Four games on the slate today, beginning with...
Metallurg Novokuznetsk hosting Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Niklas Svedberg and Andrei Kareyev are the goalies. Ufa struck first in the first period on a Denis Khlystov goal, passed from Andreas Engqvist. Novokuznetsk tied it on a Maxim Kazakov goal, fueled by Kirill Kaprizov and Robert Kousal on the power play. Salavat Yulaev took the lead back in the second period on an Artyom Chernov goal, going in unassisted. Ufa added on with a power play goal by Engqvist, powered by Ivan Vishnevsky and Alexander Loginov. Salavat Yulaev extended the lead as Maxim Mayorov scored, thanks to Nikolai Prokhorkin and Dmitry Makarov on the power play. Metallurg got one back in the third period on a Kazakov goal, via Kousal on the power play. The final held at 4-2, with the three stars going to Engqvist, Kazakov, and Kousal.
West to Yekaterinburg, where Avtomobilist welcomes Vityaz Podolsk. Igor Saprykin is mismatched with Jakub Kovar in goal. Yekaterinburg was first to score in the first period on an Anatoly Golyshev goal, guided in by Tommi Kivisto. Avtomobilist added on with an Alexander Pankov goal, coming off of Kirill Polozov and Alexei Vasilevsky. Podolsk tied it with an unassisted goal from Teemu Eronen. Vityaz tied it on a Dmitry Tsyganov power play goal, powered by Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi and Dmitry Kostromitin. Yekaterinburg retook the lead with a Pankov goal, his second of the game, made possible by Nikita Tryamkin on the power play. This held up for a 3-2 win, with the three stars awarded to Pankov, Golyshev, and Kovar (30 for 32 in saves).
Along to Chelyabinsk, where Traktor brings in Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin faces a lesser foe in Pavel Francouz in goal. Magnitogorsk opened with an unassisted Wojtek Wolski goal. Metallurg added on with a Sergei Mozyakin goal, with a lone assist by Wolski. Magnitogorsk extended the lead in the second period as Bogdan Potekhin scored, thanks to the goalie Koshechkin and Vladislav Kaletnik. Metallurg padded the lead in the third period on a Denis Osipov goal, assisted by Wolski and Mozyakin. Chelyabinsk got on the board with a Danil Gubarev goal, via Alexander Rybakov. The final stood at 4-1, with the three stars being Wolski, Mozyakin, and Koshechkin (27 for 28 in saves).
Finally, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk hosts Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Lazushin and Alexander Sudnitsin guard the cages. Moscow started in the first period with an Alexei Tereshchenko goal, fueled by Ilya Nikulin and Vladimir Bryukvin. Nizhnekamsk tied it on a Mikhail Zhukov power play goal, with a lone helper from Dan Sexton. Neftekhimik took the lead with a Pavel Zdunov goal, passed from Pavel Poryadin and Denis Kuzmin. Nizhnekamsk added on with another Zhukov goal, guided in by Andrei Stas. Dynamo got one back on a Daniil Tarasov goal, helped along by Denis Kokarev and Konstantin Gorovikov. Neftekhimik replied with an Andrei Sergeyev goal, courtesy of Poryadin and Zdunov. Moscow answered in the third period on another Tarasov goal, via Alexei Tsvetkov and Mat Robinson. Nizhnekamsk iced it at 5-3 with an unassisted and shorthanded empty net goal by Maxim Berezin. The three stars went to Zhukov, Zdunov, and Tarasov, while Poryadin gets an honorable mention.
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