Oleg Leontyev: «We will work on our mistakes»

Oleg Leontyev, the head coach of HC Neftekhimik:

- We were preparing and analyzing our opponent. They have a hot streak. In the second shift, our mistakes led to the first goal of the game. It is good that we fought to the very and scored on the power play. We will work on our mistakes.

- Do you have any claims to the goaltender?

- No, I do not have. We do not criticize goaltenders, even if they make mistakes; we analyze the game. Goaltenders are a special group of people. I do not think that today’s goals were scored due to his mistakes. Other players made mistakes.

- Neftekhimik had a great run from the start of the season. What happened today?

- We had a bad start. We did not take advantage of our goal-scoring chances. Moreover, we scored on the power play when the score on the scoreboard was 0-5.

Tomi Lamsa, the head coach of HC Salavat Yulaev:

- We started well today. The team was ready to play, I am really satisfied what kind of hockey we played today, exactly like a first 20 minutes. Of course, and the second one we had a lot of good moments but a little bit after power play our opponent had moments in 3-4 minutes span. Strong team today, in the third period we saw that 4 lines played winning hockey today. Metsola had a great game, first line two goals, Kadeikin’s line 2 goals, and third line one goal. I am satisfied how we played with the puck; discipline was very good.