Before “Metallurgist » Pavel Akolzin said that Avtomobilist did not surprise anyone in the first match of the third round of the Fonbet KHL Championship playoffs.
On Wednesday, Metallurg defeated Avtomobilist in the first match of the Gagarin Cup series with a score of 2:1. Akolzin scored the winning goal.
— There was no surprise on the part of the adversary. What we expected is what we got. Somehow they were under pressure, but mostly they stood back and waited for our mistakes. But we settled them well and made minimal mistakes that could lead to counter-attacks. And if something didn’t work out somewhere, then Ilya Nabokov helped us.
We had a shorter break between matches than them, but these four days were enough for us to recover. I think we didn’t lose our tone of play and I think there was some good movement.
My goal? Yes, it’s been a long time since I managed to score, although there seemed to be chances. Today it worked, they played six against five, they managed to intercept the puck. Of course, Egor Korobkin played wonderfully in the middle zone, intercepted it, passed the ball, all I had to do was hit the empty net, which I did.
The match was tough, there are no easy opponents here, especially in the semi-final. A difficult opponent who plays very well on defense and catches a lot of pucks. But we had enough chances today, I think in the first two periods we should have scored at least more than one goal and not led to such a nervous ending. But all’s well that ends well! We are preparing for the second match (smiles), – Metaratings.ru quotes Akolzin.
The second match of the series up to four victories will take place on April 5 in Magnitogorsk.
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