HC AKM Tula beat Rubin Tyumen 1-3 on the road in regulation, taking control early and never losing the game thread. AKM led 1-0 after the first period and still held a one-goal edge by the second intermission after the teams traded goals in the middle frame.
AKM set the tone with a goal at 1:00, then tacked on another at 25:00. Rubin answered at 38:00 to make it 1-2, but AKM restored the two-goal cushion with a strike at 53:00 that closed the scoring.
The key number was the scoreboard across periods: Rubin stayed behind after each intermission and never flipped the match in regulation. AKM's three goals were spread through all three periods, giving the road side just enough control to finish it out.