Metallurg Magnitogorsk - SKA. Press-conference

HC SKA head coach Sergei Zubov:

- The ending was tough. During the second half of the third period we took needless penalties against such a quality team like Metallurg. It's not acceptable to give them so many chances, and unfortunately today we did just that. We were very close to paying the price with a loss of points.

- Do you have any information on Jonas Enlund's injury? From the side it looked awful.

- Unfortunately we have no information, he is in hospital at the moment. We will then see what has happened.

- Continuing the topic about Jonas Enlund, he played well before he got injured. How would you rate all of your debutants' performances today?

- I think that all of the guys played on their level. Overall we are satisfied.

- Why are we getting great results against Metallurg this season, but making life difficult for ourselves?

- As I have already said, Metallurg is a very dangerous team. They have great potential going forward, and if you give them a chance, they take advantage.

- HC Metallurg Magnitogorsk head coach Ilya Vorobyov:

- I congratulate SKA with their win. We begun poorly, we conceded two goals on two powerplays after we had spoken about the fact that we can't foul. We were a bit shocked after that, and when you're 0:2 down against SKA it's practically impossible to come back. The guys tried, began to play, but it was too late.

- If Ilya Samsonov had been on the bench, would you have pulled Vasily Koshechkin earlier than you did?

- Yes.