Seven games on a busier day in the league, beginning with...
Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosting Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Vasily Koshechkin draw the starts in goal. Magnitogorsk started in the first period with an Alexander Semin power play goal, powered by Chris Lee and Sergei Mozyakin. Metallurg added on in the second period with a Vladislav Kaletnik goal, guided in by Viktor Antipin and Evgeny Biryukov. Khabarovsk got on the board with a Teemu Ramstedt power play goal, coming off of Kristian Kuusela and Kirill Kapustin. Magnitogorsk answered with a Semin goal, passed from Tomas Filippi. Metallurg extended the lead as Denis Kazionov scored in the third period, with the help of Lee. This stood for a 4-1 win, with the three stars going to Semin, Koshechkin (28 for 29 in saves), and Lee.
Out in Slovakia, Slovan Bratislava welcomes Spartak Moscow. Nikita Bespalov and Barry Brust are in the creases. Moscow got going in the second period with a Ryan Stoa goal, fueled by Matthew Gilroy. Bratislava tied it on a Jonathan Cheechoo power play goal, powered by Jeff Taffe and Marek Viedensky. Spartak retook the lead with a Viktor Bobrov goal, courtesy of Vladislav Provolnev and Maxim Potapov. This stood for a 2-1 win, with the three stars handed to Bobrov, Bespalov (31 for 32 in saves), and Stoa.
In Moscow, Dynamo brings in Avangard Omsk. Dominik Furch and Alexander Yeryomenko tend the twines. Omsk opened in the first period with a Denis Parshin goal, assisted by Evgeny Kulik. Moscow tied it with a second period power play goal from Alexei Tereshchenko, powered by Ilya Nikulin and Dmitry Vishnevsky. Dynamo took the lead with a Juuso Hietanen power play goal, with helpers from Mat Robinson and Alexei Sopin. Avangard tied it on a third period goal by Alexander Perezhogin, helped along by Maxim Pestushko. The tie went to a shootout, where Nikolai Lemtyugov, Pestushko, and Ilya Zubov tallied to lift Avangard 3-2 over Daniil Tarasov and Artyom Podshendyalov. The three stars went to Pestushko, Perezhogin, and Furch (26 for 28 in saves).
Staying in the city, CSKA Moscow hosts Lada Togliatti. Ilya Ezhov and Viktor Fasth receive the starting nods in goal. Moscow led off in the first period with an unassisted goal by Semyon Koshelev. CSKA added on with a Denis Denisov power play goal, powered by Igor Ozhiganov. Moscow extended the lead as Kirill Petrov scored, thanks to Bud Holloway. CSKA padded the lead in the second period with a Nikita Pivtsakin goal, fueled by Koshelev and Maxim Mamin. Togliatti got on the board with a Nikita Filatov goal, helped along by Alexander Bumagin. Moscow shot back in the third period with a Greg Scott goal, made possible by Denisov and Jonas Enlund. CSKA finished it at 6-1 with an Enlund power play goal, with assists provided by Holloway and Bogdan Kiselevich. The three stars were awarded to Koshelev, Denisov, and Enlund, while Holloway gets an honorable mention.
South to Vityaz Podolsk welcoming Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Mikhail Biryukov and Harri Sateri are between the pipes. Podolsk was first to score in the first period with a Vyacheslav Solodukhin goal, passed from Sergei Gimayev and Dmitry Shitikov. Vityaz added on with an unassisted goal by Mario Kempe. Novokuznetsk got on the board with a second period Alexander Komaristy goal, made possible by Kirill Lebedev and Kirill Dyakov. This was as close as it got, with the final standing at 2-1. The three stars went to Kempe, Solodukhin, and Sateri (20 for 21 in saves).
Along to St. Petersburg, where SKA brings in Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Ville Kolppanen and Mikko Koskinen are the Finnish goalies. St. Petersburg dented the scoreboard in the second period on a Nikita Gusev goal, helped along by Vadim Shipachyov. SKA added on with a Yegor Yakovlev goal, courtesy of Sergei Plotnikov. St. Petersburg extended the lead as Shipachyov scored, thanks to Evgeny Dadonov and Maxim Chudinov. SKA padded the lead in the third period on a Sergei Shirokov power play goal, powered by Ilya Kovalchuk and Vyacheslav Voynov. Nizhnekamsk got on the board with a Bogdan Yakimov goal, made possible by Tomi Sallinen. St. Petersburg replied with a Pavel Datsyuk power play goal, assisted by Voynov and Shirokov. This produced the 5-1 final, with the three stars going to Shipachyov, Shirokov, and Voynov.
Finally, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod hosts the Sochi Leopards. Konstantin Barulin and Ilya Proskuryakov man the nets. Nizhny Novgorod began in the first period with a Maxim Osipov goal, courtesy of Kirill Rasskazov. Sochi tied it in the second period with an Andre Petersson power play goal, with a lone assist by Ilya Gorokhov. Torpedo took the lead back with an Alexander Frolov goal, assisted by Fredrik Pettersson and Alexei Potapov. Nizhny Novgorod added on in the third period with an Evgeny Mozer power play goal, coming off of Rasskazov. This made it a 3-1 final, with the three stars given to Frolov, Rasskazov, and Proskuryakov (22 for 23 in saves).
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