From the first minutes, the St. Petersburg team tried to take advantage. There were several dangerous approaches, but Alexander Sharychenkov played reliably in the goal of CSKA. The first removal in the match was received by a SKA player — Valentin Zykov went to rest for two minutes for rudeness. CSKA actively spent these two minutes and was rewarded. Darren Dietz threw powerfully and got under the crossbar so that the referees did not immediately record the goal. It didn't work out to keep or develop success before the break. When playing 4 on 4, Marat Khairullin ran to Sharychenkov's goal and was accurate — 1:1. Draw after 20 minutes of play.
After the break, the game leveled up even more noticeably. This is evidenced by the statistics of shots on goal — 22:22. The teams acted aggressively, Kamenev, Bryukvin and Mamin had some great chances. Nevertheless, after 40 minutes of the game, the score remained the same.
In the third period, the mistake was made. Unfortunately, it was allowed by the Moscow CSKA. A few minutes before the end of the game, CSKA remained short-handed. The hosts converted their chance through the efforts of Emil Galimov, and Nikita Gusev recorded the victory of SKA by throwing into an empty net.
