Before CSKA Konstantin Okulov explained why the army team is so weak in the first periods in games against “locomotive “.
CSKA defeated Lokomotiv in the second game of the second round of the Gagarin Cup (3:2). The Army team leads the best-of-four series with a score of 2-0. But at the same time, the Yaroslavl team transferred the army team in the first periods of two matches with an aggregate score of 32-5.
– Lokomotiv is known for its good defense. How did you find the opponent’s keys?
“It’s not about the keys. We played very badly during the first period and a half, we let the opponent create a lot of chances. We lost the first half by a wicket. The account therefore made sense.
But then we started doing simple things in our zone and in the middle zone. This is where the answer to your question comes from. That’s how we scored our goals.
– And why did Lokomotiv win the first half in terms of shots in the first two matches? Maybe it’s mental fatigue that you have?
– It’s not about fatigue, but about the fact that the people of Yaroslavl do simple and competent things. They don’t invent anything superfluous, the puck advances from the defense. And we start to invent, to do something beautiful. And it should be like this: he removed the puck, gave it forward, transferred the game to their zone. And so we slowly drag the game, showing our strengths.
— You scored 2 (0+2) points in this game and became CSKA’s top scorer in KHL history. What does this mean for you?
“I’m very happy that we managed to score so many points. I hope there will be more to come. It’s always nice to score points with a good team,” said correspondent Okulov.
Okulov became the top scorer in the history of CSKA. He scored 283 (107+176) points in 376 games, surpassing Alexander Radulov, who scored 282 (91+191) points in 226 games.
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