Saturday, January 14, 2017

KHL 2016/17 - Day 133

Six games on in the league today, beginning with...

Amur Khabarovsk hosting Dinamo Riga. Janis Kalnins and Juha Metsola are in the blue paint. Khabarovsk got going in the second period with a Kirill Kapustin goal, via Vitaly Atyushov and Vyacheslav Litovchenko. Amur added on with a Vyacheslav Ushenin goal, passed from Vladislav Ushenin. Khabarovsk extended the lead as Kristian Kuusela scored, thanks to Teemu Ramstedt. Amur padded the lead with a Vyacheslav Ushenin goal in the third period, a power play goal powered by Alexander Yelesin. Khabarovsk finished it at 5-0 with a Jan Kolar goal, assisted by Ramstedt and Tomas Zohorna. The three stars were Vyacheslav Ushenin, Metsola (15 save shutout), and Ramstedt.

Down in Vladivostok, Admiral welcomes Jokerit Helsinki. Riku Helenius and Igor Bobkov are the goalies. Helsinki started in the first period with a Ville Lajunen goal, passed from Masi Marjamaki and Roope Talaja. Vladivostok tied it on a Viktor Alexandrov goal, helped along by Maxim Kazakov on the power play. Admiral took the lead with a Kazakov power play goal, powered by Jonathon Blum. Vladivostok added on in the second period with a Blum power play goal, coming off of Dmitry Sayustov and Alexandrov. Admiral extended the lead as Kazakov scored again, thanks to Pavel Makarenko and Damir Zhafyarov. Jokerit got one back with a Jesse Joensuu goal, assisted by Peter Regin and Charles Genoway on the power play. Helsinki got closer with a Genoway power play goal in the third period, with helpers from Regin and Brian O'Neill. Jokerit tied it on an O'Neill goal, with a lone assist by Pekka Jormakka. Vladivostok won 5-4 in overtime with Kazakov completing his hat trick with the help of Oskars Bartulis. The three stars belonged to Kazakov, Blum, and Alexandrov, while Genoway, O'Neill, and Regin earn the honorable mentions.

Down in China, Kunlun Red Star Beijing brings in Dinamo Minsk. Ben Scrivens and Tomi Karhunen play goal. Beijing opened in the first period with a shorthanded goal by Sean Collins, set up by Chad Rau. Minsk tied it on a Fredrik Pettersson power play goal, powered by Matt Ellison and Marc-Andre Gragnani. Kunlun Red Star took the lead back with a Tommi Taimi goal, with a lone assist by Rau. Dinamo tied it on a second period power play goal by Evgeny Lisovets, via Alexander Pavlovich and Sergei Kostitsyn. Dinamo won 3-2 in the shootout with tallies by Pettersson and Aaron Palushaj. The three stars went to Pettersson, Rau, and Lisovets.

Out west, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hosts Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Andrei Kareyev is mismatched with Alexei Murygin in goal. Nizhnekamsk led off in the first period with a Gennady Stolyarov power play goal, powered by Kirill Lyamin and Richard Gynge. Yaroslavl tied it in the second period with a Staffan Kronwall goal, helped along by Brandon Kozun and Petri Kontiola. Lokomotiv took the lead with an Artyom Ilyenko goal in the third period, fueled by Alexander Kadeikin. Yaroslavl won 3-1 with a Kozun goal, guided in by Maxime Talbot and Kontiola. The three stars were Kozun, Kontiola, and Murygin (22 for 23 in saves).

Along to Podolsk, where Vityaz welcomes Ak Bars Kazan. Stanislav Galimov and Igor Saprykin are given the starting nods in goal. Kazan began in the first period with a Mikhail Glukhov goal, via Rafael Batyrshin and Anton Glinkin. Podolsk tied it on an Alexei Kopeikin goal, assisted by Mario Kempe and Miro Aaltonen. Vityaz took the lead with a Kempe power play goal, powered by Aaltonen and Roman Horak. Podolsk added on in the second period with an Alexei Makeyev goal, passed from Igor Golovkov and Maxim Afinogenov. Ak Bars pulled back in the third period with a Maxim Lazarev goal, coming off of Artyom Lukoyanov and Albert Yarullin. This only made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars going to Kempe, Aaltonen, and Makeyev.

Finally, Dynamo Moscow brings in Lada Togliatti. Ilya Ezhov and Alexander Yeryomenko protect the nets. Moscow struck first in the first period with a Martins Karsums goal, via Juuso Hietanen. Dynamo added on with an Andrei Kuteikin goal, courtesy of Denis Kokarev and Artyom Podshendyalov. Moscow extended the lead in the third period as Maxim Karpov scored a power play goal, with the help of Ilya Nikulin and Hietanen. Dynamo padded the lead on a Nikolai Chebykin goal, passed from Vladimir Bryukvin. Moscow finished it at 5-0 with a Hietanen goal, assisted by Alexei Tsvetkov and Kokarev. The three stars were Hietanen, Kokarev, and Chebykin.

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