Seven games on throughout the Russian league today. We begin in the Far East with...
Amur Khabarovsk hosting Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Niklas Svedberg and Juha Metsola are in goal. Khabarovsk started in the first period on a Tomas Zohorna goal, going in unassisted. Ufa tied it on a Sami Lepisto goal, passed from Linus Omark and Teemu Hartikainen. Amur took the lead back on a Vyacheslav Ushenin goal, via Vladislav Ushenin and Oleg Li. Khabarovsk added on in the second period on a Jan Kolar power play goal, powered by Teemu Ramstedt and Zohorna. Salavat Yulaev got one back with a Kirill Kaprizov goal, fueled by Stepan Khripunov and Zakhar Arzamastsev. Ufa tied it on an unassisted Igor Makarov goal. Salavat Yulaev took the lead in the third period on an Evgeny Bodrov goal, with a lone assist by Enver Lisin. Amur retied it as Vyacheslav Litovchenko scored a power play goal, with the help of Artyom Zub and Alexei Byvaltsev. The tie went to a shootout, where Ufa won 5-4 with tallies by Lisin and Maxim Mayorov. The three stars were Lisin, Mayorov, and Zohorna.
Over in Omsk, Avangard welcomes CSKA Moscow. Ilya Sorokin and Dominik Furch tend the twines. Moscow opened in the first period with a Valery Nichushkin goal, assisted by Sorokin and Konstantin Alexeyev. Omsk tied it on a Derek Roy power play goal, powered by Vladimir Sobotka and Yegor Martynov. CSKA took the lead on an Alexander Popov goal, guided in by Ivan Telegin and Bogdan Kiselevich in the second period. Avangard tied it again with a Valentin Pyanov goal, made possible by Alexander Kucheryavenko and Maxim Pestushko. Moscow retook the lead in the third period with a Sergei Andronov goal, coming off of Nichushkin and Nikita Pivtsakin. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Nichushkin, Andronov, and Popov.
Out in Bratislava, Slovan brings in Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Ville Kolppanen and Justin Pogge make the starts in goal. Nizhnekamsk led off in the first period with a Gilbert Brule power play goal, powered by Richard Gynge and Dan Sexton. Neftekhimik added on with a Gynge goal, made possible by Sexton and Brule. Nizhnekamsk extended the lead in the second period as Sexton scored, thanks to Brule. Bratislava got on the board with an unassisted power play goal by Tomas Zigo. Neftekhimik replied on an Evgeny Grigorenko goal, passed from Dmitry Makarov and Evgeny Ryasensky. Nizhnekamsk padded the lead in the third period on a Sergei Konkov goal, via Bogdan Yakimov. Slovan got one back with a Jonathan Cheechoo goal, fueled by Ivan Svarny and Michal Hlinka. This only made it 5-2, the final, with the three stars going to Sexton, Brule, and Gynge.
Up in Finland, Jokerit Helsinki hosts Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Ilya Proskuryakov and Ryan Zapolski are in the blue paint. Helsinki began in the first period with a Sakari Salminen goal, coming off of Antti Pihlstrom and Oliver Lauridsen. Nizhny Novgorod tied it on a Daniil Ilyin goal, courtesy of Fredrik Pettersson and Ivan Vishnevsky. Jokerit retook the lead in the second period on a Tomi Maki goal, assisted by Marko Anttila and Michael Keranen. Helsinki added on with a Brian O'Neill goal, via Peter Regin. Jokerit extended the lead as Jesse Joensuu scored, thanks to Charles Genoway and O'Neill. This stood for a 4-1 win, with the three stars being O'Neill, Zapolski (22 for 23 in saves), and Maki.
Back in Russia, the Sochi Leopards welcome Dinamo Minsk. Ben Scrivens and Konstantin Barulin protect the nets. Sochi struck first in the first period with an Eric O'Dell power play goal, powered by Mikhail Mamkin and Oscar Fantenberg. Minsk tied it on an Alexander Pavlovich goal, guided in by Andrei Stas in the second period. The Leopards won 2-1 in overtime on a Yury Alexandrov goal, assisted by Ilya Krikunov and Igor Ignatushkin. The three stars went to Barulin (16 for 17 in saves), Alexandrov, and O'Dell.
Back west to Latvia, where Dinamo Riga brings in Spartak Moscow. Nikita Bespalov and Janis Kalnins are the backups in goal. Moscow got going in the second period with an Artyom Voronin goal, helped along by Mikhail Plotnikov and Yaroslav Dyblenko. Riga tied it on a Patrick Mullen goal, via Vitalijs Pavlovs and Maris Bicevskis. In the shootout, Spartak won 2-1 with tallies by Konstantin Glazachev and Vadim Berdnikov to top Dinamo's Lauris Darzins. The three stars went to Kalnins (25 for 26 in saves), Bespalov (28 for 29 in saves), and Berdnikov.
Finally, Medvescak Zagreb hosts Ak Bars Kazan. Stanislav Galimov and Danny Taylor man the nets. Zagreb was first to score in the first period with a Brandon McMillan goal, fueled by Francis Pare and Goran Bezina. Kazan tied it on a Fyodor Malykhin power play goal, powered by Andrei Popov and Anton Glinkin. Medvescak retook the lead in the third period on a Tomas Mertl goal, assisted by Blake Parlett and Shaone Morrisonn. This stood for a 2-1 win, with the three stars handed to Mertl, Taylor (33 for 34 in saves), and McMillan.
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