Friday, September 9, 2016

KHL 2016/17 - Day 18

Only four games on today, beginning in...

Novosibirsk, as Sibir hosts Medvescak Zagreb. Danny Taylor and Alexander Salak are in goal. Novosibirsk got going in the second period with a Joonas Kemppainen power play goal, powered by Konstantin Okulov. Sibir added on with an Eero Elo goal, passed from Evgeny Artyukhin. Novosibirsk extended the lead as Maxim Shalunov scored, thanks to Sergei Shumakov in the third period. The final stood at 3-0, with the three stars going to Salak (33 save shutout), Kemppainen, and Elo.

Nearby, Metallurg Novokuznetsk welcomes Slovan Bratislava. Justin Pogge and Andrei Kareyev are the backups in goal. Novokuznetsk led off in the first period with an unassisted Kirill Semyonov goal. Metallurg added on with a Denis Vikharev goal, passed from Mikhail Anisin and Mikhail Kuklev in the second period. Bratislava got on the board with a third period power play goal by Vaclav Nedorost, powered by Jeff Taffe. This only made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars given to Kareyev (50 for 51 in saves), Vikharev, and Semyonov.

Into Kazakhstan, where Barys Astana brings in Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Alexander Sharychenkov and Henrik Karlsson are in the blue paint. Astana began in the first period with a Kevin Dallman goal, helped along by Roman Starchenko and Evgeny Rymarev. Khanty-Manisysk tied it on a Konstantin Panov goal, with a lone assist by Vitaly Shulakov. Barys took the lead back in the second period with a Brandon Bochenski goal, assisted by Roman Savchenko and Alexander Lipin. Ugra pulled back on a Shulakov goal, coming off of Pavel Varfolomeyev. Astana shot back with an Alexander Shin goal, courtesy of Savchenko. The game held from here at 3-2, with the three stars going to Savchenko, Shin, and Shulakov.

Finally, CSKA Moscow hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Igor Shestyorkin and Viktor Fasth man the nets. Moscow struck first with a Greg Scott goal in the first period, assisted by Jonas Enlund and Igor Ozhiganov. St. Petersburg tied it on a second period goal by Vyacheslav Voynov on the power play, guided in by Ilya Kovalchuk. CSKA took the lead back with a Stephane Da Costa power play goal, powered by Bogdan Kiselevich and Enlund. This stood for a 2-1 win, with the three stars awarded to Fasth (24 for 25 in saves), Enlund, and Da Costa.

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