Amur - SKA. Press-conference

HC SKA head coach Oleg Znarok:

- It was a tough game for us, the opponents played a quick game and were aggressive. Maybe we got a bit lucky.

- In the third period, two cheap penalties were taken along the boards.

- The hits weren't correct.

- SKA scored the winning goal on the powerplay. Was this your target?

- We always pay attention to how we perform on special teams. It doesn't always work out in our favour, but today it did.

- Sergei Plotnikov came through the Khabarovsk system. How would you analyse his performance?

- Returning home, he had a lot of emotions. Sergei asked us if he could go and visit his parents. He had a chance in the first period, but he didn't take the right position. His penalty was also down to emotions. He could have played better.

HC Amur Khabarovsk head coach Andrei Martemyanov:

- On behalf of the team, I would like to extend our condolences to relatives of those who died in the plane crash, it's a tough blow for our region to take. I congratulate SKA with their victory. I think that it was a good game. You can't win with just emotions, SKA have more quality. I can't blame my guys for this loss, they showed commitment.

- It was a physical game. Are your players fine physically?

- We'll find out tomorrow. The guys fought, you are always going to get bruises in these matches.

- Can you take positive things away from this match?

- A lot of emotions were lost in the game. Everyone saw that the team fought, we tried until the final buzzer. We could have scored at the end, but the goalkeeper played well. Yes, there were tactical errors, but everyone was committed.