After the one-day break in memory of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster, the KHL is back with seven games today. We begin with...
Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosting Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek and Vasily Koshechkin are in goal. Magnitogorsk opened in the first period with a Chris Lee power play goal, powered by Sergei Mozyakin. Riga tied it with a Mikelis Redlihs goal in the second period, assisted by Georgijs Pujacs and Guntis Galvins. Metallurg took the lead back on a Wojtek Wolski power play goal in the third period, guided in by Mozyakin and Jan Kovar. This stood for a 2-1 win, with the three stars given to Wolski, Koshechkin (23 for 24 in saves), and Mozyakin.
Next up, Salavat Yulaev Ufa welcomes Jokerit Helsinki. Riku Helenius and Niklas Svedberg are the masked men. Ufa got going in the second period with a Teemu Hartikainen power play goal, powered by Linus Omark and Andreas Engqvist. Helsinki tied it on a Mika Niemi goal, passed from Arturs Kulda. Jokerit took the lead with a Tommi Huhtala goal in the third period, coming off of Brian O'Neill and Oliver Lauridsen. Salavat Yulaev tied it again with another Hartikainen goal, fueled by Engqvist and Omark. Helsinki took the lead back with an unassisted Huhtala goal. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Huhtala, Hartikainen, and Engqvist, while Omark gets an honorable mention.
To the west, Lada Togliatti brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Alexei Murygin and Edgars Masalskis are between the pipes. Yaroslavl started in the first period with an Alexander Kadeikin power play goal, powered by Daniil Apalkov and Denis Mosalyov. Togliatti tied it on an Alexander Bumagin power play goal, made possible by Nikita Filatov and Kristaps Sotnieks. Lokomotiv took the lead back in the second period on an Apalkov goal, via Pavel Kraskovsky. Lada tied it with an Anton Shenfeld power play goal in the third period, assisted by Georgy Belousov. Lokomotiv won 3-2 with an Andrei Loktionov shootout tally. The three stars were Apalkov, Kadeikin, and Loktionov.
Continuing along, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk hosts Vityaz Podolsk. Igor Saprykin and Ville Kolppanen are the goalies. Podolsk dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Mario Kempe goal, assisted by Alexei Kopeikin and Miro Aaltonen. Nizhnekamsk tied it on a Richard Gynge goal, passed from Dan Sexton and Evgeny Ryasensky. The tie lasted into a shootout, where Sexton's lone tally gave Neftekhimik a 2-1 win. The three stars belonged to Sexton, Kolppanen (32 for 33 in saves), and Saprykin (39 for 40 in saves).
In Moscow, Spartak welcomes Admiral Vladivostok. Nikita Serebryakov and Markus Svensson are set to start in goal. Vladivostok struck first in the second period with a Robert Sabolic goal, assisted by Jonathon Blum and Dmitry Sayustov. Admiral added on with an unassisted Alexander Gorshkov goal. Moscow got on the board with a Yaroslav Dyblenko goal, passed from Maxim Potapov. This was as close as it got, with the final standing at 2-1. The three stars were handed to Serebryakov (26 for 27 in saves), Gorshkov, and Sabolic.
Backtracking to Nizhny Novgorod, where Torpedo brings in Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Ilya Proskuryakov guard the cages. Khabarovsk took the game 1-0 in overtime on a Teemu Ramstedt goal, helped along by Dmitry Kosmachyov and Nikita Kamalov. The three stars were awarded to Metsola (31 save shutout), Ramstedt, and Proskuryakov (20 for 21 in saves).
Finally, Ak Bars Kazan hosts Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Lazushin and Emil Garipov protect the nets. Kazan led off in the first period with a Jiri Sekac goal, assisted by Mikhail Sidorov and Justin Azevedo. Moscow tied it in the second period on an Ansel Galimov goal, coming off of Konstantin Gorovikov and Alexander Osipov. Ak Bars took the lead back in the third period with a Vladimir Tkachyov goal, courtesy of Andrei Chibisov and Artyom Lukoyanov. Kazan added on with an Anton Glinkin power play goal, powered by Stepan Zakharchuk. Ak Bars extended the lead as Azevedo scored, thanks to Sekac. This made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars being Sekac, Azevedo, and Garipov (25 for 26 in saves).
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