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

      The forward of Kazan's Ak Bars, Ilya Karpukhin, evaluated 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 realized. The opponent was within our reach, and it was also a derby, which should add motivation and emotions, but today that was lacking. The game went very routinely; we talked about it in the locker room that we needed to add emotions, to 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 games against Neftekhimik?" "I don't know, maybe it just coincided. These five matches didn't go consecutively; they are spread out over the championship in different months. The teams are in different conditions. It makes no sense to compare these matches; it just happened that way today. I wouldn't say we played worse at 0:2; 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. Following 45 matches of the KHL regular season, Kazan is in second place with 60 points in the Eastern Conference.

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