SKA wasted little time in seizing control of Friday's game against Torpedo, racing into a 2-0 lead early on.
Anton Burdasov opened the scoring after two minutes and
Artemy Panarin doubled the lead in the eighth minute.
Omark's late show
Jokerit had to fight back from 2-0 down as the visitor made an impressive start to the game.
Maxim Trunyov and
Ignat Zemchenko got the goals in the first 10 minutes. But
Niklas Hagman's backhander reduced the deficit before the first intermission and went on to dominate the scoreless second session.
The game was finally tied in the 51st minute thanks to
Tomi Maki's breakaway goal, paving the way for Omark's dramatic last word.