Tuesday, January 31, 2017

KHL 2016/17 - Day 148

Six games for the last day in January. We begin with...

Sibir Novosibirsk hosting Kunlun Red Star Beijing. Tomi Karhunen and Danny Taylor draw the starts in goal. Novosibirsk got going in the second period with a Stepan Sannikov power play goal, powered by Maxim Shalunov and Joonas Kemppainen. This was the only goal in the game, with the 1-0 final for Sibir sending the three stars to Sannikov, Taylor (27 save shutout), and Karhunen (27 for 28 in saves).

In Novokuznetsk, Metallurg welcomes Admiral Vladivostok. Igor Bobkov and Rafael Khakimov are in the creases. Vladivostok opened in the first period with a Dmitry Sayustov power play goal, powered by Jonathon Blum and Robert Sabolic. Novokuznetsk tied it on an Evgeny Solovyov goal, passed from Ignat Zemchenko. Admiral retook the lead in the second period with a Denis Alexeyev goal, assisted by Ivan Gavrilenko and Mikhail Plotnikov. Metallurg tied it with an Ivan Yemets goal, coming off of Zemchenko and Nikita Lyamkin. In the shootout, Alexeyev was matched by Yemets and beaten by Zemchenko as Metallurg took the game 3-2. The three stars were Zemchenko, Yemets, and Alexeyev.

West to Omsk, where Avangard brings in Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Dominik Furch are the goalies. Khabarovsk started in the first period with an Oleg Li goal, fueled by Igor Rudenkov and Vyacheslav Ushenin. Amur added on with a Maxim Kondratyev goal, via Tomas Zohorna. Khabarovsk extended the lead in the third period as Kondratyev scored again, thanks to Vladislav Ushenin and Vyacheslav Ushenin. Omsk got on the board with an Erik Gustafsson goal, helped along by Alexander Perezhogin and Jonas Ahnelov. Avangard got closer with an unassisted Anton Burdasov goal. Amur iced it at 4-2 with a Vladislav Ushenin empty net goal, set up by Vyacheslav Ushenin, who got a sock trick, and Anton Krysanov. The three stars were Kondratyev, Vyacheslav Ushenin, and Vladislav Ushenin.

Further west, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk hosts Ak Bars Kazan. Emil Garipov and Andrei Kareyev are in the blue paint. Nizhnekamsk led off in the first period with a Richard Gynge goal, guided in by Dan Sexton. Kazan tied it on an Andrei Chibisov goal, courtesy of Stepan Zakharchuk and Artyom Lukoyanov. Neftekhimik retook the lead in the second period with a Geoffrey Kinrade goal, passed from Andrei Sergeyev and Sexton. Ak Bars tied it on a Fyodor Malykhin goal, helped along by Mikhail Varnakov and Dmitry Obukhov. Nizhnekamsk gained the lead again with a power play goal by Sergeyev, powered by Kinrade and Sexton, the latter earning a sock trick. Stanislav Galimov replaced Garipov in goal. Neftekhimik added on with a Pavel Poryadin goal, coming off of Igor Polygalov. Nizhnekamsk extended the lead as Sergeyev scored another power play goal, thanks to Kinrade and Sexton. Neftekhimik padded the lead on an Andrei Pervyshin goal, made possible by Gennady Stolyarov and Polygalov on the power play. Nizhnekamsk continued with a Sexton goal, via Sergei Konkov on the power play. Neftekhimik struck again in the third period with a Maxim Berezin goal, assisted by Bogdan Yakimov and Pavel Zdunov. The final stood at 8-2, with the three stars awarded to Sexton, Sergeyev, and Kinrade, while Polygalov gets an honorable mention.

Out in Slovakia, Slovan Bratislava welcomes Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Alexander Sudnitsin and Barry Brust are the masked men. Bratislava struck first in the first period with a Michal Hlinka goal, passed from Jonathan Cheechoo. Slovan added on with a Cheechoo power play goal in the second period, powered by Jeff Taffe and Tomas Kundratek. Yaroslavl got on the board in the third period with a Brandon Kozun power play goal, with a lone assist by Jakub Nakladal. Lokomotiv tied it with a Kozun goal, assisted by Mikhail Pashnin and Petri Kontiola. The tie went to a shootout, where Slovan won 3-2 with tallies by Ziga Jeglic and Igor Musatov. The three stars were Cheechoo, Kozun, and Hlinka.

Finally, Medvescak Zagreb brings in Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Lazushin and Michael Garnett are between the pipes. Moscow began in the first period with an Alexei Tereshchenko goal, guided in by Maxim Karpov. Dynamo added on with a Semyon Kokuyov goal, assisted by Alexei Sopin and Yakov Rylov. Zagreb got on the board with an Alexandre Giroux goal, via Jakub Krejcik and Lukas Lessio. Moscow answered with an Ilya Nikulin goal, helped along by Lukas Kaspar and Karpov. Dynamo extended the lead in the third period as Vladimir Bryukvin scored, thanks to Kokuyov. Medvescak got one back with a Mark Katic goal, courtesy of Krejcik. Moscow shot back with a Kokuyov goal, with helpers from Yegor Dugin and Artyom Fyodorov. Zagreb replied with a Lessio goal, made possible by Samson Mahbod and Kirill Voronin. Dynamo iced it at 6-3 with a Kaspar empty net goal, going in unassisted. The three stars were Kokuyov, Kaspar, and Karpov, while Krejcik and Lessio get the honorable mentions.

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