China, with Kunlun Red Star Beijing hosting Admiral Vladivostok. Igor Bobkov and Tomi Karhunen are the goalies. Beijing started in the first period with a Sean Collins power play goal, powered by Chad Rau. Vladivostok tied it on a Yegor Yakovlev goal, passed from Mikhail Plotnikov and Alexander Gorshkov. Admiral took the lead with a Maxim Kazakov goal, assisted by Damir Zhafyarov and Pavel Makarenko. Vladivostok added on in the third period with a James Wright goal, made possible by Vladimir Tkachyov and Robert Sabolic. Admiral extended the lead as Sabolic scored, thanks to Tkachyov. This made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars going to Sabolic, Bobkov (37 for 38 in saves), and Tkachyov.
In Russia, Salavat Yulaev Ufa welcomes Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Andrei Gavrilov receive the starting nods in goal. Magnitogorsk opened in the first period with an Oskar Osala power play goal, powered by Tommi Santala and Tomas Filippi. Metallurg added on with an Osala power play goal, coming off of Alexei Bereglazov and Santala. Magnitogorsk extended the lead in the second period on a Jan Kovar goal, going in unassisted. Ufa got on the board with a Linus Omark power play goal, helped along by Tomas Mertl. Salavat Yulaev got closer with an unassisted Denis Kulyash goal. Ufa tied it in the third period on a Teemu Hartikainen power play goal, via Sami Lepisto. Metallurg answered with a Santala goal, passed from Evgeny Biryukov and Alexander Semin. Magnitogorsk iced it at 5-3 with an empty net goal by Evgeny Timkin, set up by Filippi. The three stars were Osala, Santala, and Filippi.
West to St. Petersburg, where SKA hosts Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Alexei Murygin and Igor Shestyorkin tend the twines. Yaroslavl led off in the first period with a Petri Kontiola goal, with a lone assist by Staffan Kronwall. Lokomotiv added on in the second period with a Brandon Kozun goal, via Maxime Talbot. St. Petersburg got on the board with an Ilya Kovalchuk goal in the third period, coming off of Alexander Barabanov and Vyacheslav Voynov. This only made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars being Murygin (46 for 47 in saves), Kozun, and Kontiola.
Backtracking to Kazan, where Ak Bars brings in Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Kovar and Stanislav Galimov are in the creases. Cherepovets began in the first period with an Arseny Khatsei goal, going in unassisted. Severstal added on with an Anton Sizov goal, guided in by Adam Masuhr and Vladislav Kodola. Kazan tied it in the second period on a Vasily Tokranov power play goal, powered by Justin Azevedo and Jiri Sekac. Ak Bars tied it on a Sekac goal, made possible by Alexander Svitov and Tokranov. Kazan took the lead with a Stefan Elliott goal, assisted by Tokranov and Azevedo. This made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars given to Sekac, Tokranov, and Azevedo.
Finally, Vityaz Podolsk hosts Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Andrei Kareyev and Igor Saprykin are between the pipes. Podolsk got going in the second period with a Maxim Afinogenov power play goal, powered by Igor Golovkov and Alexander Nikulin. Nizhnekamsk tied it on a Richard Gynge goal, via Nikita Kvartalnov and Gilbert Brule. Neftekhimik took the lead on an Igor Polygalov goal, fueled by Igor Bortnikov and Gennady Stolyarov. Nizhnekamsk added on in the third period with a Brule power play goal, guided in by Kirill Lyamin and Gynge. Neftekhimik extended the lead as Polygalov scored again, thanks to Bortnikov. Vityaz got one back with an Alexei Makeyev goal, passed from Afinogenov and Alexei Semenov. Nizhnekamsk finished it at 5-2 with a Bortnikov goal, with a lone assist by Stolyarov. The the three stars were Polygalov, Gynge, and Brule, while Bortnikov, Stolyarov, and Afinogenov earned honorable mentions.
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