Two power play goals gave Lada a 2-1 win at home to Slovan. Alexander Bolshakov put the host 1-0 up late in the first period before Michel Miklik tied it up seconds after the intermission. Vasily Streltsov won it for Lada in the 27th minute.
Severstal v Torpedo 1-2 OT
Torpedo downed Severstal in overtime following a 1-1 tie in Cherepovets. Linus Videll got the winner 64 seconds into the extras. Earlier Alexei Sopin gave Torpedo a first-period lead; Ondrej Nemec tied it up on the power play early in the second.
Ak Bars v Medvescak 2-0
Ak Bars sneaked into the play-off places thanks to Sunday’s win at home to Medvescak, but questions still remain over the team’s form as it stutters through the season. The good news came on defense: the host allowed just 14 shots on Emil Garipov’s net, subduing a Medvescak team that is the second highest scorer in the Western Conference thus far. With the Ak Bars defense showing uncharacteristic generosity this season, conceding 48 times in 18 games before this one, that represents an encouraging sign for a team famed for its ability to close down the ice at will. But doubts still remain about the team’s firepower: despite dominating much of the game and benefiting from a second-minute goal from Mikhail Glukhov, it took a long time to finish off the contest. Artyom Lukoyanov finally made it 2-0 in the 54th minute, securing the win and lifting Ak Bars into eighth on goal difference ahead of Traktor.
CSKA Moscow v Dinamo Minsk 2-1
It took just 24 hours for the Army Men to march back to the KHL summit. CSKA had been briefly deposed by Lokomotiv, but a win over Dinamo Minsk put Dmitry Kvartalnov’s team back out in front. Dinamo made things tough for CSKA, though. A cagey first period produced just one goal, scored by Evgeny Korotkov when CSKA was short-handed. The Belarusians tied it up late in the second thanks to Alexander Pavlovich and a sluggish start to the third saw Kvartalnov call a time out in the 42nd minute. Whatever message had not got through during the intermission was clearly conveyed during that pause: nine seconds after play resumed Simon Hjalmarsson scored the game-winner.
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