Four games on for today, beginning with...
Traktor Chelyabinsk hosting the Sochi Leopards. Konstantin Barulin and Vasily Demchenko are in the creases. Chelyabinsk started in the first period with an Andrei Pervyshin goal, courtesy of Vyacheslav Osnovin and Martin Ruzicka. Traktor added on with an Andrei Popov goal, via Dmitry Pestunov. Andrei Gavrilov replaced Barulin in goal. Chelyabinsk extended the lead as Semyon Kokuyov scored, thanks to Alexander Rybakov. Sochi got on the board with an unassisted Roman Lyuduchin goal in the second period. The Leopards pulled closer with an Andrei Kostitsyn goal, coming off of Ilya Krikunov. Sochi tied it on a Ziyat Paigin power play goal, powered by Igor Ignatushkin. Traktor regained the lead on a power play goal by Osnovin, assisted by Filip Novak and Maxim Yakutsenya. Chelyabinsk padded the lead with a Yegor Martynov goal, guided in by Nikita Khlystov and Kokuyov. This made it 5-3, the eventual final, with the three stars going to Osnovin, Kokuyov, and Martynov.
Along to Nizhnekamsk, where Neftekhimik welcomes Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Vitaly Kolesnik and Vitaly Koval are the similarly named goalies. Nizhnekamsk led off in the first period on a Pavel Kulikov goal, passed from Alexander Kitarov and Danil Romantsev. Neftekhimik added on with a power play goal by Maxim Rybin, powered by Maxim Berezin and Evgeny Lapenkov. Yaroslavl got on the board with a Jiri Novotny goal, fueled by Sergei Konkov in the second period. Lokomotiv tied it on a Novotny goal, his second of the game, with a lone assist by Denis Mosalyov. Alexander Sudnitsin came on for Koval at this time. Nizhnekamsk retook the lead on an unassisted goal by Andrei Sergeyev. Neftekhimik extended the lead as Marat Khairullin scored in the third period, thanks to Jeff Taffe and Evgeny Grigorenko. Yaroslavl got one back with a Yegor Korshkov power play goal, with assists provided by Pavel Koledov and Ilya Gorokhov. This made it 4-3, the final, with the three stars going to Novotny, Khairullin, and Sergeyev.
Up in Helsinki, Jokerit brings in Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Vladislav Fokin and Henrik Karlsson receive the starting nods. Khanty-Mansiysk began in the first period on an Igor Bortnikov goal, fueled by Yakov Seleznyov and Konstantin Panov. Helsinki tied it with an Atte Ohtamaa goal, via Brandon Kozun and Ville Lajunen. Jokerit took the lead in the second period on a Niklas Hagman goal, passed from Niko Kapanen and Lajunen. Helsinki added on with a Kozun goal, courtesy of Jesse Joensuu and Philip Larsen. Jokerit extended the lead as Pekka Jormakka scored in the third period, with the help of Larsen and Petteri Wirtanen. Helsinki padded the lead on a Topi Jaakola power play goal, with a lone helper by Lajunen, who gets a sock trick. Jokerit iced it on a power play goal from Jormakka, helped along by Larsen, who got a sock trick, and Peter Regin. The score was 6-1, and the three stars went to Jormakka, Lajunen, and Larsen, while Kozun gets an honorable mention.
Finally, Dinamo Riga hosts Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Igor Ustinsky and Jakub Sedlacek are between the pipes. Yekaterinburg opened in the first period on an Anatoly Golyshev power play goal, powered by Alexei Simakov and Ondrej Roman. Avtomobilist added on with another Golyshev goal, going in unassisted. Riga got on the board with a Tim Sestito goal, guided in by Miks Indrasis and Steven Seigo in the second period. Yekaterinburg shot back on a Yegor Zhuravlyov goal, via Golyshev and Alexei Vasilevsky. Avtomobilist extended the lead as Nikolai Timashov scored a power play goal, thanks to Alexander Pankov and Petr Koukal. Joacim Eriksson came on for Sedlacek in goal. Dinamo got one back with a Ville Leino power play goal, with a lone assist from Seigo. Riga pulled closer in the third period on a Kaspars Saulietis goal, assisted by Andris Dzerins and Mikelis Redlihs. Dinamo tied it on a Sestito goal, his second of the game, made possible by Leino and Redlihs. Riga won 5-4 in overtime on a Lauris Darzins goal, passed from Redlihs, who got a sock trick, and Guntis Galvins. The three stars went to Redlihs, Golyshev, and Sestito, while Seigo and Leino get the honorable mentions.
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