Nine games grace the schedule as the KHL returns to action from a week off. The first has...
Metallurg Novokuznetsk hosting Barys Astana. Jan Laco and Andrei Kareyev are the goalies. Astana led off in the first period on a Maxim Khudyakov power play goal, powered by Roman Savchenko and Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev. Barys added on with an Alexander Lipin goal, via Brandon Bochenski and Dustin Boyd. Astana extended the lead as Nigel Dawes scored a power play goal, with a lone assist by Boyd. Barys padded the lead on a Boyd goal in the second period, helped along by Bochenski. Vladislav Podyapolsky replaced Kareyev in goal. Astana continued with a Mike Lundin goal, guided in by Bochenski, who got a sock trick, and Kevin Dallman. Novokuznetsk got on the board with a Robert Kousal goal, assisted by Cade Fairchild and Mikhail Plotnikov on the power play. Metallurg got closer on an Ilya Musin goal, made possible by Kirill Semyonov. Barys replied with a Khudyakov goal in the third period, his second of the game coming off of Konstantin Pushkaryov and the goalie Laco. This made it a 6-2 game, the final, with the three stars given to Boyd, Bochenski, and Khudyakov.
West to Ufa, with Salavat Yulaev welcoming Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Sharychenkov and Niklas Svedberg are the masked men. Ufa got going in the second period on an Andreas Engqvist power play goal, powered by Linus Omark. Salavat Yulaev added on in the third period on a Sami Lepisto goal, courtesy of Engqvist and Omark. The final stayed at 2-0, with the three stars going to Engqvist, Svedberg (29 save shutout), and Omark.
Back east, Sibir Novosibirsk brings in Avangard Omsk. Dominik Furch and Alexander Salak guard the cages. Omsk struck first in the first period on a Maxim Kazakov goal, assisted by Alexander Popov. Avangard added on with a Vladimit Sobotka goal, via Alexander Perezhogin and Martin Erat. Omsk iced it at 3-0 with an unassisted Perezhogin empty net goal in the third period. The three stars went to Furch (33 save shutout), Perezhogin, and Kazakov.
West again to Khanty-Mansiysk, where Yugra hosts Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Vladislav Fokin man the nets. Yekaterinburg began in the first period on an unassisted goal by Artyom Gareyev. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it on an Igor Bortnikov goal, passed from Konstantin Panov and Grigory Zheldakov. Avtomobilist took the lead back on a Pavel Turbin goal, courtesy of Anatoly Golyshev and Alexander Torchenyuk. Yugra retied it in the second period as Andrei Ankudinov scored, thanks to Vitaly Sitnikov. Khanty-Mansiysk took the lead on an Alexander Ugolnikov power play goal, powered by Kirill Rasskazov. Igor Ustinsky replaced Kovar in goal. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars given to Ugolnikov, Ankudinov, and Bortnikov.
Down to Magnitogorsk, where Metallurg welcomes Vityaz Podolsk. Igor Saprykin and Vasily Koshechkin are between the pipes. Podolsk was first to score in the first period on a Dmitry Shitikov goal, passed from Nikita Vyglazov and Denis Abdullin. Magnitogorsk tied it on a Danis Zaripov goal, coming off of Bogdan Potekhin in the second period. Vityaz took the lead on an Anton Korolyov goal in the third period, courtesy of Yury Koksharov and Pavel Lukin. Metallurg tied it again as Viktor Antipin scored, with the help of Sergei Mozyakin. Magnitogorsk took the lead on a Zaripov goal, his second of the game, going in unassisted. Metallurg iced it at 4-2 on a Chris Lee power play goal, powered by Mozyakin and Alexander Semin. The three stars were Zaripov, Mozyakin, and Lee.
Over in Nizhny Novgorod, Torpedo brings in SKA St. Petersburg. Mikko Koskinen and Ilya Proskuryakov protect the nets. St. Petersburg opened in the first period on an Evgeny Dadonov power play goal, powered by Andrei Kuteikin and Vadim Shipachyov. Nizhny Novgorod tied it on a Vyacheslav Kulyomin shorthanded goal, set up by Dmitry Semin and Alexei Pepelyayev. SKA took the lead back on a Shipachyov goal, passed from Dadonov and Nikita Gusev. St. Petersburg added on with a shorthanded and unassisted Evgeny Ketov goal. Torpedo pulled back on a Carter Ashton power play goal, with assists provided by Pepelyayev and Evgeny Mozer. SKA answered on an unassisted goal by Alexander Barabanov. Maxim Alyapkin replaced Proskuryakov in goal. Nizhny Novgorod chipped away at the deficit with a Danil Ilyin goal in the third period, courtesy of Roman Konkov and Alexei Sopin. Torpedo tied it on an Artyom Alyayev goal, coming off of Nikolai Zherdev and Maxim Osipov. St. Petersburg regained the lead on a Shipachyov goal, going in unassisted. Nizhny Novgorod retied it again with a Sopin goal, guided in by Ilyin and Konkov. Torpedo won 6-5 in overtime on a Semin power play goal, with a lone helper by Zherdev. The three stars went to Sopin, Semin, and Shipachyov, while Dadonov, Pepelyayev, Ilyin, Konkov, and Zherdev get the honorable mentions.
Into Moscow, with Spartak hosting Jokerit Helsinki. Henrik Karlsson and Evgeny Ivannikov receive the starting nods in goal. Helsinki started in the first period on a Jesse Joensuu goal, courtesy of Pascel Pelletier and Jere Sallinen. Jokerit added on with a Juhamatti Aaltonen goal, passed from Arturs Kulda and Ville Lajunen. Moscow got on the board with a Konstantin Glazachev goal in the third period, via Alexander Mereskin and Lukas Radil. Helsinki replied with a Petteri Wirtanen goal, assisted by Pekka Jormakka and Peter Regin. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars given to Karlsson (24 for 25 in saves), Aaltonen, and Joensuu.
In Croatia, Medvescak Zagreb welcomes Dinamo Riga. Joacim Eriksson and Danny Taylor are called on to start in goal. Riga got going in the second period on a Tim Sestito goal, via Gunars Skvorcovs and Miks Indrasis. Dinamo added on with a Mikelis Redlihs power play goal in the third period, with a lone assist by Lauris Darzins. Riga iced it at 3-0 with an Edgars Kulda goal, coming off of Armands Berzins and Bruno Zabis. The three stars went to Eriksson (24 save shutout), Sestito, and Redlihs.
Finally, Slovan Bratislava brings in Dinamo Minsk. Jeff Glass and Barry Brust are the North American goalies. Bratislava drew first blood in the first period on a Marek Viedensky power play goal, powered by Cam Barker and Tomas Kundratek. Minsk tied it with a Jonathan Cheechoo power play goal in the second period, via Matt Ellison. Slovan took the lead back as Viedensky scored on the power play again, thanks to Kundratek and Lukas Kaspar. Dinamo retied it on a Cheechoo power play goal, helped along by Ellison and Konstanti Koltsov. Bratislava gained the lead in the third period on a Vaclav Nedorost goal, passed from Kaspar and Kundratek, the latter getting a sock trick. Slovan added on with a Kundratek goal, assisted by Barker and Kaspar on the power play, with the latter getting a sock trick. The three stars went to Viedensky, Kundratek, and Kaspar, while Cheechoo, Barker, and Ellison get the honorable mentions.
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