The head coach CSKA Sergei Fedorov said he was unhappy with some of the team’s actions during the KHL match with “Neftekhimik” .
On Monday, CSKA defeated Neftekhimik on their ice with a score of 2:1 in the Fonbet KHL championship match. The Army team broke a three-game losing streak.
— The game had good speed, Neftekhimik played in the middle zone without mistakes, it was difficult to overcome this distance to play on offense, but we found a solution, we simply threw the puck into the opponent’s zone.
We had two good first periods, but the third didn’t count. I will also say something about the end, when our players were trying to score into an empty net instead of just moving the puck out of the defensive zone, it was depressing. Nevertheless, the team has a victory, thanks to the support of the fans.
— What does the team think of the victory? However, today we did not win with much confidence.
— Everything was going well before the match in the 5v6 format, there was enough energy and chances in the second half for us to convert, but in the third period the team came out relaxed. A victory is a victory, but there are inappropriate moments, I have never seen anything like this in our team. We will speak with the team and personally with the players who made such moments possible.
— CSKA started the match very actively, creating numerous chances in front of the opponent’s goal. Can we say that you were counting on an early goal?
— Our calculation is simple, the defense begins in the attack zone, in the first half we had the initiative, but this was not reflected on the scoreboard, it is difficult to count on a blitzkrieg when we lost three games. But the main thing is that we returned to things that gave results.
— How to evaluate the result of the series at home?
— We had three games, then a break, now another game. Today we won by controlling the puck with confidence, but it didn’t show on the scoreboard. During the three-day break, we looked in the mirror, everyone realized that we had to prepare. All is not well in our team, we complicate simple things. The next match is against Love, now everyone is thinking about it, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Fedorov’s words.
CSKA, with 32 points in 29 matches, is in fifth place in the Western Conference standings.
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