Sergei Plotnikov: "We got it together in the second period"

- When scoring your first goal, you beat four Lokomotiv players.

- There was little time remaining before the second break. Why not try? I took a risk and it paid off for the team.

- Did you mean to pull off that move?

-I acted according to the situation. The puck got away from me a bit, I decided to cut to the backhand and shoot.

- Is this your best SKA match?

- That's your job to judge. I am just happy that we won.

- Despite playing well during the closing stages, the start wasn't great.

- It's difficult to say why it turned out that way. We'll analyse what happened, the start wasn't good at all. It's great that we got it together and scored on the powerplay at the beginning of the second period. After that, we began to play more aggresively and managed to create chances.

- What did Oleg Znarok say in the first intermission?

- This will remain a secret within the team.

- Did Mikko Koskinen's amazing save in the first period give the team confidence?

- Mikko did a great job today. He gave the team a chance to win.

- Was the game plan to counterattack?

- Lokomotiv pressed us, so we changed our tactics.