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Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosting Lada Togliatti. Ivan Kasutin and Ilya Samsonov are in goal. Togliatti got going in the second period on an Alexander Streltsov goal, via Yefim Gurkin and Stanislav Bocharov. Magnitogorsk tied it on a Tomas Filippi goal, courtesy of Rafael Batyrshin. Metallurg took the lead in the third period on an Oskar Osala goal, made possible by Sergei Tereshchenko and Bogdan Potekhin. Lada tied it again on an Anton Krysanov goal, assisted by Dmitry Vorobyov and Alexei Mastryukov. Metallurg won 3-2 in the shootout with goals by Danis Zaripov and Sergei Mozyakin, topping an Igor Magogin tally from Lada. The three stars went to Mozyakin, Osala, and Filippi.
Up in Ufa, Salavat Yulaev welcomes Ak Bars Kazan. Jusssi Rynnas and Niklas Svedberg are in the creases, but Emil Garipov came on for Rynnas after two and a half minutes. Ufa opened in the first period on a Linus Omark power play goal, powered by Andreas Engqvist. Salavat Yulaev added on with an Engqvist power play goal, with a lone assist by Igor Grigorenko. Ufa extended the lead on a second period shorthanded goal by Anton Lazarev, set up by the goalie Svedberg and Sergei Soin. Kazan got on the board on an Artyom Lukoyanov goal, via Andrei Chibisov and Vladimir Tkachyov. Ak Bars got closer with a Tkachyov goal, passed from Oscar Moller and Nikolai Belov. Salavat Yulaev shot back in the third period on an Enver Lisin goal, with a lone helper from Teemu Hartikainen. This made it 4-2, the final, with the three stars being Engqvist, Tkachyov, and Lazarev.
Southwest to Sochi, where the Leopards host Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Konstantin Barulin are the solid goalies. Sochi led off on a shorthanded Denis Kazionov goal, set up by Sergei Kuznetsov. Yekaterinburg tied it on an Anatoly Golyshev goal, coming off of Alexei Simakov and Petr Koukal. The Leopards took the lead back with a Ben Maxwell power play goal, powered by Clay Wilson and Mikhail Anisin. Sochi added on in the second period on an Andre Petersson power play goal, with helpers from Anisin and Maxwell. The Leopards extended the lead in the third period as Andrei Kostitsyn scored a power play goal, with the help of Ziyat Paigin and Petersson. Avtomobilist got one back on a Golyshev goal, his second of the game, fueled by Alexander Torchenyuk and Nikolai Timashov. Yekaterinburg pulled closer with an Eero Elo power play goal, helped along by Torchenyuk and Golyshev. Sochi shot back on a Petersson goal, his second of the game, with a lone assist from Renat Mamashev. Avtomobilist answered with a Koukal goal, guided in by Alexander Pankov and Nikita Tryamkin. Yekaterinburg tied it on a Tryamkin goal, dished from Tommi Kivisto. Avtomobilist won 6-5 in overtime on a Timashov power play goal, courtesy of Koukal and Elo. The three stars went to Timashov, Tryamkin, and Golyshev, while Koukal, Maxwell, Anisin, Petersson, Torchenyuk, and Elo get the honorable mentions.
Up in Moscow, CSKA brings in Medvescak Zagreb. Danny Taylor and Ilya Sorokin are in the blue paint. Moscow started in the first period on an Alexander Radulov power play goal, powered by Nikita Zaitsev. Zagreb tied it on a Jesse Saarinen goal in the second period, helped along by the goalie Taylor and Blake Parlett. CSKA took the lead back on a Sergei Andronov goal, assisted by Radulov. Moscow added on in the third period on a Jan Mursak goal, coming off of Radulov and Dmitry Kugryshev. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars going to Radulov, Sorokin (19 for 20 in saves), and Andronov.
Staying in the city, Spartak Moscow hosts Avangard Omsk. Denis Kostin and Atte Engren are the masked men. Omsk began in the first period on a Denis Parshin goal, via Michal Kempny and Ilya Zubov. Moscow tied it on a Sergei Leshchenko goal, courtesy of Sergei Shmelyov and Matthew Gilroy. Spartak took the lead on a shorthanded and unassisted goal by Evgeny Bodrov in the second period. Moscow added on in the third period with a Maxim Potapov goal, assisted by Charles Genoway and Bodrov. This held for a 3-1 win, with the three stars given to Bodrov, Engren (25 for 26 in saves), and Potapov.
Up in Finland, Jokerit Helsinki welcomes Barys Astana. Pavel Poluektov and Henrik Karlsson man the nets. Helsinki dented the scoreboard in the third period on an Atte Ohtamaa goal, guided in by Brandon Kozun and Jesse Joensuu. Jokerit iced it at 2-0 on an Ohtamaa empty net goal, going in unassisted. The three stars were Karlsson (24 save shutout), Ohtamaa, and Poluektov (40 for 41 in saves).
Back in Russia, Severstal Cherepovets hosts Slovan Bratislava. Michael Garnett and Sergei Magarilov draw the starts in goal. Bratislava struck first in the first period on a Michel Miklik goal, via Marek Viedensky. Slovan added on with a second period Tomas Starosta goal, made possible by Cam Barker and Ladislav Nagy on the power play. Cherepovets got on the board in the third period with an Andrei Shefer goal, passed from Denis Vikharev and Eduard Gimatov. The final stood at 2-1, with the three stars being Garnett (28 for 29 in saves), Starosta, and Miklik.
Finally, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl brings in Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Georgy Gelashvili and Vitaly Kolesnik are between the pipes. Yaroslavl was first to score in the first period on a Petri Kontiola power play goal, powered by Staffan Kronwall and Denis Mosalyov. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it on a Pavel Varfolomeyev goal, assisted by Andrei Ivanov. Lokomotiv retook the lead on a Daniil Apalkov goal in the third period, guided in by Kronwall and Ilya Gorokhov. Yaroslavl added on with an empty net goal by Emil Galimov, set up by Jiri Novotny and Vladislav Gavrikov. The final remained at 3-1, with the three stars being Kronwall, Apalkov, and Kolesnik (21 for 22 in saves).
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