Lokomotiv Yaroslavl beat Sibir Novosibirsk 3-1 in regulation, and the whole game fit inside the third period. Trailing after 40 minutes, the hosts scored all three of their goals in the final frame.
The first period ended 0-0 before Alexander Yaremchuk, set up by Anton Kosolapov, put Sibir ahead in the 24th minute for a 0-1 lead after two. Rushan Rafikov tied it a minute into the third, Alexander Radulov made it 2-1 in the 45th, and Yaroslavl closed it out with a goal at the 60-minute mark.
Rafikov and Radulov combined on both of the goals that flipped the game, each scoring one and assisting on the other inside four minutes. Sibir's only goal came 24 minutes in; they were shut out across the other two periods.
