Chelmet Chelyabinsk won 2-1 at Yuzhny Ural Orsk, taking the VHL result in regulation after trailing in the middle frame. The visitors' third-period response flipped the game and sealed the road win.
Neither team scored in the first period, and Yuzhny Ural converted in the second to carry a 1-0 lead into the intermission. Chelmet answered in the third and settled matters inside 60 minutes.
The final margin was a single goal, with Chelmet's comeback erasing Yuzhny Ural's early advantage. The one-goal difference was enough to decide a tight, low-scoring contest on the road.