Saturday, December 3, 2016

KHL 2016/17 - Day 98

Seven games on, beginning early in the day in the Far East. First up...

Amur Khabarovsk hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Igor Shestyorkin and Juha Metsola guard the cages. Khabarovsk got going in the second period on a Tomas Zohorna goal, via Vitaly Atyushov and the goalie Metsola. St. Petersburg retied it on a Sergei Shirokov goal, passed from Roman Rukavishnikov and Ilya Kablukov. SKA took the lead in the third period with a Shirokov power play goal, powered by Ilya Kovalchuk and Yegor Yakovlev. This held up for a 2-1 win, with the three stars given to Shirokov, Shestyorkin (33 for 34 in saves), and Zohorna.

Down in Vladivostok, Admiral welcomes CSKA Moscow. Ilya Sorokin and Ivan Nalimov are in the blue paint. Vladivostok led off in the first period with a Robert Sabolic power play goal, powered by James Wisniewski and Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev. Moscow tied it in the second period with a Valery Nichushkin goal, coming off of Andrei Svetlakov. CSKA took the lead in the third period on a power play goal by Kirill Petrov, helped along by Bogdan Kiselevich and Artyom Blazhiyevsky. Admiral retied it with a James Wright goal, with a lone assist by Krasnoslobodtsev. Moscow won 3-2 with another Nichushkin goal, passed from Mikhail Naumenkov and Ivan Telegin. The three stars were Nichushkin, Krasnoslobodtsev, and Petrov.

In China, Kunlun Red Star Beijing brings in Severstal Cherepovets to Shanghai. Jakub Kovar and Tomi Karhunen are in the creases. Beijing began in the first period with an Oleg Yashin goal, assisted by Zach Yuen. Kunlun Red Star added on in the third period with a Martin Bakos goal, guided in by Tomas Marcinko and Alexei Ponikarovsky. The final held from here at 2-0, with the three stars going to Karhunen (22 save shutout), Yashin, and Bakos.

Back in Russia, Lada Togliatti hosts Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Ilya Proskuryakov and Ilya Ezhov man the nets. Nizhny Novgorod dented the scoreboard on a Dmitry Semin power play goal, powered by Kaspars Daugavins and Alexander Frolov. Togliatti tied it on a Stanislav Bocharov power play goal, with a lone assist by Georgy Belousov. The tie went to a shootout, where Daugavins' lone tally gave Torpedo the 2-1 win. The three stars went to Daugavins, Proskuryakov (16 for 17 in saves), and Ezhov (30 for 31 in saves).

Over in Nizhnekamsk, Neftekhimik brings in the Sochi Leopards. Dmitry Shikin and Ville Kolppanen draw the starts in goal. Nizhnekamsk opened in the first period with a Dmitry Ogurtsov goal, passed from Sergei Konkov. Konstantin Barulin replaced Shikin in goal. Neftekhimik added on with a Richard Gynge goal, via Dan Sexton. Nizhnekamsk extended the lead in the second period as Gilbert Brule scored a power play goal, thanks to Andrei Sergeyev and Sexton. Sochi got on the board with an Oscar Fantenberg power play goal, powered by Mikhail Mamkin and Ben Maxwell. Neftekhimik replied on a Brule power play goal in the third period, with a lone helper from Sergeyev. Nizhnekamsk iced it at 5-1 with a Gennady Stolyarov goal, helped along by Yegor Milovzorov. The three stars were given to Brule, Sexton, and Sergeyev.

In Slovakia, Slovan Bratislava welcomes Avangard Omsk. Dominik Furch and Justin Pogge are set to start in goal. Omsk started in the first period on a Mikhail Yunkov goal, assisted by Nikolai Lemtyugov and Ivan Fishchenko. Bratislava tied it on a Jeff Taffe power play goal, powered by Radek Smolenak and Andrej Meszaros. Avangard took the lead in the second period with an Anton Burdasov goal, guided in by Alexander Kucheryavenko. Slovan retied it on a Kyle Chipchura goal, fueled by Ziga Jeglic and Patrik Lusnak. Omsk regained the lead in the third period with a Vladimir Sobotka goal, via Yegor Martynov. Slovan answered on another Taffe goal, passed from Nick Plastino. Avangard countered with a power play goal by Alexander Perezhogin, made possible by Sobotka and Alexander Osipov. Omsk finished it at 5-3 with a Pyotr Khokhryakov goal, with a lone helper from Burdasov. The three stars went to Sobotka, Burdasov, and Taffe.

Finally, Ak Bars Kazan hosts Spartak Moscow. Nikita Bespalov is mismatched with Stanislav Galimov in goal. Moscow struck first in the first period with an unassisted Lukas Radil goal. Kazan tied it on a power play goal by Andrei Popov, powered by Anton Glinkin and Fyodor Malykhin. Ak Bars took the lead with a Malykhin power play goal in the second period, helped along by Glinkin and Stefan Elliott. Kazan added on with a Stepan Zakharchuk goal, fueled by Artyom Lukoyanov. Spartak got one back in the third period with a Vyacheslav Leshchenko goal, via Alexei Kirillov and Artyom Voronin. This only made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars being Malykhin, Glinkin, and Zakharchuk.

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