Severstal Cherepovets edged Lada Togliatti 1-0 in regulation, with the game decided by a single first-period strike. It was a classic low-event contest where one early moment proved enough.
Ilya Ivantsov opened the scoring at 10:00, finishing with help from Alexander Skorenov to make it 1-0 after the first period. Neither team broke through in the middle frame or the third, as Lada pushed but could not solve Severstal's structure.
The defining number was the scoreboard: 1-0, with Ivantsov's goal standing as the only marker of the night. Severstal protected the lead through two scoreless periods to bank the regulation win.
