Sunday, December 25, 2016

KHL 2016/17 - Day 117

Another four games are on for KHL Christmas action, beginning with...

Avangard Omsk hosting Traktor Chelyabinsk. Vasily Demchenko and Dominik Furch are given the starting nods in goal. Omsk dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Pyotr Khokhryakov goal, passed from David Booth. Avangard added on with a Maxim Pestushko goal, guided in by Mikhail Yunkov. Omsk extended the lead in the third period as Ilya Mikheyev scored, thanks to Pestushko and Yunkov. Chelyabinsk got on the board with a Nikolai Belov goal, fueled by Alexander Shinin. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars going to Pestushko, Yunkov, and Mikheyev.

Down in Kazakhstan, Barys Astana welcomes Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Kevin Poulin man the nets. Astana struck first in the first period with a Nigel Dawes goal, with a lone assist by Dustin Boyd. Barys added on with a Dawes power play goal, his second of the game, powered by Martin St. Pierre and Kevin Dallman. Astana extended the lead as Nikita Ivanov scored, with the help of Maxim Khudyakov. Artyom Zagidulin replaced Koshechkin in goal. Barys padded the lead with another Dawes power play goal, coming off of St. Pierre. Magnitogorsk got on the board in the second period with a Sergei Mozyakin power play goal, helped along by Danis Zaripov and Chris Lee. Metallurg got closer with a Tomas Filippi power play goal, with helpers from Alexei Bereglazov and Oskar Osala. Magnitogorsk pulled closer in the third period with an unassisted Evgeny Timkin goal. Astana iced it at 5-3 with a Boyd empty net goal, set up by Konstantin Pushkaryov. The three stars were Dawes, St. Pierre, and Boyd.

Back in Russia, Lada Togliatti brings in Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Kovar and Ilya Ezhov are set to start in goal. Cherepovets started in the first period with a Maxim Trunyov goal, helped along by Daniil Vovchenko and Yury Trubachyov. Severstal added on with a Trubachyov goal, courtesy of Adam Masuhr. Cherepovets extended the lead with a shorthanded Pavel Chernov goal, set up by Nikolai Stasenko and Dmitry Kagarlitsky. Edgars Masalskis replaced Ezhov in goal at the start of the second period. Togliatti got on the board with a Stanislav Bocharov goal, coming off of Georgy Belousov. Lada got closer with a Belousov goal, passed from Yefim Gurkin and Denis Zernov. Togliatti tied it on a Dmitry Kostromitin goal in the third period, with a lone helper from Kristaps Sotnieks. Severstal retook the lead with a Vojtech Polak goal, assisted by Denis Yezhov and Chernov. This made it 4-3, the final, with the three stars being Chernov, Trubachyov, and Belousov.

Finally, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Mikko Koskinen and Ivan Kasutin draw the starts. St. Petersburg was first to score in the first period on a Patrik Hersley power play goal, powered by Vadim Shipachyov and Nikita Gusev. SKA added on in the second period with a Shipachyov goal, fueled by Evgeny Dadonov and Gusev. St. Petersburg extended the lead as Vyacheslav Voynov scored in the third period on the power play, thanks to Sergei Plotnikov and Ilya Kovalchuk. SKA padded the lead with a Gusev power play goal, with a lone assist by Kovalchuk. The three stars of the 4-0 game belonged to Gusev, Shipachyov, and Kovalchuk.

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