Stalnye Lisy vs Molot Perm

The match started at a ferocious pace. Stalnye Lisy opened the scoring in the 7th minute to lead 1-0, but Molot Perm hit back immediately, equalising just one minute later at 8:00. The hosts restored their lead at 9:00 and carried a 2-1 advantage into the first intermission.

The second period was a tighter affair. Stalnye Lisy extended their lead with a goal at 38:00 game time to make it 3-1, holding Molot Perm scoreless for the full 20 minutes.

In the third period, Stalnye Lisy poured forward, scoring early (at 3:00 of the period, 43:00 total) to go 4-1, then adding a fifth goal to complete the 5-1 rout. Molot Perm managed only the one 8th-minute strike and failed to trouble the scoresheet for the final 52 minutes.

Exact individual goal-scorers and assist details were not published for this pre-season friendly.

Molot Perm's quick response to go 1-1 at 8:00 could have destabilised the hosts, but Stalnye Lisy's immediate retaking of the lead — a minute later at 9:00 — proved decisive. From that moment, the home side never looked back. The 38th-minute goal to stretch the lead to 3-1 effectively ended the contest, as Molot Perm registered no further goals.

Maxim Rutskoy (Stalnye Lisy, #31) — the Uzbek-born goaltender started between the pipes and conceded only once, a minute after the opening goal, before shutting Molot Perm out for the final 52 minutes. Solid positioning and rebound control kept the visitors at bay.

Among forwards, Roman Golnik (#68), Daniil Serazetdinov (#25) and Daniil Sysoev (#34) formed Stalnye Lisy's first forward line and were instrumental in the high-tempo opening that produced two goals in three minutes.

For Molot Perm, forward Erik Mukhotyanov (#16) was involved in their lone goal, but the visitors struggled to generate sustained pressure after the opening 10 minutes.

The period breakdown — 2-1, 1-0, 2-0 — tells the story of a game that tightened in the middle frame before Stalnye Lisy pulled away. The hosts scored in the opening minute of the third period, a decisive statement of intent, before adding a fifth.

The historical head-to-head between these MHL sides is heavily lopsided. Since 2012, Stalnye Lisy have won 19 of 23 meetings, with Molot Perm winning only four. Total goals across those matches average 6.1 per game, and both teams have scored in 91% of encounters — making this result (5-1, with Molot failing to score after the 8th minute) slightly unusual in that Molot Perm underperformed their historical scoring output.

Over 2.5 goals have landed in 96% of previous meetings; the four opening-period goals alone cleared that threshold.

This was the final match of the three-day pre-season tournament in Magnitogorsk (15–17 August 2026), which also featured Mamonty Yugry and Tolpar. Stalnye Lisy secured their second tournament win, building on their victory over Mamonty Yugry on 16 August (as reported by MHL official website).

For Molot Perm, the tournament results were mixed — they lost to Tolpar in overtime on 16 August before this defeat. The 5-1 scoreline highlights defensive frailties that the coaching staff will need to address before the 2026/27 MHL regular season begins.

Neither side's exact next fixture was announced at the time of writing, though both continue pre-season preparations ahead of the MHL season opener.

Stalnye Lisy closed their home tournament with their most complete performance: clinical finishing, a composed response to conceding early, and a defence that locked Molot Perm out for the final two periods. For Molot Perm, the 4-1 historical deficit in this fixture (19-4) is a reminder of the gap between these two MHL programmes. Pre-season friendlies reward progression over results, but Stalnye Lisy's trajectory looks sharper entering the final weeks before the regular season.