Statistics of SKA's first KHL victory of the campaign

Alexei Maklyukov (defenseman), Daniil Miromanov (defenseman), Danil Aimurzin (forward), Vasily Atanasov (forward), Linus Weissbach (forward) and Nikolai Chebykin (forward) all made their competitive SKA debuts. Maklyukov and Aimurzin both dished out assists, while Atanasov recorded two (1+1) points.

SKA have now scored 200 goals across 71 KHL matches with Igor Larionov operating as head coach.

Forward Nikolai Goldobin has picked up 51 (17+34) points from 64 SKA games.

Sergei Plotnikov scored his maiden goal against Lada Tolyatti as a SKA player. Overall, the forward has netted a minimum of one marker against 26 different opponents for our team.

Defenseman Sergei Sapego finished a KHL regular season game with a 1+1 record for the first time. 

Forward Matvei Korotky scored his 20th KHL goal for SKA and his first in overtime.

Interestingly, defensemen Nikolai Knyzhov and Vladislav Syomin both competed in the league for SKA for the first time in seven years! Knyzhov's most recent appearance had been on 4 February 2019, with Syomin's last match having taken place on 26 February of the same year.

Lada forward Riley Sawchuk is now his team's leading KHL scorer against SKA with eight (1+7) points on the board.