KHL Game Day: 2/20/11

Submitted by pete on February 21, 2011 - 13:09

Cherepvets 6 @ Nizhnekamsk 3
Vasily Koshechkin, Cherepovets, Win, 28/31, 3.01 GAA, .903 sv%
Season totals: 32 GP, 18-14-0, 2 SO, 2.92 GAA, .906 sv%

Josef Straka had 1 goal and 1 assist in Cherepovets' 6-3 win over Nizhnekamsk. Cherepovets will now face Mytischi in the opening round of the KHL playoffs. Cherepovets is the West's 5th seed.

St. Petersburg 4 @ Kazan 3 (SO)
Dmitri Kazionov, Kazan, 0-0-0, +1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG
Season totals: 44 GP, 2-4-6, +6, 32 PIM

Dmitri Kazionov was scoreless in 14:58 in Kazan's 4-3 shootout loss to SKA. The forward also failed to convert on 1 shootout attempt. Former Lightning prospect Anton But had a helper in the match for SKA.

Kazan, the East's 2nd seed, will face Astana in the opening round of the playoffs.

Dynamo Riga 6 @ Chelyabinsk 2
Martins Karsums, Dynamo Riga, 1-2-3, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 52 GP, 17-15-32, -3, 46 PIM

Martins Karsums had a penalty shot goal and 2 helpers in 12:14 in Riga's 6-2 win over Chelyabinsk. Ex-Lightning forward Dimitry Afanasenkov had a power play goal in the match for Chelyabinsk.

7th seed Riga faces St. Petersburg first in the Western Conference Quarterfinals.