Traktor wins regular season

Avangard 3-4 Neftekhimik

Avangard clinched the second spot at the East in the previous game day and therefore could allow them not to play with full motivation today. Neftekhimik led the game from 7:35 till the end. Igor Polygalov twice, Maxim Pestushko and Nikolai Lemtyugov beat Avangard goalie Alexei Kuznetsov. Avangard answered with goals by Alexander Popov, Yegor Averin and Alexander Frolov which didn’t help to avoid the loss. Neftekhimik ended the season at the 10th place at the Eastern conference. Avangard will face Amur in the first round of the play-offs.

Barys 3-2 Vityaz

Barys avoided a meeting with Avangard in the first round after beating Vityaz 3-2 at home. Vityaz led the game in the third 1-2 with goals by Troshchinsky and Timkin, which were the answer to Barys' Kamil Kreps who opened the scoring early in the second. At 50:11 Konstantin Pushkaryov with his first goal of the season tied the game and with 1:02 to play in the third Jiri Novotny led Barys to a win and a meeting with Metallurg Mg in the first round. Vityaz ended the season at the bottom of their conference at the 11th place in the West.

Avtomobilist 1-2 SO Spartak

Spartak ended the season with a shootout victory over Avtomobilist and not getting to the play-offs for the first time in their KHL history. At 41:49 Denis Kazionov who was behind the net dished up a pass to Dmitry Tsyganov who made it 1-0. Denis Bodrov in power-play tied the game with a powerful blue line shot. In the shootout an accurate shot from Stefan Ruzicka gave Spartak the win. Avtomobilist ended the standings in the East with 49 points, when Spartak was closed to playoffs and placed at the 9th position.

Metallurg Mg 4-3 Salavat Yulaev

The battle for the third place in the East happened in Magnitogorsk where the local team faced Salavat Yulaev. Igor Grigorenko pulled Ufa ahead at 08:52. Then Metallurg answered with 4 goals from Tomas Rolinek twice, Dmitry Bykov and Dmitry Khlystov. Salavat Yulaev only managed to cut the lead to a
minimum with the help of Alexander Svitov and again Grigorenko. Metallurg Mg took the 3rd place and Barys in the first round while Salavat Yulaev placed 5th and will have a start of first round in Kazan against their arch-rivals Ak Bars Kazan.

Traktor 5-4 Severstal

Traktor won the Continental Cup after a dramatic game against Severstal. Severstal took a quick lead in the first when Niklas Bergfors and Gennady Stolyarov beat Michael Garnett. During a 3 minute span in the second Traktor grabbed a lead after goals by Panov, Chistov and Yakutsenya. Severstal needed only 1:26 to return the lead. Yevgeny Ketov and Bogdan Kiselevich made the score 3-4. Only in the third Traktor managed to win the game. Alexander Ryazantsev and Jan Bulis with the Continental Cup goal beat Vadim Tarasov who changed start goalie Vasily Koshechkin in the second. Traktor will face Yugra in the first round while Severstal will have a start in Mytischi against Atlant like last season.

Yugra 5-4SO Ak Bars

Yugra rally to beat Ak Bars in a shootout series. Ak Bars had a lead the most time of the game with goals by Danis Zapipov (two), Alexei Morozov and Yevgeny Bodrov. Yugra tied the game three times. First with the help of Yevgeny Khvostov, then Artyom Bulyansky tied it for a 3-3 score. The second Yugra goal was scored by Vitaly Sitnikov who then tied the game for the third time at 53:46. In the shootout Igor Skorohodov led Yugra to a victory which didn’t help them to avoid a meeting with first-placed Traktor in the first round. Ak Bars as written earlier will have a home ice advantage in their series against Salavat Yulaev.

Atlant 1-4 Metallurg Nk

Atlant knew that Severstal lost the game to Traktor and their fourth place was not in danger. Maybe because of this reason they managed to lose Metallurg Nk 1-4 at home. During a 45-second span early in the second Metallurg took a lead with goals by Alexander Golovin and Anton Lazarev. Lazarev scored again in the beginning of the third. Only Ivan Vishevsky this night beat Metallurg goalie Alexander Lazushin. Randy Robitaille closed the game at 55:10. Metallurg ended this season at the 9th place in the East while Atlant will prepare for their first home games against Severstal in the first round.

SKA 4-1 Sibir

SKA won the last game of the regular season beating Sibir 4-1. SKA gradually increased a lead and made it 4-0 at 45:44. Gleb Klimenko twice, Dmitry Kalinin and Maxim Rybin scored for the leader of the West. Artyom Voroshilo from Sibir disappointed Jakub Stepanek with an accurate shot. SKA won the Western conference and will face CSKA in the first round. Sibir ended the season with 57 points and at the 11th place in the East.

Torpedo 2-3OT CSKA

CSKA played bad at the end of the season but managed to win with their new head coach Vyacheslav Butsayev. In the second CSKA took a 2-goal lead when Tomas Surovy and Yevgeny Ryasensky scored. Torpedo cut the lead in the middle of the game with goals by Ruslan Zainullin and only tied it with 53 seconds to play when Alexander Yevseyenkov fired from the blue line. Nikita Filatov in overtime gave CSKA a victory in their last regular season game. CSKA placed 8th in the West and will start in play-off in Saint-Petersburg against CSKA. Torpedo won the Tarasov division and will begin the play-offs against Dinamo Riga at home.

Dynamo Msk 5-3 HC Lev

Dynamo Moscow and HC Lev didn’t have a full motivation before this game. First will be at the 3rd and will meet with Dinamo Minsk in first round, the last will be only at the 10th place in the West. After a goalless first period teams scored 6 times in the second. Denis Mosalyov, Ilya Gorokhov, Grigory Shafigullin scored for Dynamo, Branislav Mezei and Emil Lundberg twice for HC Lev. Later in the third Dmitry Pestunov and Leonid Komarov led Dynamo to a victory during a 67 second span.

Dinamo Riga 3-2 Amur

The last game of the regular season was played in Riga between local Dinamo and Amur Khabarovsk. Amur had a chance to reach the 6th place at the East but Dinamo didn’t allow them to do so. The main game actions happened in the first. At 3:35 Sandis Ozolins pulled Dinamo ahead, at 10:45 Sergei Plotnikov tied the game. 3 minutes later Martins Karsums pulled Dinamo ahead again, 2 minutes later Jakub Petruzaled tied the game again. Martins Cipulis who played the last season for Amur closed the game at 49:45. Amur stayed at the 7th place and will start play-off in Omsk. Dinamo Riga will face Torpedo in the first round.

First round. West

SKA(1) – CSKA (8)

Torpedo (2) – Dinamo Riga (7)

Dynamo Moscow (3) – Dinamo Minsk (6)

Atlant (4) – Severstal (5)

First round. East

Traktor (1) – Yugra (8)

Avangard (2) – Amur (7)

Metallurg Mg (3) – Barys (6)

Ak Bars (4) – Salavat Yulaev (5)

 

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