Galkin, Avtomobilist blank Avangard in KHL home victory
YEKATERINBURG (Interstat) — Vladimir Galkin made 22 saves and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg beat Avangard Omsk 4-0 on Tuesday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at KRK Uralets in Uralets Arena. Attendance was 10,302. Galkin earned the win and was named the top star. He had lost his previous start against Amur Khabarovsk. Kale Clague opened the scoring, with assists from Adam Ruzicka and Anton Slepyshev. Alexander Sharov added a goal, assisted by Danil Gushchin and Alexander Barabanov. Alexander Kadeikin scored next, with Barabanov and Ruzicka assisting. Jesse Blacker closed the scoring. Ruzicka and Barabanov each finished with two assists. Kadeikin had four shots on goal, Barabanov had four, Gushchin had four, Ilya Karpukhin had four, Blacker had two, Sharov had two and Clague had one. Slepyshev added one assist, one shot and three hits. Sharov also served two penalty minutes. Avangard was held scoreless. Avtomobilist improved to 6-7. Avangard fell to 5-6.