Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk won 4-1 in regulation, powered by a decisive second-period outburst. The home side turned a deficit into a comfortable lead with four unanswered goals.
Chelny opened the scoring at the 40-minute mark to go up 1-0. Neftekhimik responded immediately: tying the game at 38:00, taking the lead at 30:00, and extending it with goals at 28:00 and 25:00. No goals were scored in the first or third periods.
The second period accounted for all five goals, with Neftekhimik’s four-goal flurry in a 15-minute span the defining stretch. The goaltenders combined for a quiet first and third period, but Neftekhimik’s offense broke through in the middle frame.