KHL (Russia):
Cherepovets 1 @ Chelyabinsk 4
Nikita Nesterov [7], Chelyabinsk, 0-0-0, +3, 2 PIM, 1 SOG
Season totals (KHL): 5 GP, 0-0-0, +9, 4 PIM
Season totals (MHL): 23 GP, 6-9-15, +12, 20 PIM
Vasily Koshechkin [8], Cherepovets, Loss, 22/25, 3.10 GAA, .880 sv%
Season totals: 19 GP, 9-8-0, 1 SO, 2.76 GAA, .914 sv%
Give it another month, and Nikita Nesterov might lead the whole league in +/-. The young blueliner was +3 with a minor for interference in Chelyabinsk's 4-1 smackdown of Vasily Koshechkin and Cherepovets. The blueliner's +9 KHL mark is quickly catching up to his solid +12 mark so far this year in junior play in the MHL. Cherepovets draws Dynamo Minsk on Sunday. Chelyabinsk gets Ekaterinburg on Tuesday.
Elsewhere, Nikita Kucherov [9] did not appear for CSKA in their 3-2 shootout loss to Novgorod. However, his junior linemate Nikita Gusev [10] was called up for the game. No word yet on a potential injury/illness.