Forward of the CSKA hockey club Sergei Plotnikov in a conversation with a correspondent, he said he was satisfied with his effective performance, but added that the team result is more important than the personal result.
On Saturday, CSKA beat Spartak on home ice in overtime (3:2) in the Fonbet KHL championship match. Plotnikov scored the winning goal.
In the previous two games, the reigning KHL champion lost to Kunlun and Dynamo Moscow. CSKA scored seven points and is eighth in the KHL Western Conference standings.
— We failed in the first period, then we came out to play hockey like we know how to do. We added in all aspects: we moved a lot, entered the fight, created traffic in front of the opponent’s goal, started throwing more, climbed on the opponent’s goal. Thanks to this, moments began to come to us.
— Tell us about the emotions linked to your goal.
— The puck scored in overtime allowed me to breathe a little. Until now, it is difficult for me to take effective measures, even though I have the moments and everything necessary to carry them out. Today we really wanted to win, and it didn’t matter who scored the winning goal.
— How did the team cope with a failed start to the championship?
— I can’t say that a series of defeats put pressure on us, but it was unpleasant. We won the Gagarin Cup two years in a row. We didn’t want to start the season like this, but there are still a lot of games to play, we will definitely improve,” Plotnikov told .
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Source : MatchTV
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