First period:
No scoring.
Penalties: Dokshin SKA 6:46.
Second period:
1-0 SEV  6:25  Epanchintsev,1 (Sidyakin)  (pp)
1-1 SKA  8:43  Bashkatov,1 (Matviychuk)
2-1 SEV 11:11  Kalyuzhny,2 (Kuznetsov, Berdnikov)
Penalties: Volkov SEV 3:47. Syrtsov SKA 5:55. Nikitenko SEV 8:14. Shurupov SKA 8:14. Davydov SKA 13:04.
Third period:
No scoring.
Penalties: Matviychuk SKA 5:20. Kalyuzhny SEV 8:48. Galushkin SKA 12:44.

Goaltenders: Chistov (W,1-0-1) 22/23 - Naumov (L,1-2-0) 27/29.

Shots:
Severstal   8 13  8 -- 29
SKA        12  5  6 -- 23

Power play: Severstal 1/5, SKA 0/2.
September 18. Cherepovets. Almaz Sportplex. A - 3,500 (3,500).
 

LINE UPS:
SEVERSTAL:
Volkov - Yudin, Turkovsky - Schadilov, Sapozhnikov - Samoilov, Shefer - Shinin. Kuznetsov - Kalyuzhny - Berdnikov, Dobryshkin - Nikitenko - Subbotin, Nurtdinov - Epanchintsev - Sidyakin, Torgaev - Trubachev -Isakov.

SKA:
Zavalnyuk - Leontiev, Davydov - Gribko, Alexushin - Syrtsov, Sokolov. Galushkin - Koznev - Boltunov, Matviychuk - Shurupov - Bashkatov, Levinsky - Dokshin - Nikulin, Petrov - Zuenkov - Mikhailov, Polozov.