Patrick Thoresen: "Nothing has changed in the series"

13 March 2015

- Why were there so many mistakes made today?

- I don't think that we made that many mistakes, we played pretty well. We just couldn't score on our chances, and that was the difference between the teams today. They scored and we couldn't.

- Can you say why SKA's players gave in to Dynamo's provocation?

- No, it's nothing new that Dynamo have a tight defence and play strong in front of their goaltender. Of course we knew about this, and it will be a battle all the way to the end. We ourselves have to help our goalkeeper out, so that he can play at his best. Nothing has changed for us, we are going to try to play our game and do our best there.

- Do SKA play in such an attacking style only because of their fans? And do you expect Dynamo to play in a different manner in Moscow?

- I don't know if you have been watching all of the games, but we have been playing good defensive hockey against Torpedo and in this series. I think that we are doing a good job of keeping Dynamo outside, and they had to take shots from outside the zone. Of course we have great fans here, but at the same time we have to try and block them out and play our game. We need to play to win hockey games.

- Did the first goal ruin the team's moral state?

- No, things like that happen. It's all about how we support our teammates, and after it happened we supported our teammate. We forgot about it and kept working - things like this are going to happen.

- SKA haven't scored a third period playoff goal yet. Why?

- We have scored in overtime, and that's pretty good.

- Being a forward, would you replace penalty shots during the game with powerplays?

- I would choose a penalty shot.