The CSKA players actively started the match, hoping to seize the initiative from the first minutes. But the conversion of their own chances failed, the hosts used their chance in full though. In the seventh minute of the match, Vladislav Firstov put Torpedo ahead. Then Alexander Sharychenkov made several key saves, including when CSKA remained short-handed. That's how the first period ended — 1-0 in favor of Igor Larionov's team.
After the break, the game leveled off. The teams began to threaten each other's goal equally. During the period, the CSKA remained short-handed three times, but were able to stand up. And three and a half minutes before the end of the second period, Darren Dietz, after a wonderful pass from Mikhail Grigorenko, equalized the score — 1:1.
In the third period, the score remained the same for a long time. But in the end, luck favored the owners. First, Andrey Belevich brought Torpedo forward again, and Sergey Goncharuk consolidated the victory with a puck into an empty net.
