"We all knew that we had to win"

The head coach of "SKA" Alexei Kudashov:

- I would like to congratulate "Neftekhimik" on the victory! The first shifts were not good. We made mistakes and got unnecessary penalties.

We controlled the puck a lot, but it was not enough to score. Of course, we have some problems. Nevertheless, we will work on it.

- Your team is one of the leaders of West Conference. At the same time the score is 2:1. Is it connected with underestimating of your opponent?

- Not only this problem is the main reason of our unsuccessful games.

The head coach of "Neftekhimik" Vyacheslav Butsayev:

- First of all, I would like to thank the fans for their support and congratulate our players on this victory. We all knew that we had to win."SKA" is a strong and well prepared team. In the first period, we had a great opportunity to score in a power play.

- Your team was under pressure in the second period. Why it happened?

- We did not start this period in the right way and the opponent took advantage of this, moved to our zone. Our players understood what was wrong and changed the game.