Friday, December 2, 2016

KHL 2016/17 - Day 97

Six games on today, beginning with...

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hosting Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Igor Ustinsky and Alexei Murygin man the nets. Yekaterinburg led off in the first period with an Alexander Torchenyuk power play goal, powered by Alexei Mikhnov and Alexei Vasilevsky. Yaroslavl tied it on a Yegor Korshkov goal, guided in by Mikhail Pashnin and Rushan Rafikov. Avtomobilist took the lead back with a Torchenyuk goal in the second period, passed from Andrei Alexeyev and Denis Mingaleyev. Lokomotiv tied it on a Vladislav Kartayev goal, coming off of Nikita Cherepanov and Alexander Kadeikin. Yaroslavl took the lead in the third period with a Stanislav Chistov goal, made possible by Andrei Loktionov. Yekaterinburg retied it on a Mingaleyev goal, helped along by Alexeyev. Lokomotiv took the lead with a Loktionov goal, assisted by Brandon Kozun and Maxime Talbot. Yaroslavl iced it at 5-3 with a Petri Kontiola empty net goal, set up by Talbot and Cherepanov. The three stars were Loktionov, Torchenyuk, and Mingaleyev, while Alexeyev, Talbot, and Cherepanov get the honorable mentions.

Southwest to Podolsk, where Vityaz welcomes Barys Astana. Henrik Karlsson faces a lesser foe in Igor Saprykin in goal. Podolsk started in the first period with an Alexander Nikulin goal, assisted by Maxim Afinogenov. Astana tied it in the second period with a Kevin Dallman power play goal, powered by Brandon Bochenski. Vityaz retook the lead with an Afinogenov power play goal in the third period, coming off of Nikulin and Igor Golovkov. Podolsk added on with an Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi goal, helped along by Alexei Semenov and Golovkov. Vityaz extended the lead as Mario Kempe scored, thanks to Semenov and Alexei Kopeikin. Barys got one back with a Martin St. Pierre goal, with a lone assist by Bochenski. This made it 4-2, the final, with the three stars going to Afinogenov, Nikulin, and Golovkov, while Semenov and Bochenski receive honorable mentions.

Over in Belarus, Dinamo Minsk brings in Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Niklas Svedberg and Ben Scrivens are in the blue paint. Ufa opened in the first period with an Evgeny Bodrov goal, helped along by Denis Parshin and Stanislav Gareyev. Minsk tied it on an Alexander Materukhin power play goal in the third period, powered by Matt Ellison and Rob Klinkhammer. Dinamo took the lead with an Evgeny Lisovets goal, assisted by Materukhin. Salavat Yulaev retied it on an Evgeny Korotkov goal, passed from Stepan Khripunov and Maxim Mayorov. In the shootout, Mayorov won it with the lone tally for Ufa for a 3-2 result. The three stars were Mayorov, Materukhin, and Korotkov.

Next up, Slovan Bratislava hosts Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Andrei Kareyev and Barry Brust are set to start in goal. Bratislava began in the first period with an unassisted Andrej Meszaros power play goal. Novokuznetsk tied it on an Ignat Zemchenko penalty shot goal after Igor Musatov hooked him. Metallurg took the lead with a Nikita Yazkov goal, made possible by Vladislav Arbuzov and Fyodor Polishchuk. Slovan retied it on a Tomas Kundratek power play goal, powered by Radek Smolenak. Novokuznetsk regained the lead with a Polishchuk goal, assisted by Arbuzov and Denis Vikharev. Bratislava retied it with a third period goal from Kyle Chipchura, helped along by Ziga Jeglic. Metallurg pulled ahead again with a shorthanded goal by Alexei Razumov, set up by Nikita Lyamkin. Slovan tied it once more with a Michal Hlinka goal, passed from Boris Sadecky and Lukas Vopelka. Evgeny Solovyov had the only shootout tally, lifting Metallurg to the 5-4 win. The three stars were given to Polishchuk, Arbuzov, and Razumov.

Back in Russia, Dynamo Moscow welcomes Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Alexander Sharychenkov faces his former teammate and mentor, Alexander Yeryomenko, in goal. Moscow struck first in the first period with a Mat Robinson goal, fueled by Alexei Tsvetkov and Artyom Fyodorov. Dynamo added on in the second period with a Martins Karsums power play goal, powered by Daniil Tarasov and Alexei Tereshchenko. Moscow extended the lead on a Robinson power play goal, helped along by Fyodorov and Tsvetkov. Dynamo padded the lead as Juuso Hietanen scored a power play goal, with the help of Ilya Nikulin and Artyom Podshendyalov. Moscow continued with Tarasov's second goal of the game, guided in by Karsums and Tereshchenko. Dynamo iced it at 6-0 with a Fyodorov power play goal, with a lone assist by Tsvetkov. The three stars were Robinson, Fyodorov, and Tsvetkov (sock trick), while Tarasov, Karsums, Tereshchenko, and Yeryomenko (17 save shutout) receive the honorable mentions.

Finally Dinamo Riga brings in Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Janis Kalnins draw the starts in goal. Riga was first to score with an unassisted goal by Oskars Cibulskis in the first period. Magnitogorsk tied it in the second period on a Tomas Filippi goal, via Oskar Osala. Metallurg took the lead with a Sergei Mozyakin power play goal, powered by Danis Zaripov and Viktor Antipin. Dinamo tied it with a Miks Indrasis goal, courtesy of Lauris Darzins. Riga took the lead with an Indrasis power play goal, his second of the game, made possible by Maris Bicevskis and Darzins. Magnitogorsk retied it in the third period on a Zaripov goal, guided in by Mozyakin and Jan Kovar. In the shootout, Gints Meija had the only tally for Dinamo to win 4-3. The three stars were Indrasis, Zaripov, and Mozyakin, while Darzins gets an honorable mention.

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