The KHL playoffs are back, and we'll return to the old series-post format. Here's the first game of the Western Conference Quarterfinal between Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and Dinamo Minsk.
Game 1: Arena 2000, Yaroslavl, Russia. In goal: Ben Scrivens of Dinamo and Alexei Murygin of Lokomotiv. Yaroslavl dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Yegor Korshkov goal, via Vladislav Gavrikov and Pavel Kraskovsky. Lokomotiv added on with a Petri Kontiola power play goal, powered by Brandon Kozun and Staffan Kronwall. Minsk got on the board with a Matt Ellison goal, coming off of Dmitry Korobov. This only made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars going to Murygin (26 for 27 in saves), Kontiola, and Korshkov. Lokomotiv leads 1-0 in the series.
Game 2: Arena 2000, Yaroslavl, Russia. In goal: Ben Scrivens of Dinamo and Alexei Murygin of Lokomotiv. Yaroslavl led off in the first period with a Staffan Kronwall power play goal, powered by Brandon Kozun and Maxime Talbot. Lokomotiv added on with an Artyom Ilyenko goal in the second period, passed from Andrei Loktionov. Yaroslavl extended the lead as Jakub Nakladal scored a power play goal, with the help of Kozun and Kronwall. Lokomotiv padded the lead on a Yegor Averin goal, via Dmitry Lugin. Kevin Lalande replaced Scrivens in goal. Yaroslavl struck again with a Lugin power play goal, with a lone assist by Rushan Rafikov. Lokomotiv continued in the third period with a shorthanded Loktionov goal, set up by Alexander Kadeikin and Rafikov. Yaroslavl got another with another Loktionov shorthanded goal, with helpers from Vladislav Gavrikov and Kadeikin. Minsk got on the board with a Dmitry Korobov goal, fueled by Andrei Stepanov on the power play. Dinamo got closer with a Matt Ellison goal, via Rob Klinkhammer and Sergei Kostitsyn. This only made it 7-2, the final, with the three stars going to Loktionov, Kronwall, and Kadeikin, while Lugin, Kozun, and Rafikov get the honorable mentions. Lokomotiv leaves the country leading the series 2-0.
Game 3: Minsk-Arena, Minsk, Belarus. In goal: Alexei Murygin of Lokomotiv and Ben Scrivens of Dinamo. Yaroslavl began in the first period with a Staffan Kronwall power play goal, powered by Brandon Kozun and Jakub Nakladal. Lokomotiv added on with a Nakladal goal, passed from Maxime Talbot and Kozun. Yaroslavl extended the lead as Talbot scored a power play goal, with the help of Kozun, who got a sock trick, and Petri Kontiola. Lokomotiv padded the lead in the second period with an unassisted goal by Alexander Polunin. Minsk got on the board with an Evgeny Lisovets goal in the third period, via Alexander Kulakov and Alexander Materukhin. Yaroslavl replied with a Nakladal power play goal, with assists provided by Kozun and Andrei Loktionov. This produced the 5-1 final, with the three stars given to Nakladal, Kozun, and Talbot. Lokomotiv is at 3-0, on the verge of advancing through this series.
Game 4: Minsk-Arena, Minsk, Belarus. In goal: Alexei Murygin of Lokomotiv and Ben Scrivens of Dinamo. Minsk started in the first period with an Andrei Stepanov power play goal, powered by Marc-Andre Gragnani and Andrei Kostitsyn. Dinamo added on with an unassisted goal by Alexander Pavlovich. Yaroslavl got on the board with a shorthanded goal by Daniil Apalkov in the second period, set up by Yegor Averin. Minsk shot back with an Evgeny Kovyrshin goal, passed from Artur Gavrus. Lokomotiv pulled back with an Alexander Kadeikin goal, made possible by Rushan Rafikov. Dinamo answered with an Andrei Stas goal, fueled by Sergei Drozd and Alexander Materukhin. The game ended 4-2, with the three stars going to Kovyrshin, Stas, and Pavlovich. Dinamo lives to see another game, as Lokomotiv leads the series 3-1 before heading home.
Game 5: Arena 2000, Yaroslavl, Russia. In goal: Ben Scrivens of Dinamo and Alexei Murygin of Lokomotiv. Minsk opened with a first period goal by Rob Klinkhammer, via Dmitry Korobov. Yaroslavl tied it on a Staffan Kronwall goal, assisted by Brandon Kozun and Petri Kontiola. Lokomotiv took the lead in the second period with a Pavel Koledov goal, coming off of Dmitry Lugin and Andrei Loktionov. Yaroslavl added on with a Kozun power play goal, powered by Kronwall in the third period. Lokomotiv iced it at 4-1 with a Maxime Talbot empty net goal, set up by Kozun and Kontiola. The three stars were Kozun, Kronwall, and Murygin (22 for 23 in saves), while Kontiola gets an honorable mention. Lokomotiv won the series 4-1, advancing to the Western Conference Semifinal, presumably against CSKA Moscow.
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