Four games were played today, beginning with...
Salavat Yulaev Ufa hosting Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Niklas Svedberg are in goal. Ufa opened in the first period on a Nikolai Prokhorkin goal, assisted by Maxim Mayorov and Teemu Hartikainen. Salavat Yulaev added on with a power play goal by Alexander Loginov, powered by Linus Omark and Sami Lepisto. Ufa extended the lead in the second period as Dmitry Makarov scored, thanks to Loginov and Hartikainen. Ilya Samsonov replaced Koshechkin in goal at this time. Salavat Yulaev padded the lead on an Igor Grigorenko goal, via Omark and Andreas Engqvist. Ufa kept going on an Artyom Chernov goal, with a lone assist from Prokhorkin. Magnitogorsk got on the board with a Sergei Mozyakin goal, fueled by Chris Lee and Wojtek Wolski. Metallurg got closer in the third period on a Denis Osipov goal, guided in by Tomas Filippi and Danis Zaripov. Salavat Yulaev finished it at 6-2 with an Anton Lazarev goal, helped along by Engqvist. The three stars went to Loginov, Hartikainen, and Prokhorkin, while Omark and Engqvist get the honorable mentions.
Over in Nizhny Novgorod, Torpedo welcomes Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Andrei Kareyev and Mikhail Biryukov are in the creases. Novokuznetsk got going in the second period on an Andrei Karavayev goal, passed from Alexei Razumov and Stanislav Butuzov. Metallurg added on with a Roman Manukhov goal, assisted by Kirill Kaprizov and Robert Kousal on the power play. Nizhny Novgorod got on the board with a Carter Ashton goal, via Nikolai Zherdev and Sergei Kostitsyn. Torpedo tied it in the third period with a Maxim Osipov goal, fueled by Zherdev and Kostitsyn. Novokuznetsk retook the lead with an Ignat Zemchenko goal, guided in by Manukhov and Alexander Komaristy. Metallurg iced it at 4-2 with a Kirill Lebedev empty net goal, set up by Evgeny Orlov and Mark Skutar. The three stars were handed to Manukhov, Zherdev, and Kostitsyn.
West to St. Petersburg, where SKA brings in Spartak Moscow. Atte Engren and Igor Shestyorkin are called on to start. St. Petersburg started in the first period with an Ilya Kovalchuk goal, assisted by Alexander Kadeikin and Anton Burdasov. SKA added on with a Jarno Koskiranta goal, via Evgeny Ketov and Anton Belov in the second period. St. Petersburg extended the lead as Nikita Gusev scored a power play goal, powered by Vadim Shipachyov. SKA padded the lead on an unassisted Shipachyov goal. St. Petersburg continued in the third period with an Evgeny Dadonov goal, made possible by Gusev and Vyacheslav Voynov. This made it 5-0, the final, with the three stars going to Gusev, Shestyorkin (31 save shutout), and Shipachyov.
Finally, Dinamo Minsk hosts Sibir Novosibirsk. Alexander Salak and Kevin Lalande protect the nets. Novosibirsk drew first blood on an Alexei Kopeikin goal, via Maxim Shalunov in the first period. Minsk tied it in the third period on a Ryan Gunderson power play goal, powered by Alexander Materukhin and Nick Bailen. Dinamo took the lead on a Jonathan Cheechoo goal, coming off of Bailen. Sibir tied it with an Andrej Meszaros goal, guided in by Tomas Vincour and Calle Ridderwall. Novosibirsk won 3-2 in overtime with another Meszaros goal, assisted by Konstantin Alexeyev and Oleg Gubin. The three stars went to Meszaros, Bailen, and Kopeikin.
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