The teams' head coaches summed up the game.
– We created enough chances. The guys showed team hockey. Only some players have statistics spinning around in their heads like a slot machine. We choose a team. He who chooses the team goes with us.
– Today, Sprong "centered" with Maxim Sorkin, and he was also tried in various combinations besides the pairing with Takhir Mingachyov and Ivan Yanchenko. Who did you like the most in these combinations? And who would you ideally like to see with Daniel according to his type?
– Here we still need to try him with Takhir and with Ivan Yanchenko, and then I will be ready to answer your questions. For now I think that it would be best with Tahir and Ivan.
– After the game in Sochi changes were imminent. Unforced, let's say, our guys got sick. Unfortunately, with these replacements we didn't get into any of them. Lost the first period, the beginning of the game. Moreover, roughly speaking, we lost one link.
– There weren't many chances today, but then you finally got going. So did you find your character, or was there another impetus to score those two goals?
– Unfortunately, the team is prone to emotions, which shouldn’t happen. These goals give the right, emotional impulse. After this, correct actions and more aggressive work to score goals begin. But today our opponent tied us up in the first two periods. Including, our the power play didn't go well. As for the third period, a combination of factors and character played a role here. And the opponent tried to play according to the score, thinking about a positive result. This also played into our hands, but we weren’t able to press the issue a little.
– In your opinion, are there any differences from the first game of the season against CSKA?
– If we took away the beginning of the game from that game, and the end from this one, we probably would have won the aggregate score of the two games. Let's say so (laughs).
