Ilya Kovalchuk: "We tried to equalise, but it didn't work out"

- Why did the team lose today? What was missing?

- It's hard to say. In the first period we played decent hockey, while in the second we relaxed and conceded an unneeded goal. We tried to equalise, but it didn't work out.

- SKA weren't effective on the powerplay.

- Powerplays should always be a bonus. We'll look over what happened and get together. We thought that it would be easy after the first goal, but Atlant have a good team with character. They were physical, and deservedly won.

- Was Atte Engren responsible for SKA not scoring more than once, or could the players have done better themselves?

- He played well, while we tried to create more rebounds. We fought hard, tried, but we couldn't get back into the game.