The head coach Lokomotiv Igor Nikitin believe that defeat “Avant-garde” (3:4OT) in the Fonbet KHL Championship will help his team better prepare for the start of the Gagarin Cup.
On Friday, Lokomotiv lost to Avangard in Omsk. The Yaroslavl team led 3-1 in the game, but allowed the opponents to equalize five seconds before the end of the third period, then conceded the puck in the first minute of overtime.
“We believed in victory too early, so we made mistakes,” Nikitin quotes “”. And they turned everything upside down on their own. There is no better experience before the playoffs.
— Why did your team play today in “waves” and miss the end of the third period?
“Unfortunately, the last wave was left behind by Avangard. Two good teams played, there are enough masters. In such a meeting, it is impossible to dominate the three periods.
– Was it a surprise to you that Avangard immediately changed goalkeepers for the fourth outfield player in overtime?
We weren’t going to play three against four. Therefore, they released two forwards onto the ice. But it’s silly to say it was a surprise.
Lokomotiv moved into second place in the KHL Western Conference standings with 90 points. CSKA have the same number of points, Torpedo are one point behind. These two teams will play games tonight.
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Source : MatchTV
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