Dinamo St. Petersburg took the game in regulation, winning 4-1 over Olympia Kirovo-Chepets after being blanked through 40 minutes. The decisive factor was a four-goal third period that erased an early deficit and turned the contest.
Olympia opened the scoring at 1:00 of the first period and carried that 1-0 lead through a scoreless second. Dinamo then seized control in the final frame, scoring four unanswered goals as the running score moved from 1-0 to 1-4.
The standout number was the third-period margin: Dinamo outscored Olympia 4-0 after managing no goals in the first two periods. That one-frame burst was enough to decide the VHL matchup in regulation.