SKA hockey players started the first period more actively again. Sergey Fedorov's team fought back and gradually began to seize the initiative. Once the goal of CSKA was saved by a barbell, but Adam Reideborn also had enough work. In the sixth minute, Andrei Svetlakov was dissmissed, but the St. Petersburg team did not convert the numerical advantage. The most unpleasant episode happened at the end of the period. Artem Sergeyev received 5+20 for a knee hit. Before the break, CSKA managed to hold out shorthanded — 0:0.
In the second period, CSKA managed not to allow the guests to convert a five-minute removal. On the contrary, the owners opened the account themselves. Konstantin Okulov put a turn in the SKA zone, and then threw irresistibly — 1:0. For a long time CSKA completely controlled the course of the game, but made a mistake in the end. First Stepan Falkovsky equalized the score, and 17 seconds later Alexander Volkov put SKA ahead — 1:2.
In the third period, CSKA failed to even the score. The St. Petersburg team defended competently, and in the end they were able to convert their chance. Zakhar Bardakov — 1:3. The score in the series became equal.
