Ak Bars - SKA. Press-conference

HC SKA head coach Oleg Znarok:

- It was a tough game. Ak Bars are a good opponent, but we made a mistake which took it to overtime. We couldn't score our penalty shots.

HC Ak Bars Kazan head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov:

- Having not played for a while, it was a difficult match. We knew that this encounter wouldn't be easy, we played against a strong opponent. If I'm honest, we got a bit lucky, but we have the result.

- After such a great first period, your team weren't great in the second.

- The opponents began the frame on the powerplay. SKA are a very good team which play excellently in attack. We won, but they created a lot of chances.

- Sum up Jiri Sekac's performance.

- He had an operation after receiving a serious injury. He played fine for his first match, he played in two lines.

- Did Emil Garipov let the team down for SKA's second goal?

- It happens. He did well in the match's closing stages.

- Evgeny Grigorenko looks injured in the dressing room.

- He has quite a serious injury.