AKM-Junior Novomoskovsk edged Snezhnye Barsy Astana 3-2, and the margin came from the game's final stretch rather than any sustained stranglehold. The visitors kept finding an answer every time Astana pushed in front, and the last of those answers stood up.
The teams traded goals in the opening period to sit 1-1 after 20 minutes, and the middle frame produced nothing on either side, still 1-1 through 40. The third period turned into a sprint: AKM-Junior scored at 57 minutes, Astana replied at 59 to make it 2-2, and the visitors landed the decisive goal at 62 to close it out.
Both clubs scored once in the first and once in the third; the difference was AKM-Junior's extra strike late. Three of the five goals in the game came inside the final six minutes, which is where the result was settled.