“According to the photo, it was the best match of Avangard in the series with Lokomotiv,” Zvyagin, coach of the Omsk club.

Interim head coach “Avant-garde” Sergei Zvyagin summarized the results of the fourth game of the playoff series KHL with Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” .

Avangard lost to Lokomotiv on Friday with a score of 1:3.

— Based on the photo, this was our best game of this series. We held the puck more. Maybe they even overexposed it somewhere. It seemed like the opponent’s moments were more the result of our technical errors. And you need to throw more.

– Why do you score so few goals? Only four goals in the series.

– It is possible to improve performance. Today we had more than one scoring opportunity. And especially in the second period, we held the puck a lot more. The defenders had chances to shoot, but they tried to hold the puck and improve their chances. As a result, the adversary simply devoured us. That’s why, before the third period, we asked that we focus more on shooting.

— Maybe it’s easier for you to play and let yourself be less carried away by beauty?

— Beauty against this team… If anyone before the series had the illusion that it would be simple and easy with Lokomotiv, then after three matches we realized that nothing would be easy with Igor’s team Nikitin. The team is very organized. I won’t say we want to play simple hockey. But at times we can do it, because it’s the best chance to win the game.

— Why wasn’t your first link visible?

“I didn’t think they were any slower.” The first link created opportunities. He played more often, went out every other shift, every two. I didn’t notice that they were very tired. We played to win. We are going to Omsk to return to Yaroslavl with victory,” Zvyagin said, as quoted by the correspondent.

Lokomotiv leads 3-1 in the best-of-five series. The fifth match of these teams will take place on Sunday in Omsk.

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