Mytishchinskie Atlanty handled Red Machine - Junior U20 4-1 in regulation, and the middle period did the bulk of the work. After trading goals early, the hosts scored twice in the second and never gave the lead back.
The first period ended 1-1, an even opening with neither side able to separate. Atlanty then took the second 2-0 to lead 3-1 after 40 minutes, the decisive stretch of the night. A single goal in the third made it 4-1 and closed it out.
The number that frames it: Red Machine - Junior U20 managed just one goal across 60 minutes and were shut out over the final two periods. Atlanty scored in all three frames — the kind of distribution that keeps a lead from ever feeling fragile.