KHL (Russia)
Chelyabinsk 2 vs. Dynamo Minsk 0
Nikita Nesterov [8], Chelyabinsk, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals (KHL): 17 GP, 0-0-0, +3, 4 PIM
Season totals (MHL): 1 GP, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
Nikita Nesterov was scoreless in 5:32 of ice time in Traktor's 2-0 win over Minsk. Ex-NHLer Jan Bulis had a shorthanded goal in the match for Chelyabinsk.
Magnitogorsk 5 vs. Cherepovets 2
Vasily Koshechkin [9], Cherepovets, Loss, 26/31, 5.00 GAA, .839 sv%
Season totals: 22 GP, 10-10-2, 3 SO, 2.06 GAA, .929 sv%
Evgeni Malkin had 3 assists to lead Magnitogorsk to a 5-2 win over Vasily Koshechkin and Cherepovets. Ex-Lightning draft pick Denis Kazionov [10] scored his 8th goal of the season in defeat for Severstal only to be matched 8:01 later by brother Dmitri Kazionov [11]'s 5th of the year. The elder Kazionov has 5 goals and 7 points in 21 games this season.
VHL (Russia2)
Tver 4 vs. Dynamo Moscow2
Nikita Gusev [12], Tver, 1-1-2, E, 0 PIM, 6 SOG
Season totals (VHL): 13 GP, 6-6-12, -2, 2 PIM
Season totals (KHL): 6 GP, 0-1-1, -2, 0 PIM
Nikita Gusev (pictured) had a goal and assist, both on the power play, in 18:40 of ice time to help lead Tver to a 4-3 win over Dynamo Moscow2.