Kunlun Red Star handled HC Sochi 4-1 in regulation, and the game was effectively settled before the second intermission. Two first-period goals gave the hosts a cushion they never had to defend under real pressure.
Riley Sutter opened it inside the first minute off a Brett Murray feed, and Nikita Alexandrov made it 2-0 at 12 with Daniil Malorosiyanov assisting. Malorosiyanov then scored himself at 39, assisted by Yegor Solovyov, for 3-0 after 40 minutes; Viktor Baldayev's goal at 50, set up by Vladislav Kara, cut it to 3-1 before Kunlun closed it out at 4-1 in the final minute.
Malorosiyanov was the difference on the scoresheet with a goal and an assist, involved in two of the four Kunlun markers. Sochi were held to one goal across three periods and never got closer than two.