Sergei Kuptsov: «It is great that we won today»

Sergei Kuptsov speaks with the media after following a following 4–3 overtime win against Ak Bars.

– That was a fast-paced game with a lot of hits and goals and comebacks. That was an interesting game for fans. It is great that we won today.

– Today, you scored two goals and could score a hat-trick...

– I always score when playing against the goaltender on the ice. I am kidding, of course. In fact, I wanted to pass to Ansel Galimov so that he would score an empty-net goal. Then the player was in front of the net. I made a shot and the shot hit the post. The main thing is that we got a win.

– Your second goal was a great one...

– Their defenseman went to the bench. Mikhail Nazarov made a great pass and I rushed their zone and scored between the goaltender’s pads.

These games that we played in Kazan were like in the regular season.