Andrei Kuzmenko: "This will be a lesson for us"

- SKA outshot Dinamo Riga 33-16 but still lost.

- It's never nice to lose. We had a lot of chances and certainly should have won this game, but the Dinamo Riga goalkeeper played excellently. Unfortunately, we didn't help Igor Shestyorkin, and there were problems in our defence which Riga took advantage of. We should have taken advantage of our opportunities. This will be a lesson for us not to relax when leading.

- This defeat should mobilize the team ahead of the Hockey Classic.

- We should play with energy anyway. We're playing at home against CSKA Moscow in front of such fans. There won't be any problems with this.

- You have alread played at the Gazprom Arena.

- The guys will skate out for their warm ups and feel the support of the fans. When the match starts, we will focus only on what happens on the ice itself.

- Linus Videll scored a strange third goal.

- The benches are long, we didn't notice the opposing player, and they took advantage. This often happens in overtime and we do that too. Unfortunately, Dinamo Riga had that opportunity today, and they used it. We paid the price.