Alexey Ponikarovsky: "We had some good counterattacks"

- How well did you study the opponents?

- We knew what to expect from them. They pressed us hard, and sometimes they even had two players pressurizing us. We had some good counterattacks though. In defence we played simply and solidly, and we scored enough goals to win.

- One player was missing from the fourth line today. Did that create any discomfort in the game?

- No, I don't think that we lost any of our dynamics. We played at a fast tempo with short shifts, and there was a lot of rotation. We did everything as we had planned.