Dizel Penza beat CSK VVS Samara 2-1 in regulation in a close VHL matchup. The home side did the decisive work in the second period, taking the lead after a scoreless first frame.
Dizel carried a 1-0 lead through forty minutes, and CSK VVS Samara pulled to the final margin with a third-period goal. That regulation push was not enough to deny Dizel the two points.
The standout detail was the second-period split: Dizel's 1-0 edge in the middle frame exactly covered the game's one-goal difference. It was a closely contested game won by a single timely burst.