Stepan Falkovsky and Marat Khusnutdinov speak after the first match against Spartak

HC SKA defenseman Stepan Falkovsky:

- It was a poor first period from us. However, this was only the opening game of the series, we move on.

- How did you plan to compete against Spartak Moscow, considering that they hadn't played since early January?

- Well, they had been training. They were luckier than us today, but as I have already said, this was only the first match of the series.

- You didn't score in the regular season, but you've already tallied two goals in the Gagarin Cup playoffs.

- Yes, but we lost today. We will prepare for the next match.

- For your goal, did you expect Anton Burdasov to make that pass to you?

- If he didn't shoot, he had to make that pass. He had no other option.

HC SKA forward Marat Khusnutdinov:

- Firstly, we failed to take advantage of our scoring opportunities and we conceded stupid goals. The opponents used this and managed to see the game out.

- After a slow first period, SKA began to improve in the second and third frames. Why couldn't you score more goals?

- Fortune was on Spartak's side. Considering just how maby chances we had to score, it was possible to turn this match around. However, the series is only just starting, we will now analyse our mistakes and draw the correct conclusions. We want to make our fans happy.

- Did you enjoy competing in a line with Andrei Kuzmenko and Anton Burdasov?

- We're all prepared to play with one another. It didn't work out today, but we will make improvements for Sunday.