Yekaterinburg tied it with an Eero Elo power play goal in the third period, powered by Anatoly Golyshev and Dmitry Megalinsky. Avtomobilist took the lead on another Elo power play goal, guided in by Nikolai Timashov and Alexander Torchenyuk. Spartak retied it with a Wellman goal, his second of the game, made possible by Yaroslav Dyblenko and Shmelyov. Moscow won 3-2 in overtime on a Vyacheslav Leshchenko goal, fueled by Charles Genoway and Shmelyov, the latter getting a sock trick. The three stars were awarded to Wellman, Shmelyov, and Elo.
Up to Khanty-Mansiysk, where Yugra welcomes SKA St. Petersburg. Mikko Koskinen and Vladislav Fokin are in the creases. St. Petersburg was first to score in the first period on an Evgeny Dadonov power play goal, powered by Ilya Kovalchuk and Vadim Shipachyov. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it with a Vitaly Sitnikov goal, coming off of Ivan Yatsenko and Artyom Bulyansky. SKA regained the lead on a Jarno Koskiranta goal, helped along by Joakim Lindstrom and Alexander Barabanov. St. Petersburg added on in the second period with a Lindstrom goal, passed from Barabanov and Maxim Chudinov. SKA extended the lead as Dadonov scored his second of the game in the third period, courtesy of Kovalchuk. Yugra pulled back on an Andrei Ivanov goal, assisted by Igor Volkov and Pavel Varfolomeyev. The score held at 4-2, with the three stars going to Dadonov, Lindstrom, and Barabanov, while Kovalchuk gets an honorable mention.
Back to Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev brings in Jokerit Helsinki. Henrik Karlsson and Niklas Svedberg are the goalies with NHL experience. Ufa struck first in the first period on a Dmitry Makarov goal, guided in by Ivan Vishnevsky and Enver Lisin. Salavat Yulaev added on as Alexander Loginov scored a power play goal, powered by Makarov. Ufa extended the lead as Teemu Hartikainen scored a power play goal in the third period, with the help of Lisin and Makarov. Salavat Yulaev capped it at 4-0 with a Nikolai Prokhorkin goal, going in unassisted. The three stars went to Makarov, Svedberg (43 save shutout), and Lisin.
Finally, Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosts Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek and Vasily Koshechkin draw the starts in goal. Riga drew first blood on an unassisted Steven Seigo goal in the first period. Dinamo added on with a Seigo goal in the second period, his second of the game coming off of Lauris Darzins and Tim Sestito. Ilya Samsonov took over for Koshechkin in goal. Magnitogorsk got on the board with a Viktor Antipin goal, via Danis Zaripov and Jan Kovar on the power play. Riga shot back in the third period on a shorthanded and unassisted Andris Dzerins goal. This made it a 3-1 game, with the three stars handed to Seigo, Sedlacek (36 for 37 in saves), and Dzerins.
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