SKA - CSKA. Match facts

Roman Rotenberg has achieved 150 victories as the head coach of SKA in the KHL. Furthermore, it only took him 227 games to reach this landmark. Only Nikolai Puchkov (193) and Boris Mikhailov (238) possess more wins as SKA's head coach.

SKA have now scored 150 goals in the 2024/2025 KHL campaign to date from 40 matches. However, the club record was set in the 2016/2017 season, when SKA only required 36 games to score 150 markers.

Never before had SKA scored a minimum of five goals in three consecutive games against CSKA Moscow. So far this season, SKA have registered 16 (!) goals against these particular opponents.

29 (12+17) points tallied by 19-year-old forward Ivan Demidov is a SKA record concerning players under the age of 20. Moreover, he only needed 39 games to reach 29 points.

Alexander Nikishin is the first defenseman in SKA's history to dish out a minimum of 100 assists in the domestic championship. Overall, he is the 12th SKA player to make at least 100 assists for our senior team in competitive matches. Alexander required 190 appearances to achieve this.

Nikishin has to date faced 22 different opponents with SKA, making at least one assist against all of them.

Forward Sergei Plotnikov has now made 300 assists across 926 league games. As a consequence, he has become the ninth player in the history of KHL to make a minimum of 300 assists. 113 of those assists have been gained as a SKA player.

Defenseman Nikita Zaitsev participated in his 400th KHL match, having recorded 125 (39+86) points along the way. Six (0+6) of them have been picked up in 32 SKA games.

Forward Pavel Akolzin scored his maiden goal for SKA in his third match for our team. It turned out to be the game-winner.

Ilya Karpukhin, who incidentally sports the number 89 on his jersey, became the 89th defenseman to represent SKA in the KHL.