Salavat Yulaev head coach Nikolay Tsulygin

«It was a good start from Avangard: they played very well in the start, took a lead and that is why we made a lot mistakes. It great that we were able to capitalize on power play. Regarding the second period, our rivalry was more active for the first 10 minutes. Right after we scored, it became easy to play; we just waited for the mistakes and played the score. Good job everyone, they played well.  Thanks for our fans, they supported us also. »

Avangard head coach Bob Heartly:

«We had a great start and second period all like that. That second and third goal kind of put us back on the heels and on the 3^rd period we had to open up in order to create some offence. We made some mistakes, we turned some pucks over and they were very opportunistic and we did not give them much but they scored some great goals, some nice shoots. We are going to Ufa with an intention bringing back the 7^th game in Balashicha. »