Metallurg Magnitogorsk head coach Ilya Vorobyov commented on his team’s victory in the third game of the Gagarin Cup Eastern Conference playoff quarterfinal series.
“The extensions and the third half were good, the work goals were scored in a penny, which is what we asked for. We are happy to have won another difficult game, we are working. Well done guys, this is character.
Ridiculous deletions? We talked, we talked about it, it happened that many people broke sticks, but a part flew out and they gave for this elimination, ”the specialist was quoted as saying by the KHL press service.
The meeting in Magnitogorsk ended with the score 2:1 in favor of the guests.
In the second half, Avtomobilist’s player Nick Ebert (minute 39) opened the scoring, and in the third half the locals equalized thanks to an accurate shot by Semyon Koshelev (44). In extra time, Denis Zernov scored the winning goal (91).
The score in the series up to four wins was 2-1 in favor of Metallurg. The fourth game in the series will take place on March 8 in Magnitogorsk.
