Izhevsk vs Perm

First period — Perm strike twice

Perm came out sharp and took control inside the opening 18 minutes. Vladimir Shlykov opened the scoring at 13:00, and Nikolai Averin doubled the lead at 18:00, sending the visitors into the break with a 2-0 advantage and all the momentum.

Second period — Izhevsk hit back

Izhevsk responded immediately after the restart. Ugolnikov pulled one back at 24:00, and Nikita Dolgopyatov levelled the score at 2-2 just five minutes later at 29:00. The home side had erased the deficit in a 5-minute burst and the teams went to the second intermission level.

Third period — traded blows

The rollercoaster continued in the third. Izhevsk took their first lead of the night at 44:00, going up 3-2. But Perm refused to fold and equalised at 60:00 — the final minute of regulation — to force overtime.

Overtime — early winner

Izhevsk needed just 61 seconds of the extra period to decide it. A quick strike at 61:00 completed the comeback and gave the home side a 4-3 victory.

Perm's inability to build on their two-goal first period proved decisive. Izhevsk's two quick strikes in a 5-minute span of the second period — goals from Ugolnikov and Dolgopyatov — erased the deficit and swung momentum entirely. The equaliser with seconds left in regulation was a gut punch, but Izhevsk showed composure by scoring the winner just over a minute into overtime.

• Nikita Dolgopyatov (Izhevsk) — scored the crucial second-period equaliser that levelled the game at 2-2 and triggered Izhevsk's surge. Arguably the game's most important goal.
• Ugolnikov (Izhevsk) — sparked the comeback with the first goal at 24:00, halting Perm's momentum cold.
• Nikolai Averin (Perm) — scored Perm's second goal to give his side a commanding first-period lead.

The period scores tell the story: Perm dominated the first (2-0), Izhevsk controlled the second (2-0), and the teams split the third (1-1) before Izhevsk took OT (1-0). The match page data shows a 50-match rivalry history between these VHL clubs, with Perm holding 28 wins to Izhevsk's 22. Goals have been a fixture hallmark — 90% of their meetings have gone over 2.5 goals, and this 4-3 scoreline fits that pattern.

This is a pre-season friendly, so standings implications are minimal. But for Izhevsk, rallying from two goals down against a rival that has historically held the upper hand (28-22 in H2H) provides a confidence boost heading into the 2026-27 VHL season. Perm will regret letting a 2-0 lead slip and will look to tighten up defensively in their remaining pre-season fixtures.

A classic pre-season friendly that had everything: an early two-goal deficit, a rapid response, a late equaliser, and an overtime winner. Izhevsk's resilience was the story — they refused to fold after trailing and found a way in extra time. For Perm, the first period was perfect but the next 41 minutes were not.