Torpedo HC handled HC Aktobe 6-2 in regulation, and the game was effectively settled before the first intermission. Three goals inside the opening five minutes gave the visitors a 3-0 cushion they never had to defend under pressure.
The scoring came at minutes 3, 4 and 5, all Torpedo, and the second period brought more of the same: another visitors' goal at 21 and one at 35 around Aktobe's reply at 34, making it 5-1 after forty minutes. The hosts got a second at 54, but Torpedo answered at 59 to close it at 6-2.
The number that frames the night is three goals in a three-minute window to open the game. Aktobe scored twice, at 34 and 54, and never cut the deficit below three.