— After the damage, we managed to distinguish ourselves with a double in the second game. Could you tell me about the recovery, about your well-being now?
— Yes, I missed several games, during this pause I managed to recover and train. I feel good now, nothing bothers me. Thanks to our doctors and massage therapists for this, we have worked with them a lot. Now we are preparing for the next games.
— The team recognized the MVP of the match with Vityaz. Does it give you extra confidence to get prepared even better?
— It's always nice when you are recognized as the best player of the match. Every game you try to take the ice and do your best, to help the team. That time I was lucky to score, that's why I got the title of the best player.
— There was an equal game with Vityaz, they confidently led the score in the third period. Why did you fail to keep the earned advantage two minutes before the end?
— I wouldn't say that the game was equal. Anyway, the advantage was on our side, we had more possession of the puck. We scored good, workmanlike goals. And then, due to our own stupid mistakes, we missed very fast pucks. If we had played stricter, we would not have brought the matter to overtime. The coaches showed us everything, I hope that there will be no more such mistakes.
— Then again, the principal rival is CSKA. You need to take revenge, what can you say about the trip to St. Petersburg?
— I can say that there is a good game ahead. They are the leaders, they drawn away in the first two months of the championship. Their game hasn't been going well lately, I've watched a few of their matches. We are waiting for a very serious game, we always focus on CSKA. This is our last year's playoff opponent. We played seven very difficult matches. I think it will be interesting. A lot of time has passed since the last game. I'm really looking forward to this derby, I like playing against them.
— CSKA's gap from the second place was 13 points, now it's 7. Is it worth thinking about taking first place during the regular season?
— Of course, sometimes you look at the table and see who is in what place. It is clear that they had a very large gap from everyone, but now it is shrinking. We play well, we win a lot of matches, while they lose. We are not thinking now about the first place in the table.
