Evgeny Dadonov: "Our mindset was better for this game"

- Did you prepare for the match well?

- The coaches did their job, and we did ours. A lot worked out for us today.

- What is the main difference between this match and Friday's one with Amur?

- In my opinion, our mindset.

- What did you congratulate birthday boy Evgeny Ketov with?

- With the victory.

- Is that it?

- So far, yes.

- Have you prepared something else?

- I don't know yet, we'll come up with something.

- Why did you concede two goals when 2:0 up again?

- The game turned out like this, we need to prepare for the next match.

- Recently second periods were the team's weak spot, but today that frame won you the game. What has changed?

- It's hard to say, I don't follow how we play in first and second periods. The end result was important today. Probably, we played the whole 60 minutes at a higher level than in previous games.

- Did you remember some of Alexander Salak's weak points before today?

- Of course, the coaches do their job and show us how to play and how their goaltender and defencemen play.

- Oleg Znarok, the Russian national team head coach, was at the game today. Given that Ilya Kovalchuk played in your line today, will this now happen in the national side too?

- You need to ask them that question.