This is the last big day before the break. There is a single game on each of Sunday and Monday before the league takes a week off. We begin today's ten game slate in...
Vladivostok, with Admiral hosting Barys Astana. Pavel Poluektov and Ivan Nalimov make the starts. Vladivostok was first to score in the first period on an Alexander Gorshkov goal, passed from Dmitry Lugin. Admiral added on with a Jonathon Blum goal, via Konstantin Makarov and Artyom Podshendyalov on the power play. Vladivostok extended the lead in the second period as Lugin scored, thanks to Kirill Voronin and Nikita Lisov. Astana got on the board with a Brandon Bochenski goal, coming off of Dustin Boyd. Admiral shot back with a Yegor Dugin goal, with a lone assist by David Booth. Vladivostok padded the lead on a Booth power play goal, powered by Blum and Rushan Rafikov. Barys got one back in the third period on a Martin St. Pierre goal, courtesy of Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev and Vyacheslav Tryasunov. Astana pulled closer on a Roman Starchenko goal, fueled by Maxim Khudyakov. Admiral finished it at 6-3 with a Dugin goal, going in unassisted. The three stars went to Lugin, Dugin, and Booth, while Blum gets an honorable mention.
Up in Khabarovsk, Amur welcomes Avangard Omsk. Dominik Furch and Juha Metsola protect the nets. Omsk got going in the second period on an Alexander Popov goal, passed from Ilya Mikheyev. Avangard added on with a shorthanded Valentin Pyanov goal, set up by Evgeny Kulik and Ivan Lekomtsev. Omsk extended the lead as Popov scored again, with the help of Denis Kulyash and Martin Erat. Avangard padded the lead in the third period on an Ilya Zubov power play goal, powered by Alexander Perezhogin. Khabarovsk got on the board with a Vladislav Ushenin goal, assisted by Vyacheslav Ushenin and Oleg Li. Amur pulled closer on a Vitaly Shulakov goal, made possible by Denis Tolpeko. This made it 4-2, the final, with the three stars going to Popov, Pyanov, and Zubov.
West to Nizhny Novgorod, where Torpedo brings in CSKA Moscow. Ilya Sorokin and Ilya Proskuryakov are in goal. Moscow struck first in the first period on a Grigory Panin goal, via Jan Mursak. CSKA added on with an Igor Ozhiganov power play goal in the third period, powered by Geoff Platt and Gennady Stolyarov. Moscow extended the lead on a Platt empty net goal, set up by Mursak and Alexander Radulov. The three stars of the 3-0 game were Platt, Sorokin (15 save shutout), and Mursak.
Out in St. Petersburg, SKA hosts Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Igor Shestyorkin man the nets. St. Petersburg led off in the first period with an Andrei Kuteikin power play goal, powered by Vadim Shipachyov and Nikita Gusev. Magnitogorsk tied it in the second period with a Bogdan Potekhin goal, coming off of Tomas Filippi and Danis Zaripov. SKA took the lead back with an Evgeny Dadonov goal, assisted by Shipachyov and Gusev. Metallurg tied it again with a Sergei Mozyakin power play goal, with a lone helper by Zaripov. St. Petersburg regained the lead on a Steve Moses penalty shot, received after he was tripped by Zaripov. Magnitogorsk tied it again in the third period on a Mozyakin goal, his second of the game, via Chris Lee and Jan Kovar. SKA took the lead once more with a Kuteikin power play goal, passed from Moses and Anton Burdasov. St. Petersburg iced it at 5-3 on an Ilya Kovalchuk empty net goal, set up by Andrei Zubarev and Burdasov. The three stars went to Kuteikin, Mozyakin, and Shipachyov, while Gusev, Zaripov, and Burdasov get the honorable mentions.
Into Moscow, where Spartak welcomes Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Niklas Svedberg and Evgeny Ivannikov are between the pipes. Ufa dented the scoreboard in the second period on a Maxim Goncharov goal, coming off of Enver Lisin and Stepan Khripunov. Moscow tied it with an Alexander Mereskin goal in the third period, helped along by Konstantin Glazachev and Lukas Radil. Spartak took the lead on a Vyacheslav Leshchenko goal, assisted by Evgeny Bodrov and Alexander Vasilyev. Moscow added on with another Leshchenko goal, with a lone assist by Vasilyev. The final held at 3-1, with the three stars going to Leshchenko, Ivannikov (15 for 16 in saves), and Vasilyev.
Staying in the city, Dynamo Moscow brings in Lada Togliatti. Edgars Masalskis and Alexander Lazushin are the masked men. Moscow began in the first period on an Alexei Tereshchenko power play goal, powered by Maxim Pestushko and Mat Robinson. Togliatti tied it on a Denis Guryanov goal, assisted by Yefim Gurkin and Andrei Nikitenko. Lada won 2-1 in the shootout with a lone tally by Nikitenko. The three stars went to Nikitenko, Masalskis (35 for 36 in saves), and Lazushin (13 for 14 in saves).
Back to Cherepovets, where Severstal hosts Dinamo Minsk. Jeff Glass and Jakub Stepanek are the veterans in goal. Minsk started in the first period on an Andrei Materukhin goal, coming off of Alexander Pavlovich and Andrei Filichkin. Dinamo added on with another Materukhin goal, via Andrei Stepanov and Alexei Kalyuzhny. Minsk extended the lead as Jonathan Cheechoo scored, thanks to Ryan Gunderson and Ryan Vesce. Dinamo padded the lead in the second period on another Cheechoo goal, passed from Vesce and Lukas Krajicek. Roman Smiryagin replaced Stepanek in goal. Minsk finished it at 5-0 with a Matt Ellison power play goal in the third period, powered by Cheechoo and Vesce, the latter getting a sock trick. The three stars were Cheechoo, Materukhin, and Vesce, while Glass (35 save shutout) gets an honorable mention.
Southwest to Podolsk, with Vityaz welcoming Ak Bars Kazan. Emil Garipov and Harri Sateri tend the twines. Podolsk opened in the first period on a Mario Kempe goal, passed from Teemu Eronen and Alexei Makeyev. Kazan tied it on an Oscar Moller power play goal in the second period, powered by Justin Azevedo and Mikhail Varnakov. Ak Bars took the lead on a Mikhail Glukhov goal, via Stepan Zakharchuk and Azevedo. Vityaz tied it on a shorthanded Makeyev goal in the third period, set up by Nikita Vyglazov. Podolsk took the lead as Vyacheslav Solodukhin scored, thanks to Ilya Davydov and Pavel Lukin on the power play. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Makeyev, Solodukhin, and Azevedo.
Out in Croatia, Medvescak Zagreb brings in the Sochi Leopards. Konstantin Barulin and Danny Taylor are in the creases. Sochi got started in the second period on a Vladimir Malevich power play goal, powered by Ilya Krikunov and Andrei Kostitsyn. The Leopards added on with a Pyotr Schastlivy goal in the third period, coming off of Mikhail Anisin. Zagreb got on the board with an Edwin Hedberg goal, assisted by Marek Kvapil and Patrick Bjorkstrand. Medvescak tied it on a Bjorkstrand goal, passed from Colby Genoway and Kvapil. In the shootout, Kvapil and Genoway took the game with tallies to give Zagreb the 3-2 win. The three stars went to Bjorkstrand, Kvapil, and Genoway.
Finally, Slovan Bratislava hosts Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Alexei Murygin and Barry Brust are all padded up. Yaroslavl drew first blood in the first period on an Ilya Gorokhov goal, assisted by Jonas Enlund and Jiri Novotny. This was the only goal in the game, with the final at 1-0. The three stars were awarded to Murygin (38 save shutout), Gorokhov, and Brust (28 for 29 in saves).
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