Five games for today, beginning with...
Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosting Spartak Moscow. Atte Engren and Vasily Koshechkin guard the cages. Magnitogorsk struck first on a Danis Zaripov power play goal, powered by Wojtek Wolski and Sergei Mozyakin. Metallurg added on with a Zaripov goal, via Mozyakin and Jan Kovar. Magnitogorsk extended the lead as Chris Lee scored, with the help of Mozyakin. Evgeny Ivannikov came on for Engren. Metallurg padded the lead in the second period on an Alexander Semin goal, passed from Bogdan Potekhin. This made it 4-0, the eventual final, with the three stars going to Zaripov, Mozyakin, and Koshechkin (20 save shutout).
Up to Khanty-Mansiysk, with Yugra welcoming Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Sharychenkov and Georgy Gelashvili are the goalies. Moscow was first to score in the first period on an Alexei Tsvetkov goal, assisted by Maxim Karpov and Andrei Mironov. Dynamo added on with an Alexei Tereshchenko goal in the second period, guided in by Maxim Pestushko and Mat Robinson. Moscow extended the lead as Daniil Tarasov scored, with the help of Yury Babenko and Mironov. Dynamo padded the lead with a Pestushko goal, passed from Tereshchenko and Mironov, the latter getting a sock trick. Moscow continued in the third period on a Jakub Petruzalek goal, via Pestushko. Khanty-Mansiysk got on the board with a Vitaly Sitnikov goal, courtesy of Kirill Belyayev. Yugra got closer on a Konstantin Panov goal, with a lone helper by Igor Bortnikov. This made it 5-2, the final, with the three stars being Pestushko, Tereshchenko, and Mironov.
Along to Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Mikko Koskinen and Niklas Svedberg protect the nets. Ufa got going with an Artyom Chernov goal in the second period, fueled by Alexander Nesterov and Sergei Soin. St. Petersburg tied it on a third period goal by Steve Moses, coming off of Sergei Shirokov and Ilya Kovalchuk on the power play. Salavat Yulaev won 2-1 with an Enver Lisin overtime goal, courtesy of the goalie Svedberg and Alexander Loginov. The three stars were Svedberg (31 for 32 in saves), Lisin, and Chernov.
Next up, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk brings in Vityaz Podolsk. Harri Sateri and Alexander Sudnitsin tend the twines. Nizhnekamsk opened in the first period on a Ryan Stoa goal, via Kirill Lyamin and Marek Kvapil. Neftekhimik added on with an Alexander Kitarov goal, coming off of Pavel Kulikov and Kvapil. Nizhnekamsk extended the lead as Igor Polygalov scored, thanks to Yegor Milovzorov and Denis Kuzmin. Igor Saprykin replaced Sateri in the second period. Podolsk got on the board with an Alexander Shibayev goal, made possible by Ilya Davydov and Igor Musatov. Vityaz got closer with a Mario Kempe goal, helped along by Maxim Afinogenov and Alexei Makeyev. Podolsk tied it on an unassisted Denis Abdullin goal. Ivan Lisutin replaced Sudnitsin at this time. Neftekhimik took the lead back in the third period on a Stoa goal, assisted by Alexander Bryntsev and Kvapil, the latter getting a sock trick. Nizhnekamsk made it 5-3 on a Jeff Taffe goal, dished from Evgeny Ryasensky and Evgeny Grigorenko. The three stars went to Stoa, Kvapil, and Taffe.
Finally, out west, Slovan Bratislava hosts Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Maxim Alyapkin is mismatched with Barry Brust in goal. Bratislava started in the first period on a Lukas Kaspar power play goal, powered by Marek Viedensky and Cam Barker. Slovan added on with a second period Barker power play goal, going in unassisted. Bratislava extended the lead with an unassisted Pavol Skalicky goal in the third period. This made it 3-0, the final, with the three stars going to Brust (30 save shutout), Barker, and Kaspar.
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