Monday, January 9, 2017

KHL 2016/17 - Day 128

Five games to be played today, beginning in...

China, as Kunlun Red Star Beijing hosts Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Yeryomenko and Tomi Karhunen draw the starts in goal. Beijing opened in the first period with a Tuukka Mantyla goal, via Zach Yuen and Yaroslav Alshevsky. Moscow tied it on a Konstantin Gorovikov goal, assisted by Denis Kokarev and Artyom Podshendyalov. Kunlun Red Star took the lead in the second period on a Martin Bakos goal, helped along by Damien Fleury and Sergei Peretyagin. Dynamo tied it again on an Artyom Fyodorov goal, going in unassisted. Moscow took the lead with an unassisted Vladimir Bryukvin goal in the third period. Beijing tied it on a Bakos goal, guided in by Tomas Marcinko and Joonas Jarvinen. Dynamo retook the lead with a shorthanded goal by Ilya Nikulin, set up by Gorovikov. Moscow iced it at 5-3 with an empty net goal by Kokarev, with assists provided by Gorovikov and Andrei Kuteikin. The three stars were Gorovikov, Bakos, and Kokarev.

Out west, CSKA Moscow welcomes SKA St. Petersburg. Igor Shestyorkin and Ilya Sorokin tend the twines. St. Petersburg started in the first period with an Anton Belov power play goal, powered by Evgeny Dadonov and Vadim Shipachyov. Moscow tied it on a Kirill Petrov power play goal, assisted by Ivan Telegin and Alexander Popov. SKA took the lead with a Nikita Gusev power play goal, with a lone assist by Shipachyov. CSKA tied it on a Maxim Mamin goal, passed from Mikhail Naumenkov and Denis Denisov. SKA won 3-2 in the shootout with a lone tally by Gusev. The three stars were Gusev, Shipachyov, and Belov.

In Finland, Jokerit Helsinki hosts Lada Togliatti. Ilya Ezhov and Riku Helenius man the nets. Helsinki led off in the first period with a Marko Anttila goal, going in unassisted. Togliatti tied it on a Semyon Valuisky power play goal, powered by Andrei Ivanov and Anton Shenfeld. Lada took the lead with a Vasily Streltsov goal, passed from Stanislav Bocharov and Alexei Mastryukov. Togliatti added on in the second period with a Taylor Aronson goal, helped along by Streltsov and Bocharov. Jokerit got one back with a third period Brian O'Neill power play goal, with helpers from Jesper Jensen. Helsinki tied it on a Tommi Huhtala power play goal, guided in by Jensen and Helenius. In the shootout, Lada prevailed on a Georgy Belousov tally, for a 4-3 win. The three stars went to Streltsov, Bocharov, and Jensen.

Back in Russia, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl brings in Dinamo Riga. Janis Kalnins and Alexander Sudnitsin are in the creases. Riga began in the first period with a Mikelis Redlihs goal, assisted by Guntis Galvins and Vitalijs Pavlovs. Yaroslavl tied it on a second period goal by Staffan Kronwall, coming off of Brandon Kozun and Petri Kontiola. Lokomotiv took the lead with a Dmitry Lugin power play goal in the third period, powered by Yegor Averin and Andrei Loktionov. Yaroslavl iced it at 3-1 with an unassisted Kozun goal. The three stars went to Kozun, Sudnitsin (24 for 25 in saves), and Lugin.

Finally, Medvescak Zagreb hosts Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Kovar and Michael Garnett are the masked men. Zagreb got going in the second period on a Goran Bezina goal, assisted by Kirill Voronin and Mike Glumac. Cherepovets tied it on an Evgeny Mons goal, via Dmitry Kagarlitsky and Anton Sizov. Medvescak took the lead back in the third period with a Francis Pare goal, coming off of Derek Smith and Voronin. This stood for a 2-1 win, with the three stars being Voronin, Pare, and Garnett (33 for 34 in saves).

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