Monday, January 11, 2016

2015/16 KHL Season - Day 119

Seven more games today, beginning in...

Yekaterinburg, with Avtomobilist hosting CSKA Moscow. Ilya Sorokin and Jakub Kovar are the goalies. Yekaterinburg struck first in the first period on a Vitaly Popov goal, via Nikolai Timashov and Kirill Polozov. Moscow tied it on a Roman Lyubimov goal, passed from Igor Makarov. The tie lasted to the shootout, where Lyubimov found the net again, giving CSKA the 2-1 win. The three stars went to Lyubimov, Sorokin (17 for 18 in saves), and Kovar (22 for 23 in saves).

Along to Khanty-Mansiysk, with Yugra welcoming Severstal Cherepovets. Stepan Goryachevskikh and Georgy Gelashvili are the backups in goal. Cherepovets got going in the second period on a Dmitry Kagarlitsky goal, via Mattias Karlsson. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it with an Evgeny Lapenkov goal, guided in by Evgeny Orlov and Mikhail Mamkin. Severstal retook the lead in the third period with an Igor Skorokhodov power play goal, powered by Vadim Berdnikov and Anatoly Nikontsev. This made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars going to Goryachevskikh (32 for 33 in saves), Skorokhodov, and Kagarlitsky.

West a bit to Togliatti, where Lada brings in Barys Astana. Pavel Poluektov and Edgars Masalskis draw the starts. Astana was first to score in the first period with a Nigel Dawes goal, assisted by Mike Lundin and Dustin Boyd. Togliatti tied it on a Dmitry Vorobyov power play goal, powered by Anton Shenfeld and Anton Krysanov. Barys took the lead on another Dawes goal in the second period, with a lone assist by Brandon Bochenski. Astana added on in the third period with a Bochenski goal, fueled by Dawes and Kevin Dallman. Barys iced it at 4-1 with a Dawes goal, completing his hat trick with the help of Boyd and Bochenski. The three stars were awarded to Dawes, Bochenski, and Boyd.

Next up, Ak Bars Kazan hosts Avangard Omsk. Dominik Furch and Stanislav Galimov guard the cages. Omsk led off in the first period with an Andrei Pervyshin power play goal, powered by Michal Kempny and Anton Burdasov. Avangard added on in the second period on an Ilya Mikheyev goal, fueled by Valentin Pyanov and Pyotr Khokhryakov. Omsk iced it at 3-0 with an empty net goal by Khokhryakov, set up by Jonas Ahnelov in the third period. The three stars went to Furch (24 save shutout), Khokhryakov, and Pervyshin.

Into Moscow, with Spartak bringing in Slovan Bratislava. Barry Brust and Atte Engren are in the blue paint. Bratislava began in the first period with a Vaclav Nedorost goal, assisted by Lukas Kaspar and Tomas Kundratek. Slovan added on with a shorthanded Kaspar goal, set up by Kundratek and Nedorost. Bratislava extended the lead as Andrej Stastny scored in the second period, thanks to Ziga Jeglic and Rok Ticar. Slovan iced it at 4-0 in the third period on another Kaspar goal, coming off of Nedorost and Marek Viedensky. The three stars went to Kaspar, Nedorost, and Brust (22 save shutout).

Up in St. Petersburg, SKA welcomes Medvescak Zagreb. Danny Taylor and Ilya Ezhov are the masked men. St. Petersburg dented the scoreboard in the second period on a Jarno Koskiranta goal, assisted by Joakim Lindstrom and Steve Moses. SKA added on with another Koskiranta goal, made possible by Ilya Kovalchuk and Andrei Kuteikin on the power play. Zagreb got on the board with a third period goal from Andreas Jamtin, with a lone helper by Mark Katic. Medvescak tied it on an unassisted goal by Gilbert Brule. St. Petersburg regained the lead with a Moses goal, via Koskiranta and Maxim Chudinov. Zagreb tied it on a power play goal by Tomas Mertl, powered by Colby Genoway and Radek Smolenak. SKA gained the lead back with a Moses goal, his second of the game, helped along by Kovalchuk and Lindstrom on the power play. St. Petersburg iced it at 5-3 with an empty net goal by Alexander Kadeikin, set up by Pavel Buchnevich and Kovalchuk, the latter getting a sock trick. The three stars were Moses, Koskiranta, and Kovalchuk, while Lindstrom gets an honorable mention.

Finally, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hosts Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Mikhail Biryukov and Alexei Murygin are the experienced goalies. Yaroslavl drew first blood in the third period on a Yegor Averin goal, fueled by Daniil Apalkov on the power play. Lokomotiv added on with a Denis Mosalyov goal, coming off of Stanislav Chistov and Ilya Lyubushkin. Yaroslavl iced it at 3-0 with a shorthanded empty net goal by Dmitry Maltsev, going in unassisted. The three stars belonged to Murygin (27 save shutout), Averin, and Mosalyov.

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