Dynamo-Altay Barnaul took a 1-0 decision in Krasnoyarsk, settled in regulation by a single third-period goal. Sokol never found an answer over the final nine minutes.
The first two periods went scoreless, 0-0 after twenty and 0-0 after forty, with neither side able to convert sustained zone time. The turning point came in the 51st minute, when Dynamo-Altay pushed the score to 0-1 — the only goal of the night.
The number that defines it: one goal on the scoresheet across sixty minutes. Sokol were shut out at home; Dynamo-Altay needed exactly one shift's worth of finish to leave with the win.