Monday, December 19, 2016

KHL 2016/17 - Day 111

Seven games on for today as the league returns to full strength after a slow week. We begin in...

Khabarovsk, where Amur hosts Barys Astana. Henrik Karlsson and Juha Metsola are the masked men. Khabarovsk got going in the second period with a Tomas Zohorna goal, assisted by Jan Kolar. Astana tied it with a Nigel Dawes power play goal, powered by Brandon Bochenski and Dustin Boyd in the third period. Barys took the lead with an unassisted Roman Starchenko goal. This made it a 2-1 result for Barys, with the three stars going to Starchenko, Karlsson (25 for 26 in saves), and Dawes.

Down in Vladivostok, Admiral welcomes Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Ivan Lisutin and Ivan Nalimov draw the starts in goal. Vladivostok dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Vladimir Tkachyov goal, passed from Robert Sabolic and Artyom Zemchyonok. Yekaterinburg tied it on a Rok Ticar goal, via Pavel Turbin and Nikolai Timashov. Avtomobilit took the lead in the third period on another Ticar goal, guided in by Alexei Vasilevsky and Anatoly Golyshev. Yekaterinburg iced it at 3-1 with a shorthanded empty net goal from Petr Koukal, set up by Artyom Gareyev. The three stars went to Ticar, Lisutin (33 for 34 in saves), and Koukal.

In China, Kunlun Red Star Beijing brings in Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Vladislav Fokin and Tomi Karhunen play goal. Beijing opened in the first period with a Tuukka Mantyla goal, assisted by Linus Videll and Janne Jalasvaara. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it on a Konstantin Panov goal, fueled by Anton Korolyov. Ugra took the lead with an Alexander Akmaldinov power play goal, powered by Nikita Dvurechensky. Kunlun Red Star tied it in the third period on a shorthanded Tomi Sallinen goal, set up by Jalasvaara and Mantyla. Beijing won 3-2 in the shootout with a Damien Fleury tally. The three stars went to Mantyla, Sallinen, and Jalasvaara.

Back in Russia, Sibir Novosibirsk hosts Dinamo Riga. Janis Kalnins and Danny Taylor man the nets. Novosibirsk started in the first period with an unassisted goal by Sergei Shumakov. Sibir added on with a Stepan Sannikov power play, powered by Adam Polasek and Joonas Kemppainen in the second period. Riga got on the board with a Roberts Lipsbergs goal in the third period, going in unassisted. The final stood at 2-1, with the three stars given to Taylor (22 for 23 in saves), Sannikov, and Shumakov.

Nearby in Novokuznetsk, Metallurg welcomes Dinamo Minsk. Ben Scrivens and Vladislav Podyapolsky are in the creases. Minsk led off in the first period with a Rob Klinkhammer power play goal, powered by Matt Ellison. Dinamo added on in the third period with a shorthanded Evgeny Kovyrshin goal, set up by Klinkhammer. This made it 2-0, the final, with the three stars being Klinkhammer, Scrivens (19 save shutout), and Kovyrshin.

West to Omsk, where Avangard brings in Jokerit Helsinki. Ryan Zapolski and Dominik Furch protect the nets. Omsk drew first blood in the third period with a Valentin Pyanov goal, fueled by Ilya Mikheyev. Helsinki tied it on a Ville Lajunen goal, courtesy of Peter Regin and Brian O'Neill. Avangard won 2-1 in overtime with a Mikhail Yunkov goal, via David Booth and Yegor Martynov. The three stars belonged to Furch (21 for 22 in saves), Yunkov, and Pyanov.

Finally, Medvescak Zagreb hosts Traktor Chelyabinsk. Vasily Demchenko and Drew MacIntyre receive the starting nods in goal. Zagreb began in the first period with a Tomas Mertl goal, made possible by Mark Katic. Chelyabinsk tied it in the third period with a Derek Roy goal, fueled by Jiri Novotny and Maxim Yakutsenya. Traktor took the lead with an Alexei Petrov goal, via Yakutsenya and Alexei Kruchinin. Chelyabinsk added on with an Alexander Sharov shorthanded goal, set up by Roy. Medvescak got one back with a Francis Pare power play goal, powered by Bobby Butler. The game ended at 3-2, with the three stars going to Roy, Yakutsenya, and Sharov.

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