Admiral Vladivostok took the extra point in Cherepovets, surviving a 3-3 regulation tie and settling it in the shootout after a scoreless overtime. Severstal erased a two-goal third-period deficit in ten minutes to force the extra session, then came up empty in the skills competition.
Ivan Muranov opened it in the third minute off a Alexander S. Volkov feed, and Yegor Chezganov made it 0-2 at 25 with Ilya Morozov assisting. Nikita Popugaev pulled Severstal within one at 35 from Thomas Gregoire, Kyle Olson restored the two-goal cushion at 45, and the turn came between the 49th and 55th minutes — Vladimir Grudinin, set up by Popugaev, then Alexander Skorenov off an Ilya Khan pass to tie it 3-3.
Popugaev was the game's most productive forward with a goal and an assist, both inside Severstal's comeback. Admiral's 2-1 edge over the first two periods and its 1-0 shootout margin were the difference; the home side scored all three of its goals in the final 25 minutes and none in the opening 34.