The goals scored among the winners included Nikita Pyshkaylo (18th minute), Cedric Paquette (26), Roman Gorbunov (47), Vladimir Alistrov (53, 60) and Vitaly Pinchuk (58). The losers scored Dmitry Yashkin (12), Evgeny Ketov (24), Alexander Volkov (59) and Nikita Gusev (60). The team from Minsk took the lead in the series up to four wins with a score of 1-0.
SKA took first place in the Western Conference and became the winner of the KHL regular season. Dynamo Minsk finished eighth in the Western Conference.
SKA and Dynamo Minsk meet for the third time in a row in the first round of the playoffs. The previous two series were won by a team from St. Petersburg (4-1 and 4-0).
The second match of the series will take place on March 3 in St. Petersburg.
