Five games on for today, beginning with...
Lada Togliatti hosting Jokerit Helsinki. Ryan Zapolski and Ilya Ezhov are in goal. Helsinki opened with a Roope Talaja goal, via Miro Makinen and Petteri Wirtanen. Togliatti tied it in the second period with a Maxim Rybin goal, guided in by Rafael Akhmetov and Vladimir Malenkikh. Lada took the lead with Rybin's second goal of the game, helped along by Alexander Streltsov and Dmitry Sinitsyn. Togliatti added on with a Stanislav Bocharov goal, passed from Alexander Streltsov and Vasily Streltsov in the third period. Lada extended the lead as Alexander Bumagin scored a power play goal, with the help of Taylor Aronson and Mikael Johansson. Jokerit got one back with a Jesse Joensuu goal, coming off of Sakari Salminen. Togliatti replied with an Anton Shenfeld goal, courtesy of Georgy Belousov and Viktor Komarov. This made it 5-2, the final, with the three stars going to Rybin, Alexander Streltsov, and Bocharov.
Along to Nizhnekamsk, where Neftekhimik welcomes Dinamo Minsk. Ben Scrivens faces a lesser foe in Ville Kolppanen in goal. Minsk started in the first period with a Nick Bailen goal, assisted by Charles Linglet and Matt Ellison. Dinamo added on with an Artur Gavrus goal, fueled by the goalie Scrivens. Nizhnekamsk got on the board with a Nikita Dvurechensky goal, helped along by Bogdan Yakimov. Minsk replied in the second period with a Rob Klinkhammer goal, via Scrivens. Neftekhimik shot back with a Dvurechensky goal, his second of the game, made possible by Yakimov and Dmitry Ogurtsov. Dinamo answered on a Gavrus goal, his second of the night, coming off of Evgeny Lisovets and Andrei Stepanov. This held up for a 4-2 win, with the three stars handed to Gavrus, Dvurechensky, and Scrivens (32 for 34 in saves, two assists), while Yakimov gets an honorable mention.
Up to Yaroslavl, where Lokomotiv hosts Vityaz Podolsk. Harri Sateri and Alexei Murygin tend the twines. Yaroslavl led off in the first period with a Maxime Talbot goal, courtesy of Mikhail Pashnin and Andrei Loktionov. Podolsk tied it in the second period on an Evgeny Katichev goal, passed from Alexei Kopeikin. Lokomotiv took the lead back on a Talbot power play goal, powered by Brandon Kozun and Staffan Kronwall. Yaroslavl iced it at 3-1 as Alexander Polunin converted a penalty shot after Sateri threw his stick late in the third period. The three stars were Talbot, Murygin (23 for 24 in saves), and Polunin.
Next up, Ak Bars Kazan brings in Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek and Emil Garipov are the masked men. Riga began in the first period with a power play goal by Patrick Mullen, powered by Colton Gillies. Kazan tied it in the second period on a Mikhail Varnakov goal, with a lone assist by Fyodor Malykhin. Ak Bars took the lead with an Andrei Popov goal, fueled by Damir Musin and Andrei Chibisov. The game eventually closed at the 2-1 score, with the three stars awarded to Garipov (31 for 32 in saves), Popov, and Varnakov.
Finally, Medvescak Zagreb hosts Slovan Bratislava. Barry Brust and Danny Taylor are the North American goalies. Zagreb struck first in the first period with a Thomas Larkin goal, going in unassisted. Medvescak added on with an Alexandre Giroux power play goal, powered by Bobby Butler and Colby Genoway. Zagreb extended the lead in the second period as Gilbert Brule scored an unassisted goal. Medvescak padded the lead with an Edwin Hedberg goal, guided in by Jakub Krejcik and Butler. Zagreb kept going with a Mike Glumac shorthanded and unassisted goal. Zagreb continued on a Giroux power play goal, his second of the game, with assists from Genoway and Goran Bezina. The game ended at 6-0, with the three stars going to Giroux, Butler, and Genoway.
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