JHC Molot took this one 5-3 on the road, and the margin was built long before the third period. Five unanswered stretches across the first 40 minutes left Mamonty Yugry chasing a game that was effectively out of reach by the second intermission.
Molot scored three times in the opening period to lead 3-1 after 20, with Mamonty Yugry's only response of the frame coming at 16 minutes. Two more in the middle period — at 25 and at the 40-minute mark — pushed it to 5-1, and that was the turning point in every practical sense. The hosts won the third 2-0 on goals at 43 and 54, but the deficit was too deep.
The number that frames it: 5-1 through two periods. Mamonty Yugry outscored Molot 2-0 in the final frame and still lost by two, which is what a five-goal cushion buys you.