CSKA opened December with a home matchup against the Ufa Salavat Yulaev, which the army team will soon face off. The opening minutes were dumping for our team. Ufa capitalized on the power play, and CSKA also lost Maxim Sorkin, who was injured after a hard hit. The offensive play was getting low in the first period, but after the break the army team picked up the pace and began to create more chances. Pavel Karnaukhov could have tied after Ivan Drozdov set him up for a shot, but the Ufa goalkeeper put up his shield and closed the corner. There were plenty of dangerous attacks and shots, but the puck just couldn't find the target. And the Salavat got to its chance, scoring again on the power play.
CSKA players, however, had already found their game and did not give up the initiative. The first goal was scored by Denis Guryanov, who hit the goal from medium range. Then they finally managed to take capitalize on the power play, where Prokhor Poltapov scored. The game began to wrap up, the army men continued to create chances, but Salavat's fast forwards also constantly threatened Gamzin's goal. The game draged into overtime where CSKA players missed several excellent chances to score the winning goal. Unfortunately, this had an impact on the shootout, which the visitors won thanks to a single accurate attempt.
