Nine games on today, beginning with...
Salavat Yulaev Ufa hosting Medvescak Zagreb. Danny Taylor and Niklas Svedberg are the goalies. Zagreb opened in the first period with a Francis Pare goal, assisted by Gilbert Brule. Ufa tied it on a Evgeny Bodrov goal, coming off of Linus Omark and Teemu Hartikainen. Salavat Yulaev took the lead with a Kirill Kaprizov goal, fueled by Enver Lisin. Medvescak tied it with a Mike Glumac goal, going in unassisted. Zagreb took the lead with a Brule goal, courtesy of Jakub Krejcik and Alexandre Giroux. Ufa tied it again with a Kaprizov goal, passed from Mikhail Vorobyov. Salavat Yulaev took the lead in the third period on a Kaprizov goal to finish his hat trick, made possible by Sami Lepisto and Omark. Medvescak tied it again on a Brandon McMillan goal, via Thomas Larkin. In the shootout, Brule scored twice to overwhelm Hartikainen for a 5-4 Medvescak win. The three stars were Brule, Kaprizov, and Omark.
Over in Togliatti, Lada welcomes Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek and Ilya Ezhov are in goal. Togliatti started in the first period with a Georgy Belousov goal, assisted by Taylor Aronson. Lada added on with an Alexander Bumagin goal, helped along by Dmitry Kostromitin and Gleb Koryagin. Togliatti extended the lead with a second period power play goal by Semyon Valuisky, powered by Yefim Gurkin and Viktor Komarov. Lada iced it at 4-0 with a third period Nikita Filatov power play goal, with assists provided by Aronson and Kristaps Sotnieks. The three stars went to Ezhov (30 save shutout), Aronson, and Belousov.
Along to Cherepovets, with Severstal bringing in Kunlun Red Star Beijing. Andrei Makarov and Jakub Kovar are in the blue paint. Cherepovets led off in the first period with a Dmitry Kagarlitsky goal, coming off of Vojtech Polak. Severstal added on with a Kagarlitsky goal in the second period, his second of the game, going in unassisted. This stood for a 2-0 win, with the three stars going to Kagarlitsky, Kovar (24 save shutout), and Polak.
Backtracking to Nizhnekamsk, with Neftekhimik hosting Jokerit Helsinki. Riku Helenius and Ville Kolppanen are set to start in goal. Nizhnekamsk got going in the second period with a Dan Sexton goal, courtesy of Andrei Sergeyev and Igor Polygalov. Neftekhimik added on with a Sergeyev goal in the third period, guided in by Dmitry Makarov and Dmitry Ogurtsov. Helsinki got on the board with a Jesse Joensuu goal, fueled by Sakari Salminen. Jokerit tied it on a Marko Anttila goal, made possible by Topi Jaakola and Salminen. The tie went to a shootout, where Neftekhimik's Sergei Konkov and Sexton scored to top Salminen for a 3-2 win. The three stars were Sergeyev, Sexton, and Salminen.
Westward to Moscow, with CSKA welcoming Admiral Vladivostok. Maxim Tretyak is mismatched with Ilya Sorokin in goal. Moscow dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Denis Denisov goal, assisted by Maxim Mamin and Alexander Popov. CSKA added on with a Grigory Panin goal, going in unassisted. Moscow extended the lead as Stephane Da Costa scored an empty net goal, set up by Valery Nichushkin and Jan Mursak. This made it 3-0, with the three stars being Sorokin (25 save shutout), Denisov, and Panin.
Staying in the city, Spartak Moscow brings in Barys Astana. Henrik Karlsson and Markus Svensson are between the pipes. Astana began in the first period with an Evgeny Rymarev power play goal, powered by Maxim Semyonov and Roman Starchenko. Barys added on with a Brandon Bochenski power play goal, with helpers from Cam Barker and Martin St. Pierre. Alexander Trushkov took over in goal for Svensson. Moscow got on the board with a Ryan Stoa power play goal, fueled by Vyacheslav Leshchenko and Lukas Radil. Astana shot back with a Nigel Dawes goal, coming off of St. Pierre. Spartak pulled back in the second period on a Radil power play goal, with a lone assist by Leshchenko. Moscow tied it in the third period on an Alexei Kirillov goal, courtesy of Sergei Shmelyov and Matthew Gilroy. Barys retook the lead with a Dawes goal, helped along by Semyonov and Bochenski. Spartak retied it with a Stoa power play goal, made possible by Radil and Gilroy. Moscow took the lead on a Gilroy goal, via Radil, who got a sock trick, and Stoa. This made it 5-4, the final, with the three stars going to Radil, Gilroy, and Stoa, while Semyonov, Bochenski, St. Pierre, Leshchenko, and Dawes get the honorable mentions.
Out in St. Petersburg, SKA hosts Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Igor Shestyorkin are the masked men. St. Petersburg struck first in the first period with a Sergei Shirokov goal, passed from Alexander Khoklachyov and Nikolai Prokhorkin. SKA added on with a power play goal in the second period from Anton Belov, powered by Alexander Barabanov. St. Petersburg extended the lead as Nikita Gusev scored, thanks to Barabanov and Jarno Koskiranta. Khabarovsk got on the board in the third period with a Kirill Kapustin goal, via Vitaly Atyushov and Vyacheslav Litovchenko. SKA replied with a Koskiranta goal, coming off of Barabanov and Gusev. This made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars going to Barabanov, Gusev, and Koskiranta.
Eastward to Nizhny Novgorod, where Torpedo welcomes Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Alexander Sharychenkov and Ilya Proskuryakov protect the nets. Nizhny Novgorod was first to score with a first period power play goal by Evgeny Mozer, powered by Kaspars Daugavins and Dmitry Semin. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it in the second period with a Denis Gorbunov goal, guided in by Sergei Gusev and Evgeny Lapenkov on the power play. Torpedo replied with an Alexei Potapov power play goal, coming off of Mozer and Semin. Nizhny Novgorod added on with a Fredrik Pettersson goal, with helpers from Kirill Rasskazov and Maxim Osipov. The three stars were Mozer, Proskuryakov (23 for 24 in saves), and Semin in the 3-1 game.
Finally, the Sochi Leopards bring in Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Vladimir Sokhatsky and Konstantin Barulin tend the twines. The game was scoreless until Andrei Kostitsyn's shootout tally won it for the Leopards by a 1-0 score. The three stars were Barulin (36 save shutout), Sokhatsky (40 save "shutout"), and Kostitsyn.
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