Avtomobilist - SKA. Match facts

Avtomobilist's first goal yesterday was the 500th that SKA conceded in 207 away KHL regular season matches.

It was Andrei Kuteikin's 450th Russian championship match, and he currently has 175 points (62+113).

Nikita Gusev is only the fourth SKA player to take two assists in his debut outing. Previously David Pospecial in 2003 (Dynamo Moscow - SKA - 2:2), Sergey Korolyov (SKA - Sibir - 4:1) in 2004, and finally Alexey Petrov in 2009 (Vityaz SKA - 5:4) achieved that feat.

Nikita's only goal against SKA came for Yugra on the 4th of March 2014 (SKA - Yugra - 1:2), and that marker became the winning one. His first appearance in the KHL Gagarin Cup playoffs also came against SKA for HC CSKA Moscow (4:1 SKA victory).

Maxim Chudinov played his 400th KHL game, taking 140 points (44+96).

SKA's last defeat in Yekaterinburg came on the 28th January 2001 - 2:3.

It was Alexei Simakov's third double for Avtomobilist against our club. Two of them have come in the KHL, with another in a different tournament in 1999. Overall Alexei has 10 goals against SKA for different clubs, while in the KHL's first season he played one match for our team.