SKA St. Petersburg took this one in the first 20 minutes, burying three goals and holding on for a 5-3 win in Astana. Barys outscored them 3-2 the rest of the way, but the opening period had already decided it in regulation.
Zakhar Bardakov opened the scoring inside the first minute, Sergei Plotnikov added two more at 7 and 16, and it was 0-3 after one. Vsevolod Logvin pulled one back at 22, but Vasily Glotov struck twice in 31 and 32 to make it 1-5 and end any doubt; Logvin's second at 34 and Semyon Simonov's at 52 only trimmed the margin.
Glotov's two-goal, two-minute burst was the swing, though Plotnikov's pair plus an assist on the Bardakov goal made him the game's most productive skater. Logvin's two for Barys were the only real counterpunch.