Friday, November 25, 2016

KHL 2016/17 - Day 90

Six games for today on a busy overall hockey day. We begin with...

Traktor Chelyabinsk hosting Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Alexei Murygin and Vasily Demchenko are the masked men. Chelyabinsk started in the first period with a Dmitry Pestunov power play goal, powered by Paul Szczechura. Traktor added on with another Pestunov goal in the second period, helped along by Derek Roy. Traktor extended the lead with an unassisted Yury Petrov goal in the third period. Yaroslavl got on the board with a Yegor Korshkov goal, passed from Pavel Kraskovsky. This only made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars going to Demchenko (48 for 49 in saves), Pestunov, and Petrov.

East to Magnitogorsk, where Metallurg welcomes Vityaz Podolsk. Igor Saprykin and Ilya Samsonov are the goalies. Podolsk opened in the first period on an Alexei Makeyev goal, courtesy of Maxim Afinogenov. Magnitogorsk retied it on a Chris Lee goal, via Danis Zaripov and Alexei Bereglazov. Metallurg took the lead in the second period with a Sergei Mozyakin power play goal, powered by Jan Kovar. Vityaz retied it with a Roman Horak goal, coming off of Artyom Chernov and Igor Golovkov. Podolsk pulled ahead with an Alexander Nikulin goal, passed from Makeyev. Vityaz added on with an Afinogenov power play goal, with a lone assist by Nikulin. Magnitogorsk answered with a Kovar power play goal, made possible by Zaripov. Metallurg tied it on a Zaripov goal, with a lone helper from Viktor Antipin. Magnitogorsk took the lead on a Mozyakin goal, his second of the game, guided in by Evgeny Biryukov. The three stars in the 5-4 win were Mozyakin, Zaripov, and Kovar, while Afinogenov, Makeyev, and Nikulin get the honorable mentions.

Along to Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev brings in Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Yeryomenko and Andrei Gavrilov are in the creases. Moscow led off in the first period with a Martins Karsums goal, fueled by Mat Robinson and Alexei Tsvetkov. Ufa tied it in the second period on a Sami Lepisto goal, guided in by Teemu Hartikainen. Salavat Yulaev took the lead with a Maxim Mayorov goal in the third period, assisted by Hartikainen and Dmitry Makarov. This made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars being Mayorov, Hartikainen, and Gavrilov (24 for 25 in saves).

Down in Kazakhstan, Barys Astana hosts Admiral Vladivostok. Igor Bobkov and Henrik Karlsson are set to start in goal. Astana began in the first period with a Cam Barker goal, via Kevin Dallman and Brandon Bochenski. Vladivostok tied it on a James Wright goal, passed from Robert Sabolic. Admiral took the lead in the second period with a Maxim Kazakov goal, assisted by Pavel Makarenko. Vladivostok added on with a Wright power play goal, his second of the game, powered by Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev and Sabolic. Admiral extended the lead as Makarenko scored, thanks to Sergei Barbashev. Kevin Poulin replaced Karlsson in goal. The game closed at 4-1, with the three stars going to Wright, Makarenko, and Sabolic.

Back in Russia, Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk welcomes Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Alexander Sharychenkov are in the blue paint. Khabarovsk got going in the second period on a Tomas Zohorna goal, passed from Teemu Ramstedt. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it on a Konstantin Panov goal, guided in by Evgeny Lapenkov and Yakov Seleznyov. Amur retook the lead in the third period with an unassisted Nikita Kamalov goal. This stood for a 2-1 win, with the three stars awarded to Metsola (26 for 27 in saves), Kamalov, and Zohorna.

Finally, Severstal Cherepovets brings in CSKA Moscow. Ilya Sorokin and Jakub Kovar tend the twines. Moscow dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Vyacheslav Osnovin goal, courtesy of Artyom Sergeyev and Kirill Petrov. CSKA added on in the third period with another Osnovin goal, made possible by Maxim Mamin. The final held at 2-0, with the three stars given to Osnovin, Sorokin (18 save shutout), and Kovar (35 for 37 in saves).

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