Sunday, January 31, 2016

2015/16 KHL Season - Day 134

Seven games on for today, beginning with...

Amur Khabarovsk hosting Vityaz Podolsk. Igor Saprykin and Juha Metsola are in goal. Podolsk began in the first period with a Vyacheslav Solodukhin goal, made possible by Georgy Berdyukov. Vityaz added on with a Maxim Afinogenov goal, assisted by Alexander Nikulin and Alexei Makeyev. Podolsk extended the lead as Solodukhin scored his second of the game in the second period, a power play goal powered by Berdyukov. Khabarovsk got on the board in the third period with an Evgeny Grachyov goal, passed from Pavel Dedunov and Vitaly Atyushov. Vityaz replied with a Roman Horak power play goal, with a lone assist by Teemu Eronen. This made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars being Solodukhin, Saprykin (51 for 52 in saves), and Berdyukov.

Down in Vladivostok, Admiral welcomes Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Yeryomenko and Igor Bobkov draw the starts in goal. Vladivostok led off in the first period on a Dmitry Lugin power play goal, powered by Oskars Bartulis and Mikhail Fisenko. Moscow tied it with a second period Artyom Fyodorov power play goal, guided in by Alexei Tsvetkov and Ansel Galimov. Admiral retook the lead on a shorthanded Artyom Podshendyalov goal, set up by Alexander Kuznetsov. Dynamo tied it on a Galimov goal, going in unassisted. Moscow took the lead on a Maxim Karpov goal, helped along by Dmitry Sinitsyn and Andrei Alexeyev. Dynamo added on with a Fyodorov power play goal, with assists provided by Tsvetkov and Dmitry Vishnevsky in the third period. Moscow made it 5-2 with an Ilya Shipov empty net goal, courtesy of Alexei Tereshchenko. The three stars were handed to Fyodorov, Galimov, and Tsvetkov.

A bit west, Metallurg Novokuznetsk brings in Medvescak Zagreb. Gasper Kroselj and Vladislav Podyapolsky are in the blue paint. Novokuznetsk started in the first period on a Robert Kousal power play goal, powered by Roman Manukhov and Cade Fairchild. Zagreb tied it on an Adam Deutsch goal, via Alexandre Bolduc and Mark Katic. Metallurg retook the lead in the second period as Ilya Musin scored, with the help of Kousal and Fairchild on the power play. Novokuznetsk added on with a Manukhov goal, fueled by Fairchild, who got a sock trick. Metallurg extended the lead in the third period with a Mikhail Plotnikov goal, passed from Anton Kapotov and Pavel Makarenko. Novokuznetsk closed with a 5-1 win on a Fairchild goal, coming off of Makarenko and Kirill Semyonov shorthanded into the empty net. The three stars went to Fairchild, Kousal, and Manukhov, while Makarenko and Podyapolsky (28 for 29 in saves).

Nearby in Novosibirsk, Sibir hosts Slovan Bratislava. Barry Brust and Alexander Salak are between the pipes. Novosibirsk opened in the first period on a David Ullstrom power play goal, powered by Georgy Misharin. Bratislava tied it on a Lukas Kaspar power play goal in the second period, with a lone helper from Cam Barker. Slovan took the lead with an Andrej Stastny goal, assisted by Tomas Surovy. Sibir tied it on a Maxim Shalunov goal, passed from Maxim Ignatovich. Novosibirsk retook the lead on a shorthanded Shalunov goal in the third period, his second of the game, set up by Vitaly Menshikov and Stepan Sannikov. This held for a 3-2 win, with the three stars awarded to Shalunov, Salak (42 for 44 in saves), and Ullstrom.

Way out to Moscow, with Spartak bringing in cross-town rivals CSKA. Viktor Fasth and Denis Sinyagin are the backups in goal. Spartak was first to score in the first period on a Sergei Shmelyov goal, assisted by Casey Wellman and Alexander Mereskin. CSKA tied it with an Andrei Svetlakov goal in the second period, guided in by Geoff Platt and Alexander Radulov. Spartak took the lead back with an Evgeny Bodrov goal, passed from Charles Genoway and Gleb Klimenko. CSKA tied it again as Nikita Zaitsev scored a power play goal, thanks to Radulov. CSKA gained the lead with another Svetlakov power play goal, with a lone assist by Radulov, who got a sock trick. CSKA made it 4-2, the final, on a Radulov power play goal, made possible by Stephane Da Costa. The three stars went to Radulov, Svetlakov, and Zaitsev.

Back to Yaroslavl, where Lokomotiv welcomes the Sochi Leopards. Konstantin Barulin and Vitaly Kolesnik are starting in goal. Sochi struck first with a Mikhail Anisin goal, fueled by Dmitry Kazionov. Yaroslavl tied it on a Yegor Averin power play goal, helped along by Jiri Novotny. Lokomotiv pulled ahead on an Averin goal in the second period, coming off of Daniil Apalkov. The Leopards tied it with an Andre Petersson goal, via Janne Jalasvaara and Ben Maxwell. Sochi pulled ahead again with a Maxwell goal, made possible by Petersson and Evgeny Skachkov. Yaroslavl tied it again with a shorthanded goal by Mikhail Grigoryev, set up by Kirill Kapustin. The Leopards took the lead in the third period with a Skachkov power play goal, assisted by Ziyat Paigin. Sochi added on with a Renat Mamashev goal, guided in by Skachkov. The Leopards closed with a 6-3 win on a Paigin power play goal, helped along by Andrei Kostitsyn and Mamashev. The three stars went to Skachkov, Petersson, and Averin, while Maxwell, Paigin, and Mamashev get the honorable mentions.

Finally, Ak Bars Kazan hosts Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Emil Garipov guard the cages. Magnitogorsk drew first blood in the first period with a Wojtek Wolski goal, assisted by Sergei Tereshchenko and Oskar Osala. This lasted for a 1-0 Metallurg win. The three stars belonged to Koshechkin (31 save shutout), Wolski, and Garipov (31 for 32 in saves).

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