Monday, September 12, 2016

KHL 2016/17 - Day 21

It's another day of six games, beginning with...

Traktor Chelyabinsk hosting Dinamo Minsk. Ben Scrivens and Vasily Demchenko guard the cages. Chelyabinsk got going in the second period on a Paul Szczechura goal, assisted by Maxim Yakutsenya. Minsk tied it on an Evgeny Lisovets goal, passed from Artyom Volkov and Alexander Materukhin. Traktor took the lead back in the third period on another Szczechura goal, courtesy of Alexei Kruchinin. Dinamo tied it again with a Nikita Komarov goal, guided in by Evgeny Kovyrshin and Materukhin. Minsk took the lead on a Rob Klinkhammer goal, made possible by Alexander Kulakov and Kovyrshin. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Szczechura, Kovyrshin, and Materukhin.

Along to Togliatti, with Lada welcoming Vityaz Podolsk. Harri Sateri and Ilya Ezhov are the veterans in goal. Togliatti opened in the first period with an Alexander Bumagin goal, passed from Gleb Koryagin. Lada added on with a Semyon Valuisky goal in the second period, coming off of Yefim Gurkin. Togliatti extended the lead as Georgy Belousov scored, thanks to Anton Shenfeld. This produced the 3-0 final, with the three stars handed to Bumagin, Valuisky, and Belousov.

Next up, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk brings in Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Ville Kolppanen are the masked men. Nizhnekamsk started in the first period with a Richard Gynge power play goal, powered by Igor Polygalov and Evgeny Ryasensky. Khabarovsk tied it on a Vitaly Atyushov goal, courtesy of Vyacheslav Litovchenko and Danil Romantsev in the third period. The tie went to a shootout, where Sergei Konkov's pair of goals and one more from Gynge lifted Neftekhimik to a 2-1 win over Teemu Ramstedt and Vladislav Ushenin of Amur. The three stars were Gynge, Konkov, and Kolppanen (43 for 44 in saves).

South to Sochi, where the Leopards host Kunlun Red Star Beijing. Andrei Makarov and Konstantin Barulin are in the blue paint. Sochi led off in the first period with an Alexander Delnov goal, assisted by Pavel Padakin and Mikhail Mamkin. Beijing tied it on a power play goal by Chad Rau, powered by Max Warn and Miika Lahti. The Leopards retook the lead on an Ilya Krikunov power play goal in the second period, with assists from Andrei Kostitsyn and Oscar Fantenberg. Sochi added on with an Ivan Zakharchuk goal, with a lone assist by Ruslan Pedan. This stood for a 3-1 win, with the three stars going to Barulin (33 for 34 in saves), Krikunov, and Zakharchuk.

Back north, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod welcomes Admiral Vladivostok. Ivan Nalimov and Ilya Proskuryakov are between the pipes. Nizhny Novgorod began in the first period with a Maxim Potapov power play goal, powered by Kirill Rasskazov. Vladivostok tied it on a Robert Sabolic goal, guided in by Vladimir Tkachyov and Jonathon Blum on the power play. Torpedo took the lead back with a Carter Ashton goal, fueled by Nikolai Zherdev. Admiral tied it again with another Sabolic goal, with a lone assist from Tkachyov. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Rasskazov was topped by Tkachyov and Andrei Sigaryov for a 3-2 Admiral win. The three stars belonged to Sabolic, Tkachyov, and Rasskazov.

Finally, Ak Bars Kazan brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Alexei Murygin and Emil Garipov tend the twines. Yaroslavl struck first in the first period with an Andrei Loktionov goal, assisted by Yegor Averin. Lokomotiv added on with a Petri Kontiola goal in the third period, made possible by Brandon Kozun and Rushan Rafikov. The final stayed at 2-0, with the three stars going to Murygin (27 save shutout), Loktionov, and Kontiola.

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