Saturday, December 24, 2016

KHL 2016/17 - Day 116

Four games today, beginning with...

Kunlun Red Star Beijing hosting Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Tomi Karhunen are the Finnish goalies. The game didn't have a goal until the shootout, where Tomas Zohorna, Vyacheslav Ushenin, and Alexei Byvaltsev lifted Amur over Kunlun Red Star's Damien Fleury for a 1-0 win. The three stars were Metsola (34 save shutout), Karhunen (30 save shutout), and Ushenin.

Way west to Moscow, where Spartak welcomes Vityaz Podolsk. Harri Sateri and Markus Svensson are in the creases. Podolsk opened in the first period with an Alexei Kopeikin power play goal, powered by Mario Kempe and Miro Aaltonen. Vityaz added on with a Roman Horak power play goal, assisted by Jakub Jerabek and Aaltonen. Podolsk extended the lead as Alexander Pankov scored, thanks to Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi. Moscow got on the board with a Yaroslav Dyblenko goal in the second period, fueled by Vadim Berdnikov and Tim Stapleton. Vityaz replied with a Nikita Vyglazov goal, passed from Artyom Chernov. Spartak countered with a Sergei Shmelyov goal in the third period, via Vyacheslav Leshchenko. Podolsk iced it at 5-2 with a Horak empty net goal, his second of the game, set up by Chernov. The three stars went to Horak, Pankov, and Chernov.

Over in Nizhny Novgorod, Torpedo brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Alexander Sudnitsin is mismatched with Ilya Proskuryakov in goal. Nizhny Novgorod led off with a Carter Ashton goal in the first period, helped along by Evgeny Grachyov. Yaroslavl tied it on a Staffan Kronwall power play goal, powered by Jakub Nakladal and Andrei Loktionov. Lokomotiv took the lead with a Vladislav Kartayev goal in the second period, going in unassisted. Mikhail Biryukov replaced Proskuryakov in goal. Yaroslavl added on with a Maxime Talbot goal, assisted by Nakladal and Kronwall. This stood for a 3-1 final, with the three stars belonging to Kronwall, Nakladal, and Sudnitsin (21 for 22 in saves).

Finally, the Sochi Leopards host Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Lazushin and Konstantin Barulin are set to start in goal. Sochi began in the first period with an Evgeny Skachkov goal, assisted by Andrei Kostitsyn. The Leopards added on with an Andre Petersson power play goal, powered by Kostitsyn and Igor Ignatushkin. Moscow got on the board with an Artyom Fyodorov goal, passed from Lukas Kaspar. Dynamo tied it with a Maxim Karpov goal in the second period, guided in by Ilya Nikulin and Martins Karsums. Sochi retook the lead with a Mikhail Mamkin goal, coming off of Kostitsyn, who earned a sock trick, and Ignatushkin. The Leopards extended the lead as Renat Mamashev scored a power play goal, with the help of Eric O'Dell and Ben Maxwell. Sochi padded the lead with an unassisted Pavel Padakin goal in the third period. Moscow pulled back with a Denis Kokarev goal, via Artyom Podshendyalov. This only made it 5-3, with the three stars being Kostitsyn, Ignatushkin, and Mamkin.

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