Head coach “Kunlun” Mikhail Kravets after the defeat of “Lokomotiv” said the opponent was lucky when his team did not take advantage of an obvious scoring opportunity.
On Saturday, Kunlun lost to Lokomotiv in overtime in a KHL regular season away match (2:3 in overtime). The Chinese club led with a score of 2:0 until the 36th minute.
— Our team played a decent match against a strong opponent. Somewhere we were lucky, but Lokomotiv was also lucky when we escaped two to one in the minority and did not score into an empty goal. We could have won. The most important thing is that the quality of the five-on-five and minority play was at a good level. Yes, we have to score on the power play, but we have to show skill and confidence, we didn’t do that. There was an attitude, all four lines and the goalkeeper played according to the given plan and did their job.
— You beat SKA, Salavat Yulaev, take a point in Yaroslavl. What doesn’t work in matches with lower status teams?
– It’s a new team, new players, sometimes the composition is “broken”. We played with SKA and Salavat with optimal fives and pairs of defenders. We have to play every game, somewhere where we haven’t adjusted or we haven’t adjusted enough. Since the match against Torpedo we have played well, but we must not stop.
— What was the setting of the third period?
— The attitude was not to defend oneself, not to make mistakes, not to just fight back.
— How would you evaluate Kojevnikov’s play?
– Good match, he provides decent help in defense. With experience, he will play even better,” Kravets was quoted as saying by a correspondent.
Kunlun scored 11 points in 14 matches and ranked tenth in the Western Conference standings.
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