Four games to go with today, beginning in...
Togliatti, with Lada hosting Traktor Chelyabinsk. Vasily Demchenko and Edgars Masalskis get the starts in goal. Togliatti opened in the first period on a Denis Guryanov goal, passed from Martin Zatovic and Tobias Viklund. Lada added on with an Anton Krysanov goal, assisted by Anton Shenfeld and Georgy Belousov. Chelyabinsk got on the board with a second period power play goal by Andrei Popov, powered by Dmitry Pestunov and Yegor Martynov. Traktor tied it with a Filip Novak goal, coming off of Anton Glinkin and Popov. Togliatti regained the lead in the third period as Dmitry Vorobyov scored, thanks to Belousov. Lada iced it at 4-2 with a Viklund empty net goal, set up by Zatovic and Belousov, the latter getting a sock trick. The three stars went to Belousov, Viklund, and Popov, while Zatovic gets an honorable mention.
Over to Moscow, Dynamo welcomes the Sochi Leopards. Konstantin Barulin faces a lesser foe in Alexander Sharychenkov in goal. Sochi started with a Ben Maxwell goal, via Evgeny Skachkov. The Leopards added on with a Renat Mamashev goal, passed from Mikhail Anisin and Vladimir Malevich on the power play. Moscow got on the board with a Mat Robinson goal, courtesy of Konstantin Gorovikov and Ansel Galimov. Dynamo tied it on a Dmitry Vishnevsky shorthanded goal in the second period, set up by Martins Karsums and Ilya Nikulin. Sochi retook the lead on an Andrei Kostitsyn goal, guided in by Igor Ignatushkin and Ilya Krikunov. The Leopards won 4-2 with an Anisin empty net goal, with a lone helper by Pyotr Schastlivy. The three stars went to Anisin, Kostitsyn, and Barulin (25 for 27 in saves).
Over to Kazan, with Ak Bars bringing in Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Alexander Sudnitsin and Jussi Rynnas receive the starting nods. Nizhnekamsk got going in the second period on a Maxim Rybin power play goal, powered by Andrei Stas. Kazan tied it with a Vladimir Tkachyov goal, passed from Andrei Chibisov and Vasily Tokranov. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Oscar Moller and Tkachyov tallying to give Ak Bars the 2-1 win. The three stars belonged to Tkachyov, Rynnas (29 for 30 in saves), and Sudnitsin (40 for 41 in saves).
Finally, Vityaz Podolsk hosts Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Vitaly Kolesnik and Harri Sateri are the masked men. Yaroslavl drew first blood with a first period power play goal by Jonas Enlund, powered by Daniil Apalkov and Vladislav Kartayev. Podolsk tied it on a second period goal by Maxim Afinogenov, courtesy of Roman Horak and Teemu Eronen. Lokomotiv took the lead back on a power play goal by Enlund, his second of the game, via Petri Kontiola and Apalkov. Vityaz retied it again on an unassisted Mario Kempe goal, coming shorthanded. Yaroslavl won 3-2 on a late Denis Mosalyov goal, fueled by Andrei Loktionov and Kirill Kapustin. The three stars were named as Enlund, Apalkov, and Mosalyov.
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