Another overtime win for SKA - Avangard loses PO opener
24 Feb 2011 | Henrik Lundqvist
SKA beat Spartak Moskva 4-3 in overtime, and just like yesterday Mattias Weinhandl got the game-winner.
SKA is the only team with a 2-0 lead in the KHL 1/8 finals.
SKA St. Petersburg |
4:3 OT |
Spartak Moskva |
Yesterday when SKA St. Petersburg beat Spartak Moskva in overtime Mattias Weinhandl scored the final goal. So he did today and just like yesterday the final score was
4-3. From the 7th minute till the 53rd SKA was in the lead but at 52:53 Mikhail Zhukov tied the game for Spartak with a short-handed goal. Weinhandl´s deciding goal came at 66:43.
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
1:4 |
Dinamo Minsk |
Dinamo Minsk got revenge for yesterday´s loss to Lokomotiv and won
4-1 today. Andrei Mikhalev scored the second and fourth goal for the Belarusian team.
Dynamo Moskva |
8:4 |
Dinamo Riga |
Dynamo Moskva won 8-4 against Riga and tied the series at 1. Chris Simon got two goals. Konstantin Gorovikov and Leonid Komarov both had a goal and a couple of assists.
Atlant Moscow Oblast |
2:5 |
Severstal Cherepovets |
Severstal got an important
5-2 win away to Atlant and the series is now 1-1. Atlant out-shot Severstal 47-26 but the Severstal goalie Vasily Koshechkin made 45 saves.
Avangard Omsk |
1:2 OT |
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk |
Avangard Omsk entered the playoffs with 18 games in a row without a loss. But now it is playoffs time and Neftekhimik showed the home team that they did not come to lose. Igor Polygalov scored both Neftekhimik goals including the overtime
2-1 game-winner.
Ak Bars Kazan |
1:0 |
Barys Astana |
Ak Bars only scored one goal agaist Barys Astana, but that was enough to win game one
1-0. Jarkoo Immonen scored th goal at 13:34 of the first period assisted by Danis Zaripov. Petri Vehanen made 31 saves to earn the shutout.
Salavat Yulayev Ufa |
5:2 |
Sibir Novosibirsk |
Salavat Yulaev Ufa beat Sibir Novosibirsk
5-2 in another series opener. Igor Grigorenko and Petr Schastlivy scored two goals each and Vladimir Antipov scored one goal. Vyacheslav Belov and Ville Niemienen got Sibir´s goals.
Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
4:2 |
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk |
Metallurg Magnitogorsk beat Yugra
4-2 at home in the first game of the series. Juhamatti Aaltonen, Oleg Kvasha, Petri Kontiola and Enver Lisin got the goals.