Severstal

SKA St Petersburg played Severstal Cherepovets in a Kontinental Hockey League fixture, with the game streamed live online. Russian sports outlets covered the matchup, and fans searched for ways to watch the broadcast in real time. The two KHL clubs faced off in a regular-season game attracting attention from hockey followers across Russia.

Admiral Vladivostok defeated Severstal 4-3 in a shootout in a KHL regular season game. Severstal trailed 1-3 but fought back to force the shootout, where they fell short. Severstal coach Andrei Kozyrev criticized his team's second period and their failure to convert against a three-man penalty kill, while Admiral coach Leonid Batarash said his side, arriving in Cherepovets only a day earlier, started the game slowly but held on for the win.