Tuesday, August 30, 2016

KHL 2016/17 - Day 9

Only four games for today, beginning with...

Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk hosting Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Niklas Svedberg and Vladislav Fokin protect the nets. Khanty-Mansiysk got going with a Pavel Medvedev power play goal in the second period, powered by Roman Lyuduchin. Ufa tied it on a power play goal by Zakhar Arzamastsev, courtesy of Anton Lazarov and Kirill Kaprizov. Ugra took the lead back with another Medvedev goal, assisted by Lyuduchin. Salavat Yulaev went ahead in the third period with an Igor Grigorenko goal, guided in by Andreas Engqvist and Sami Lepisto. Ufa took the lead on a Denis Kulyash goal, via Evgeny Bodrov. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars being Medvedev, Kulyash, and Lyuduchin.

Next up, Severstal Cherepovets welcomes Lada Togliatti. Ilya Ezhov and Jakub Kovar man the creases. Togliatti led off in the first period with a Georgy Belousov goal, assisted by Anton Shenfeld and Viktor Komarov. Lada added on with another Belousov goal, made possible by Shenfeld and Dmitry Sinitsyn. Togliatti extended the lead in the second period as Alexander Bumagin scored, thanks to Nikita Filatov and Mikael Johansson. Cherepovets got on the board with a Dmitry Kagarlitsky goal, with a lone assist by Evgeny Mons. Severstal tied it with a Mons goal, passed from Kagarlitsky. Cherepovets tied it with Kagarlitsky's second goal of the game, fueled by Clay Wilson and Mons. The tie went to a shootout, where two goals from Maxim Trunyov and one more from Daniil Vovchenko weren't enough for Severstal, as Lada's Filatov scored three times before Belousov ended the game with his tally for a 4-3 win. The three stars went to Belousov, Kagarlitsky, and Filatov, while Mons and Shenfeld get the honorable mentions.

Into Moscow, where CSKA brings in Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Ville Kolppanen is mismatched with Viktor Fasth in goal. Moscow dented the scoreboard in the second period with an Artyom Blazhiyevsky goal, assisted by Igor Ozhiganov. CSKA added on with a Bud Holloway power play goal, powered by Jonas Enlund and Kirill Petrov. Moscow extended the lead as Holloway scored again, thanks to Petrov and Andrei Svetlakov on the power play. CSKA padded the lead with a Denis Denisov goal in the third period, with a lone assist by Bogdan Kiselevich. Nizhnekamsk got on the board with an Igor Polygalov goal, coming off of Andrei Sergeyev and Dmitry Makarov. This only made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars going to Holloway, Petrov, and Fasth (26 for 27 in saves).

Finally, SKA St. Petersburg hosts Ak Bars Kazan. Emil Garipov and Igor Shestyorkin draw the starts in goal. St. Petersburg began with a first period goal by Vadim Shipachyov, assisted by Evgeny Dadonov and Nikita Gusev. Kazan tied it on a Jiri Sekac power play goal, powered by Justin Azevedo and Vasily Tokranov. Ak Bars took the lead with a Tokranov goal, fueled by Anton Glinkin and Atte Ohtamaa. Kazan added on with an Andrei Popov goal, guided in by Glinkin and Ohtamaa on the power play. Ak Bars extended the lead as Vladimit Tkachyov scored a power play goal, with the help of Roman Abrosimov and Artyom Lukoyanov. Evgeny Ivannikov took over for Shestyorkin in goal. Kazan padded the lead on a Maxim Lazarev goal in the second period, with helpers from Alexander Svitov and Dmitry Obukhov. SKA got one back with a Sergei Shirokov power play goal, helped along by Pavel Datsyuk and Ilya Kovalchuk. St. Petersburg got closer with a Gusev power play goal, coming off of Maxim Chudinov and Dadonov. SKA chipped closer with a third period power play goal by Datsyuk, made possible by Shirokov and Kovalchuk. St. Petersburg tied it as Datsyuk scored with five seconds left on the clock, thanks to Vyacheslav Voynov and Kovalchuk, the latter getting a sock trick. In the shootout, Gusev was topped by Tkachyov and Lukoyanov, giving Ak Bars a thrilling 6-5 win. The three stars were awarded to Lukoyanov, Kovalchuk, and Datsyuk, while Gusev, Tokranov, Glinkin, Ohtamaa, Shirokov, Dadonov, and Tkachyov get honorable mentions.

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