The Moscow attacker “Spartacus” Maxim Tsyplakov after a home victory against Metallurg Magnitogorsk, he highlighted the importance of his team’s first goal in this series.
On Thursday, Spartak beat Metallurg in Moscow (5:2). Tsyplakov opened the scoring in the 5th minute. The Red and White managed to score against Ilya Nabokov for the first time in three matches of the series. Alexey Zhamnov’s team narrowed the gap in the second round of the playoffs – 1-2.
— The main thing is that we started well, like the first two matches. There was more aggression on our part.
If we talk about my puck, there was a long change on defense, I managed to get the puck out and play on the counterattack, I shot – and I hit it well. Of course, after a long series without a head, a weight was taken off our shoulders, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Tsyplakov’s words.
The teams will play their next match in Moscow on March 23.
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