Defender SKA Alexander Nikishin after the defeat of “Spartacus” During the KHL championship game, Fonbet said his team did not play the best game of the season.
The meeting between Spartak and SKA took place on Monday in Moscow and ended with the victory of the “red-whites” with a score of 3:2. The St. Petersburg team took the lead twice thanks to goals from Marat Khairullin and Alexander Kadeikin; Spartak’s victory was brought by a goal by striker Alexander Belyaev a second before the end of the third period. This puck became the second goal of the 24-year-old hockey player in his KHL career.
— SKA didn’t look the best. What went wrong?
– Yes, I think it’s not the best game. We didn’t convert our chances. The middle zone is lost. Lots of minorities. Even though we also had a majority, we had to implement it. We have to work on this. And don’t despair at all, enjoy the positive moments of this match and move on.
— SKA is poised on the border of the eight-cup team. Is it annoying?
— Yes, it’s unpleasant when we sometimes fly out of the playoff zone. We are worried, we are trying to improve something. But these thoughts do not leave us. We have already played 26 matches. Still, it’s a lot. We are trying to change something. Still, you have to go higher so that there is some sort of airbag. And don’t think about glasses at all.
— Why isn’t SKA playing like last year, when it won first place in the regular season? Why don’t you participate in the attack as often as before?
“Now there were several moments where I pushed forward and tried to create chances. I took several photos. But this year is not going the same way as last year. Last year we had a completely different team. We started well from the first matches. And things went well one after the other. And this season, we have a lot of falls,” reports a correspondent, according to Nikishin.
After 26 regular season matches, SKA occupies eighth place in the Western Conference with 26 points.
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Source : MatchTV
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