Yugra - SKA. Press-conference

HC SKA interim head coach Sergei Zubov:

- We are satisfied with the result. It was a tough game, and we played against a tough opponent. We tried to stick to our game plan, and in the key moments we were cold blooded. Our special teams played well, as did our goaltender.

- You weren't satisfied with the team's discipline in the previous fixture. Are you more satisfied with this component today?

- Discipline is something which covers a large area. There is discipline which includes a number of components, and in hockey they stretch over a broad area. The main aspects are penalties, how the team executes the game plan and shift changes. Today everything went well.

- What did your game plan consist of?

- Play in a more simple manner in our own zone and take advantage of our scoring chances.

- Ilya Kovalchuk did well in Vadim Shipachyov's and Evgeny Dadonov's line. Will you put Ilya or Nikita Gusev in that line in the next match?

- We will decide tomorrow.

HC Yugra head coach Pavel Ezovskykh:

- We got pumped up for this game knowing that we had lost five of our last six. We needed a result and the points. In the first period our nerves took their toll, we took penalties and twice got punished for having too many men on the ice. Despite this, we had a strong desire to win. Nevertheless, the team that scores more goals wins - we only scored twice. It was hard to play against such a strong SKA forward line.