2011 KHL Playoffs are here

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

7:4

Dinamo Minsk

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl got a great start of the playoffs when Dinamo Minsk was defeated 7-4. Lokomotiv had a 5-1 lead early in the second period but 3 Minsk goals in a row made the third period interesting. Alexander Kalyanin and Josef Vasicek closed the game with a goal each in the final minutes.

Atlant Moscow Oblast

3:2 OT

Severstal Cherepovets

Jaroslav Obsut was the hero when Atlant got away with an overtime win against Severstal. At 73:22, when Atlant had a power-play, Obsut scored the game-winning 3-2 goal assisted by Fedor Fedorov and Sergei Mozyakin.

SKA St. Petersburg

4:3 OT

Spartak Moskva

In St. Petersburg Mattias Weinhandl got the 4-3 overtime winner for the home team against Spartak Moskva at 67:31. SKA had been ahead for most of the game but Branko Radivojevic scored his second of the game goal just 3 seconds before the buzzer to take the game to overtime.

Dynamo Moskva

1:2 OT

Dinamo Riga

The only away team, and lower ranked team, to win on the opening day were Latvia´s only KHL team Dynamo Riga. Riga beat Dynamo Moskva 2-1 in overtime. Oskars Cibulskis scored the final goal at 62:43. Mark Hartigan scored the first Latvian goal and Leonid Komarov tied it for Moskva.

The teams will play again tomorrow and then the other eight teams also enter the playoffs.

 

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