Defender S.K.A. Mikhail Pashnin after the defeat of his team by Lokomotiv told that the three-game losing streak will not affect the Saint Petersburg team’s preparation for the playoffs.
The meeting in St. Petersburg between SKA and Lokomotiv within the framework of the Fonbet Championship of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) ended with the score 2:1 in favor of the guests.
In the table of the Western Conference, SKA (91 points), which suffered its third consecutive defeat, remains in first place. The team has already secured participation in the Gagarin Cup. In the next game, Petersburgers will host Kazan “Ak Bars” on February 3.
“We understand that we have lost the last three games,” Pashnin told . – Maybe it’s even better than before the playoffs, we found ourselves in such a difficult situation. The team will come out of a difficult situation and gain momentum.
– Will the current situation affect the preparation of the match against Ak Bars?
– This will not be the case. We are preparing for the playoffs, there is just a little left.
– What went wrong against Lokomotiv?
– Today we did a good job, we got back to the game we usually play. We mark a little now, we will fix it and everything will be fine.
Watch live broadcasts of matches of the Fonbet KHL Championship on the federal channel and thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
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