Torpedo is one of the most inconvenient opponents of CSKA this season. In three meetings, the CSKA team lost twice. This live match also started unsuccessfully. Four minutes after the start of the game, Nikolay Kovalenko put the guests ahead. CSKA added scores to the game significantly, which delivered benefits immediately. The CSKA turned the course of the match — in two minutes, Sergey Fedorov's team scored three times, in equal rosters. First, Maksim Mamin equalized the score, while Konstantin Okulov and Sergey Plotnikov consolidated this success. Confident 3:1 at the end of the first period.
The beginning of the second period was a continuation of the first. A minute and a half after the opening puck drop, the CSKA players ran to counterattack. Mikhail Grigorenko assisted Konstantin Okulov, who scored a double one-timer — 4:1. At the end of the period, Pavel Karnaukhov made the score even bigger — 5:1. That was the score the second game segment ended with.
In the third period, the pucks continued hailing. Pavel Karnaukhov and Maksim Mamin scored another double for CSKA, while Mikhail Grigorenko scored one more goal. In the end, the guests slightly reduced the gap, but it did not affect the outcome of the game. A big victory over Torpedo — 8:3.
