Four games on today, beginning with...
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg hosting CSKA Moscow. Viktor Fasth and Igor Ustinsky protect the nets. Moscow began in the first period with an Alexander Popov goal, helped along by Bud Holloway and Igor Ozhiganov. CSKA added on with a Bogdan Kiselevich goal, passed from Jan Mursak. Moscow extended the lead in the second period with a shorthanded goal from Popov, set up by Kiselevich. Yekaterinburg got on the board with a Niclas Andersen goal, assisted by Alexander Torchenyuk and Dmitry Monya. Avtomobilist pulled closer as Alexei Vasilevsky scored, thanks to Evgeny Chesalin. CSKA replied with a third period power play goal by Dmitry Kugryshev, powered by Kiselevich. The final stood at 4-2, with the three stars going to Popov, Kiselevich, and Kugryshev.
Next up in Kazakhstan, Barys Astana welcomes SKA St. Petersburg. Igor Shestyorkin and Vitaly Kolesnik are in the blue paint. Astana led off in the first period with a Roman Starchenko power play goal, powered by Evgeny Rymarev and Konstantin Pushkaryov. St. Petersburg tied it on a Vyacheslav Voynov power play goal, with a lone assist from Ilya Kovalchuk. Barys took the lead back with a Kevin Dallman power play goal, courtesy of Brandon Bochenski and Nigel Dawes. Astana added on with a Cam Barker goal, via Bochenski and Dawes. SKA got one back with a Jarno Koskiranta goal, passed from Steve Moses and Yegor Rykov. St. Petersburg tied it in the third period with a Sergei Plotnikov goal, helped along by Voynov and Nikita Gusev on the power play. SKA took the lead on an Alexander Barabanov goal, coming off of Moses. St. Petersburg extended the lead as Gusev scored an unassisted goal. The three stars in the 5-3 SKA win were Voynov, Gusev, and Moses, while Bochenski and Dawes get the honorable mentions.
Back in Russia, Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk brings in Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Kovar and Vladislav Fokin man the nets. Cherepovets got going in the second period with a Pavel Chernov goal, assisted by Vojtech Polak and Adam Masuhr. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it in the third period with a Konstantin Panov goal, courtesy of Sergei Gusev and Arseny Khatsei. The tie went to a shootout, where Khatsei had the only tally for a 2-1 Ugra win. The three stars belonged to Khatsei, Fokin (24 for 25 in saves), and Kovar (25 for 26 in saves).
Finally, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hosts Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Ilya Proskuryakov and Alexander Sudnitsin tend the twines. Yaroslavl dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Maxime Talbot power play goal, powered by Brandon Kozun and Staffan Kronwall. Nizhny Novgorod tied it on a Sam Lofquist goal in the third period, made possible by Carter Ashton and John Norman. Torpedo won in overtime by a 2-1 score with a Fredrik Pettersson power play goal, via Vladimir Galuzin and Kirill Rasskazov. The three stars went to Pettersson, Lofquist, and Proskuryakov (29 for 30 in saves).
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