Overview
- The visitors struck three times late, with goals from Stanislav Galiev in the 50th minute, Vitaliy Pinchuk in the 51st, and Vadim Moroz in the 55th.
- Moscow led through Ansel Galimov’s 36th-minute opener and briefly regained hope via Igor Ozhiganov in the 54th after a scoreless first period.
- Minsk moves to 61 points in the KHL Western Conference, holding third place, while Moscow remains on 56 points in fifth.
- The defeat is Moscow’s third in a row and its third loss to Minsk this season.
- Both teams play again on January 19, with Moscow hosting Severstal and Minsk visiting SKA, and the match is available for replay on Kinopoisk and RIA Novosti’s match center.