Rubin Tyumen erased a two-goal deficit to beat Metallurg Novokuznetsk 3-2, with the winner coming at 67 minutes. The visitors scored the game's final three goals after being shut out in the opening period.
Metallurg struck twice inside the first frame, at 11 and 12 minutes, to lead 2-0 after 20. Rubin got one back at 37 to make it 2-1 through two, then tied it at 54 before finishing the job at 67.
The scoring split tells it: 2-0 Metallurg in the first period, 0-1 and 0-1 in the second and third, and Rubin's finishing touch after regulation's final frame. Novokuznetsk's shutout over the last two periods of play was the difference.