MOSCOW, April 8, Andrey Senchenko. CSKA Moscow head coach Sergei Fedorov noted that his wards did not play sharply enough in attack to force the players of St. Petersburg SKA to foul in the fourth match of the final series of the Western Conference of the playoffs of the Continental Hockey League (KHL).
The meeting on Saturday ended with the victory of SKA with a score of 3:1. The score in the series became equal — 2-2. Petersburgers did not receive a single removal. CSKA got 27 penalty minutes, the defender of the army team Artem Sergeev received a penalty «5+20» and was sent off before the end of the game.
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«Fast, good game. In the second period, we failed in one segment, we did not take the puck out of the zone in time. Otherwise, we coped with speed «We moved the puck well. But in the third period, the puck didn't stay on the hook. I wouldn't say that today we saw some other SKA, but the speeds were higher. They set the task of bringing the puck into our zone, and they succeeded. We could play with the puck sharper to force the opponent to foul.No, we didn’t play toothlessly in attack, but we didn’t earn a single majority.As for the episode involving Sergeyev, Artem unsuccessfully used a power hold.Although I won’t say that his removal had a global impact on us,» Fedorov told reporters.