“We are playing on our strengths” – Lokomotiv coach on new KHL overtime rule

Head coach of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Igor Nikitin said the team uses other assets in the overtime game than replacing the goalkeeper with an extra field player.

SATURDAY “Locomotive” In a home game of the KHL regular season, he lost to Salavat Yulaev from Ufa in overtime – 2:3.

— If a team replaces the goalie with an extra skater during overtime and misses the puck in their own net, they receive no points for the game. Are you willing to take risks in overtime?

— Guys who are assured of giving the team a chance to win the game should take risks. But you just have to go out and try… The store is also involved. In that regard, we don’t have dominant players in the majority to make this our chance. We have other assets from which we build.

“There are statistics in the NHL that a Stanley Cup winner must play well at five-on-five. Most of them are an enveloping component. So it is very important that the whole team feels needed and important,” Nikitin was quoted as saying by a correspondent.

The Yaroslavl club has scored 11 points in seven matches and is leading the Western Conference standings.

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Source : MatchTV

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