Neftekhimik - SKA. Press-conference

HC SKA head coach Oleg Znarok:

- In comparison to the game in Tolyatti, today was a lot better. We're happy that we won, but it was difficult. Neftekhimik are a battling team.

- How have Neftekhimik changed during the season?

- Teams which Andrei Nazarov coach are always difficult to play against.

HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk head coach Andrei Nazarov:

- I want to congratulate my colleague with their win. In my opinion, it was an interesting game. We gave our young players a chance. Our lack of finishing in front of goal cost us.

- Did Pavel Poryadin perform well?

- This wasn't a match where we needed to analyse him.

- Neftekhimik always concede on the penalty kill.

- We're working on this.

- How did Ivan Kasutin play?

- It's hard to judge, we were playing against a strong opponent. He saved us in a couple of incidents. The guys didn't really help him, shorthanded they should have shown more commitment.