Monday, December 26, 2016

KHL 2016/17 - Day 118

Six games grace a moderate schedule today. We begin in...

Vladivostok, as Admiral hosts Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Igor Bobkov are the goalies. Vladivostok opened in the first period with a James Wright goal, passed from Ivan Gavrilenko. Khabarovsk tied it on an Anton Krysanov goal, via Igor Rudenkov. Amur took the lead in the third period with another Krysanov goal, guided in by Oleg Li and Vladislav Ushenin. Admiral retied it on a Dmitry Sayustov goal, helped along by Oskars Bartulis. Khabarovsk pulled ahead with a Rudenkov goal, assisted by Krysanov and Dmitry Lyutov. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Krysanov, Rudenkov, and Metsola (29 for 31 in saves).

West to Khanty-Mansiysk, where Ugra welcomes Sibir Novosibirsk. Danny Taylor and Alexander Sharychenkov man the nets. Novosibirsk started in the first period with an unassisted Evgeny Artyukhin goal. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it on an Alexander Ugolnikov goal in the second period, fueled by Konstantin Panov and Nikita Khlystov on the power play. Ugra took the lead with a Roman Lyuduchin goal, with a lone assist by Panov. Sibir tied it in the third period with a Joonas Kemppainen goal, courtesy of Vadim Khlopotov and Maxim Igantovich. Khanty-Mansiysk retook the lead on a power play goal by Alexander Makarov, going in unassisted. The game remained at 3-2, with the three stars going to Panov, Makarov, and Lyuduchin.

In Moscow, CSKA brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Alexander Sudnitsin and Viktor Fasth are the masked men. Yaroslavl got going in the second period with an Artyom Ilyenko goal, fueled by Alexander Kadeikin and Andrei Loktionov. Moscow tied it on an Andrei Yermakov goal passed from Bogdan Kiselevich and Kirill Petrov. Lokomotiv took the lead back with a Brandon Kozun goal, with a lone assist by Petri Kontiola. CSKA tied it again in the third period on a Maxim Mamin goal, assisted by Vyacheslav Osnovin and Mikhail Naumenkov. In the shootout, Lokomotiv won with tallies by Kozun and Loktionov for a 3-2 victory. The three stars went to Kozun, Loktionov, and Ilyenko.

Backtracking to Nizhny Novgorod, where Torpedo hosts Vityaz Podolsk. Harri Sateri and Mikhail Biryukov are in the creases. Podolsk dented the scoreboard in the second period on a Roman Horak power play goal, powered by Alexei Kopeikin and Jakub Jerabek. Nizhny Novgorod tied it on a Dmitry Semin goal, fueled by Brandon McMillan. Torpedo took the lead with a Nikolai Zherdev goal, via Kirill Rasskazov. Vityaz retook the lead on a Nikita Vyglazov goal, helped along by Horak and Artyom Chernov. Nizhny Novgorod took the lead again in the third period on a John Norman goal, via Dmitry Shulenin and Evgeny Grachyov. The game ended at 3-2, with the three stars going to Horak, Norman, and Zherdev.

Out in Slovakia, Slovan Bratislava welcomes Spartak Moscow. Nikita Bespalov and Barry Brust draw the starts in goal. Bratislava drew first blood in the second period with a Tomas Surovy goal, going in unassisted. Slovan added on with a Jeff Taffe goal, made possible by Jonathan Cheechoo. Bratislava extended the lead as Tomas Kundratek scored a power play goal, thanks to Taffe and Cheechoo. Slovan padded the lead with another Surovy goal, helped along by Andrej Stastny. Moscow got on the board in the third period with an Alexander Vasilyev goal, assisted by Igor Mirnov. Spartak pulled closer with a Yaroslav Dyblenko goal, via Lukas Radil and Tim Stapleton. Moscow chipped away at the deficit with a Ryan Stoa goal, fueled by Radil and Alexei Bondarev. Spartak tied it on an Artyom Voronin goal, passed from Sergei Shmelyov and Vyacheslav Leshchenko. In the shootout, Ziga Jeglic and Surovy scored for a 5-4 Slovan win. The three stars were Surovy, Taffe, and Cheechoo, while Radil gets an honorable mention.

Finally, in Finland, Jokerit Helsinki brings in Dinamo Riga. Janis Kalnins and Ryan Zapolski are set to start in goal. Helsinki struck first in the first period with a Sakari Salminen goal, with a lone assist by Antti Pihlstrom. Jokerit added on with a Brian O'Neill goal, coming off of Peter Regin and Tommi Huhtala. Helsinki extended the lead in the second period as Huhtala scored, thanks to Regin and Topi Jaakola. The final held from here at 3-0, with the three stars given to Huhtala, Zapolski (17 save shutout), and Regin.

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