S. PETERSBURG, 10 Apr, Dmitry Edigarev. SKA showed its best game in the fifth match of the Western Conference Final of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) with CSKA Moscow, St. Petersburg's head coach Roman Rotenberg told reporters.
On Monday, CSKA won a strong-willed victory over SKA in the fifth match of the series with a score of 7:3 (2:2, 1:0, 4:1). CSKA leads the series to four wins with a score of 3-2. The sixth match between the teams will take place on April 12 in Moscow.
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«»We made unnecessary mistakes. According to statistics, today was our best game. The opponent converted their chances well. We completely outplayed CSKA in some moments. We We know how to play and we will come back stronger. As for the mistakes of some players, we are not looking for scapegoats. Today was our best game, but the score was not the best, «Rothenberg told reporters.
After the match between the teams there was a mass brawl.
«As for the brawl, this is not the first in the series. It was already in the last match in St. Petersburg. These are emotions, everyone wants to win, any methods are good here. The referees are professionals, they will figure it out, so are we let's draw conclusions,» Rotenberg added.