Salavat Yulaev Ufa beat Barys Astana 4-1 in regulation, taking control after a tight first period and never looking back. The home side turned a 1-1 tie into a comfortable win with a clean second period and two more goals in the third.
Barys opened the scoring at 1:00, but Salavat answered six minutes later to reach the first intermission even at 1-1. A 26th-minute goal gave Salavat a 2-1 edge through 40 minutes, and third-period strikes at 44:00 and 46:00 sealed the result.
After conceding the opener, Salavat scored four unanswered goals. The decisive stretch was the final 40 minutes, where they outscored Barys 3-0 to turn a one-goal lead into a three-goal margin.