For CSKA, the game did not go well from the very beginning. In the very first minute, Mikhail Vorobyov broke the ice in favor of the hosts. The Moscow CSKA team had several chances to respond quickly, including a 1-0 exit goal, but failed to outplay the goalkeeper of the St. Petersburg team. And then Nikita Gusev, Zakhar Bardakov and Damir Zhafyarov made the score 4-0 in favor of the hosts. At the last turn, Adam Reideborn was replaced by Aleksandr Sharychenkov. The score remained unchanged until the first break.
CSKA started the second period actively and could have broken the goose egg in the very first minute — the puck bounced off the board and almost fell off the back of Nikolayev's neck. And soon the St. Petersburg team scored the fifth goal: Damir Zhafyarov scored a double against Sharychenkov. Sergey Fyodorov's wards did not give up and continued their attack. Pavel Karnaukhov scored a long-awaited goal for the CSKA fans in the 27th minute of the match. Two minutes later Vladislav Kamenev made the score 5:2. There was a third goal up close, but Svetlakov missed a great chance of power play. The teams left for the second break with the same score.
In the third period, CSKA had two chances for a power play, yet failed to benefit from it. In the middle of the period, Dmitry Yashkin scored the sixth goal in a solo effort. Trailing in the CSKA derby — 6:2.
