Sunday, January 8, 2017

KHL 2016/17 - Day 127

Four games for today, beginning with...

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg hosting Spartak Moscow. Markus Svensson and Vladimir Sokhatsky are in the blue paint. Moscow opened in the first period with a Maxim Potapov goal, passed from Ryan Stoa. Yekaterinburg tied it on an Alexei Mikhnov goal, helped along by Petr Koukal and Artyom Gareyev in the second period. Spartak retook the lead with a Denis Tolpeko goal, assisted by Artyom Voronin and Vyacheslav Leshchenko. Avtomobilist tied it on a Nikolai Timashov power play goal, powered by Nikita Shchitov and Gareyev. Yekaterinburg took the lead with a Jan Buchtele goal, coming off of Stanislav Chistov. Avtomobilist added on in the third period with an unassisted Mikhnov goal. Moscow got one back with a Vsevolod Sorokin goal, with a lone assist by Potapov. This only made it 4-3, the final, with the three stars going to Mikhnov, Potapov, and Gareyev.

Down in Kazakhstan, Barys Astana welcomes Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Mikhail Biryukov and Kevin Poulin man the nets. Nizhny Novgorod started in the first period with a Maxim Osipov goal, fueled by Alexei Potapov and Vyacheslav Kulyomin. Torpedo added on in the third period with a Carter Ashton goal, via Evgeny Grachyov and Nikolai Zherdev. Astana got on the board with a Dustin Boyd power play goal, powered by Brandon Bochenski and Nigel Dawes. Nizhny Novgorod iced it on an Ashton empty net goal, set up by Dmitry Semin. The three stars of the 3-1 game were Ashton, Biryukov (35 for 36 in saves), and Osipov.

Up in Khanty-Mansiysk, Ugra brings in the Sochi Leopards. Konstantin Barulin and Alexander Sharychenkov are the masked men. Khanty-Mansiysk got going in the second period on a Roman Lyuduchin power play goal, powered by Vitaly Shulakov. Sochi tied it on an Ilya Krikunov power play goal in the third period, assisted by Andrei Kostitsyn and Andre Petersson. Ugra took the lead back with a Yegor Ivanov goal, coming off of Shulakov. Khanty-Mansiysk iced it at 3-1 with a Pavel Varfolomeyev empty net goal, set up by Alexander Akmaldinov. The three stars went to Shulakov, Sharychenkov (25 for 26 in saves), and Ivanov.

Finally, Slovan Bratislava hosts Admiral Vladivostok. Nikita Serebryakov and Barry Brust are in the creases. Bratislava struck first in the first period with an Andrej Stastny goal, via Tomas Surovy. Vladivostok tied it in the second period with a James Wright goal, courtesy of Vladimir Tkachyov and Robert Sabolic. Admiral took the lead with a Pavel Makarenko goal, made possible by Jonathon Blum and Andrei Sigaryov. Slovan tied it on a Jeff Taffe goal, with a lone assist by Jonathan Cheechoo. Bratislava won 3-2 with a late third period goal by Taffe, coming off of Kyle Chipchura. The three stars were Taffe, Brust (32 for 34 in saves), and Stastny.

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