Dinamo Minsk - SKA. Facts of game three

In 20 KHL Gagarin Cup playoff matches against Dinamo Minsk, SKA have now scored 50 goals. The Belarusians have indeed become the fifth club to concede a minimum of 50 markers against SKA in the playoffs, following in the footsteps of CSKA Moscow, Atlant Mytishchi, Dynamo Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow.

Dmitry Nikolaev made his 50th competitive appearance for the senior SKA team. Across those games, the 22-year-old has tallied 37 wins, four shutouts and 94 conceded goals. The goalkeeper also recorded his maiden playoff shutout in the KHL in the process.

Forward Nikita Komarov netted his first goal in the Gagarin Cup playoffs. It took him 31 matches to achieve this, having now played in the playoffs for Dinamo Minsk, Vityaz Moscow Region, Avangard Omsk and SKA. He is the second player in KHL history to register points both for and against SKA and Dinamo Minsk in games between the two clubs, with Malte Stromwall having previously done the same. Komarov's only point for Minsk against SKA arrived on the 10th of October 2016 (2:6).