Facts of the first playoff match with CSKA on the road

Rocco Grimaldi (forward), Nikita Dishkovsky (forward), Yegor Zelenov (defenseman), Nikita Nedopyokin (forward), Matvei Polyakov (forward) and Vladislav Romanov (forward) all made their Gagarin Cup playoff debuts.

Defenseman Danila Galenyuk made his 200th competitive SKA appearance. So far, he has amassed 31 (6+25) points. 

Forward Sergei Plotnikov dished out his 50th assist across 151 KHL playoff matches, with 18 of them having been recorded in 53 games for SKA.

This was the 10th time when SKA competed in two overtime periods in the KHL.

Only Mikhail Grigorenko (11) and Denis Mosalyov (11) have scored more playoff goals against SKA than CSKA Moscow forward Maxim Sorkin (9).