Before CSKA Anton Slepichev summarized the results of the first round of the playoffs KHL and talked about the upcoming series with “Locomotive” .
CSKA beat Severstal in the first round in seven matches, winning Tuesday’s decider with a score of 5:3. Slepyshev scored 6 (4+2) points in this series.
– Those who support CSKA were very nervous when the score was 0:2. Do you feel like you’re on the edge of an abyss?
– And we were on the brink in the final that year. But we still believe in each other, the backbone of the team has been formed for a long time. We know we can release such games, we have experience. So we believed until the end.
– Was the second goal against Severstal a turning point?
– Plotnikov’s majority puck in the first period was important, so we went to the break, losing only one goal to the score. Then it wouldn’t be such a serious situation. The second puck also helped. And we started the third period well.
– Two goals in 27 seconds – is that spontaneity?
— No, because we had the initiative from the first shift. We kept the puck in the opposing zone, and they were already tired. So it already felt the goals.
– Will the series with Lokomotiv be completely different?
– We know Lokomotiv well in recent seasons and its technical staff. We know what to expect. We had a lot of problems in the series against Cherepovets. So we’re going to focus on ourselves first.
Do you have time to rest?
– Certainly! — said Slepyshev for “”.
In the regular season this season, 28-year-old Slepyshev scored 27 (10+17) points in 50 appearances. With the army team, the striker has already won two Gagarin Cups (2019, 2022).
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