Overview
- The Dec. 25 KHL game in Yaroslavl ended 2–0 after two scoreless periods.
- Anton Slepyshev broke the deadlock in the 56th minute, with Nikita Gusev adding a second at 60.
- Goaltender Maxim Motorygin recorded a shutout, his fourth this season and eighth in the KHL.
- The result leaves Dynamo at 53 points in the West in fourth place, with Lokomotiv still leading on 54.
- Dynamo’s Daniil Pylenkov marked his 400th KHL appearance, while teammate Semyon Der-Arguchintsev reached 200.