Karpuhin after the defeat to "Neftekhimik": We didn't score today, we'll be angrier.

      The forward of Kazan's Ak Bars, Ilya Karpukhin, assessed the recent home match against Neftekhimik and stated that the defeat to their neighbors from Nizhnekamsk will add anger before the matches in the Far East. "It was an unsuccessful match for us, we didn't score, which is especially unpleasant. We want to change that. We created quite a few good moments that needed to be converted. The opponent was within our reach, and it's also a derby that should add motivation and emotions, but today we lacked that. The game went very routinely, and we talked about it in the locker room that we needed to add emotions and energize the nerves. It didn't happen, but I don't know what it was related to. "Is there a logical explanation for why teams only win away matches against Neftekhimik?" "I don't know, maybe it just coincided. These five matches didn't go consecutively; they are spread throughout the championship in different months. The teams are in different conditions. It doesn't make sense to compare these matches; it just turned out this way today. I wouldn't say that at 0:2 we played worse; that doesn't reflect the true content of the game. We definitely worked for at least one goal, but that's hockey. We didn't score today; we'll be angrier," Karpukhin said after the match to journalists. Ilya Karpukhin has 17 (5+12) points in 45 matches for Ak Bars. After 45 matches of the KHL regular season, Kazan is in second place with 60 points in the Eastern Conference.

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