Sputnik Almetyevsk shut out Snezhnye Barsy Astana 4-0 in regulation, a win built on a clean sheet and a two-goal third period that turned a manageable deficit into a rout. The hosts scored in every period and never trailed.
A goal in the ninth minute gave Almetyevsk a 1-0 lead, and that was the entire margin until late in the second, when the home side made it 2-0 at 38 minutes. The third period settled it: Sputnik struck at 53 and again at 59 to reach 4-0, with Astana unable to generate the push needed after falling two down.
The number that frames the night is zero — Snezhnye Barsy did not score, and Sputnik's goaltender finished with the shutout. Spread across all three periods, the hosts' scoring left no window for a response.