HC AKM Tula left Kurgan with a 3-2 win in regulation, settled by a goal in the 60th minute after 40 scoreless-then-frantic minutes of hockey. Zauralie never trailed on the scoreboard until that final swing, and never got it back.
The opening period produced nothing on the scoresheet, 0-0 through 20. The second was the whole game: four goals split evenly, with strikes at 26, 29, 30 and 38 leaving it 2-2 after two periods, and the third stayed level until Tula's 60th-minute winner made it 2-3.
The defining number is the middle frame: 2-2 in a period that carried every goal but one, and a scoreless third from Zauralie that left the door open. Tula's late finish was the only shot that separated the teams over 60 minutes.