Pavel Datsyuk: "We played in the right manner"

- How do you feel?

- I always have good emotions during such tense games. CSKA are a good team, it's great that we won. We didn't make many mistakes and played the right way.

- Why couldn't you score on the powerplay?

- Well, in the previous matches we scored on special teams. CSKA's defensemen did well and they were prepared for us. We will work over this. Next time you ask this question, I think that I will give more of a positive answer.

- Before today, SKA hadn't beaten CSKA for over a year. Did you discuss this?

- No. We prepared for this game as usual, it was a very important fixture. The two teams are close to each other in the table. We wanted to win.

- Was it hard for such an attacking team like SKA to sit and defend in the third period?

- Our game plan was to hold the puck in the opposing team's zone. We needed to score against CSKA.

- How does the team feel emotionally?

- We're happy that we won, but we will now prepare for the next game. Thanks to the fans for selling the arena out, it's always nice to play in front of a full stadium.