MOSCOW, March 12. /Offset. TASS Sergey Fuchs/. Players of the St. Petersburg SKA don’t think about the status of the favourite playoffs of the Continental hockey League (KHL), they are concentrated on the following games. This opinion shared with reporters SKA forward Sergey Plotnikov.

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Sunday SKA in the third 1/4 final match of the KHL beat Dynamo Moscow with the score 4:2 lead in the series to four victories – 2-1.

“We do not think about the advantage, we just prepare for every game and go out to win. In the playoffs, no favorites, each team can shoot. We do not think that we are favorites, we just go for victories,” said Plotnikov.

“The audience was supposed to like the match, there were many power games, he continued. – Was the removal, but we persevered and scored their most. It’s the playoffs, then play from beginning to end . Once missed, it is necessary to win”.

The game is from a knife

A goal from the centre of the site noted defender of “Dynamo” Andrey Kuteikin. “They missed some shots from midfield? Nothing terrible, (Mikko) Koskinen (goalkeeper SKA. – Approx. TASS) then bailed out, we supported him, he scored important goals. We are one team, no matter what anyone did, we supported each other,” said Plotnikov.

Captain SKA Pavel Datsyuk was removed from the game for a foul on Alexei Tsvetkova. “I wouldn’t say that there was a violation, he hit upon reception of the washer. Not for me to judge, there will be a deal, but I think that there was nothing there. The game goes from a knife, everyone is trying, struggling, somewhere down the nerves,” said Plotnikov.

The fourth game of the series between Dynamo and SKA will take place in Moscow on March 14.