By the fifth Army derby of the season, the teams were again neighbors in the West table. Several statistical events happened at once in this game. Nikita Nesterov became the best sniper among defenders in the history of the performance of the CSKA in the KHL, scoring the 33rd goal, Konstantin Okulov scored the 300th point in the KHL, and Sergey Plotnikov scored his 450th goal.
From the very beginning, the teams began to act extremely fiercely around the perimeter of the rink. When playing 4 on 4, Nikita Nesterov ran to the SKA goal, shot into the "house" and opened the score — 1:0. This goal brought Nesterov to the first place among the defenders of CSKA in the history of the KHL. With this score, the teams went on a break.
In the second period, the match continued in the same vein. SKA tried to play the first number, but time after time came across the counterattacks of CSKA. One of these attacks ended with the second goal of the hosts. Takhir Mingachev received a pass under the blue line, ran to the goal and overplayed the goalkeeper — 2:0. For a long time, the score remained unchanged, but at the end of the period Maksim Sorkin scored the third goal, having worked perfectly on finishing — 3:0.
In the third period, the guests managed to score twice — Nikita Gusev and Andrey Pedan distinguished themselves. At CSKA, the response has matured from Sergey Plotnikov. Then Sergey Fedorov's team brought the match to victory. There is a victory in the derby against SKA — 4:2.
