Friday, January 6, 2017

KHL 2016/17 - Day 125

Four games for today, beginning with...

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg hosting Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Mikhail Biryukov and Vladimir Sokhatsky are given the starting nods in goal. Nizhny Novgorod got going in the second period with an unassisted Bobby Butler goal. Yekaterinburg tied it in the third period with a Nikita Shchitov goal, passed from Alexei Mikhnov. Torpedo won 2-1 in the shootout with tallies from Vladimir Galuzin and Butler. The three stars were Butler, Biryukov (29 for 30 in saves), and Sokhatsky (31 for 32 in saves).

Down in Kazakhstan, Barys Astana welcomes the Sochi Leopards. Konstantin Barulin and Henrik Karlsson tend the twines. Sochi led off in the first period with an Ivan Zakharchuk goal, going in unassisted. The Leopards added on with an Alexei Pepelyayev goal in the second period, assisted by Andrei Kostitsyn and Igor Ignatushkin. Sochi extended the lead in the third period with a Kostitsyn power play goal, powered by Pepelyayev and Ilya Krikunov. The Leopards iced it with a shorthanded and unassisted empty net goal by Yury Alexandrov. The three stars of the 4-0 game were Barulin (33 save shutout), Pepelyayev, and Kostitsyn.

Back north, Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk brings in Spartak Moscow. Nikita Bespalov and Alexander Sharychenkov man the nets. Moscow began in the first period with a Dmitry Kalinin goal, guided in by Igor Mirnov. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it on an Anton Korolyov goal, helped along by Anton Kuryanov. Ugra took the lead with an Alexander Makarov goal, fueled by Pavel Varfolomeyev and Denis Gorbunov. Khanty-Mansiysk added on with an Evgeny Lapenkov goal, with a lone assist by Andrei Alexeyev. Markus Svensson replaced Bespalov at the start of the second period. Spartak got one back in the third period with a Maxim Potapov goal, via Viktor Bobrov. Ugra shot back on an Alexeyev goal, passed from Lapenkov and Alexander Akmaldinov. Khanty-Mansiysk finished it at 5-2 with an empty net goal by Roman Lyuduchin, set up by Korolyov. The three stars were Alexeyev, Lapenkov, and Korolyov.

Finally, Medvescak Zagreb hosts Admiral Vladivostok. Nikita Serebryakov is mismatched with Michael Garnett in goal. Zagreb struck first in the first period with a Kirill Voronin goal, coming off of Samson Mahbod and Mark Katic. Vladivostok tied it on a Maxim Kazakov goal, courtesy of Pavel Makarenko and Artyom Zemchyonok. Admiral took the lead in the second period with a Zemchyonok goal, assisted by James Wright and Alexander Gorshkov. Vladivostok added on in the third period with a Gorshkov goal, via Jonathon Blum. Admiral iced it at 4-1 with a Kazakov empty net goal, set up by Makarenko and Damir Zhafyarov. The three stars were Zemchyonok, Gorshkov, and Kazakov, while Makarenko gets an honorable mention.

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