Lokomotiv - SKA. Match facts

It was SKA's 500th KHL match. 420 of those have been played in the regular championship, with the remaining 80 in the KHL Gagarin Cup playoffs. 325 victories are on the record, along with 175 defeats. 1607 - 1110 is the goal difference in SKA's favour. SKA is the fifth KHL club to reach the 500 mark, along with HC Ak Bars Kazan, Salavat Yulaev, Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Dynamo Moscow.

Anton Belov has competed in 350 KHL games, taking 97 points (25+72).

Anton Burdasov has at least a point in five fixtures straight.

This was the first time in more than ten years that SKA managed to defeat Lokomotiv in Yaroslavl in normal time. The previous victory was on the 18th of September 2004 (4:1). Since then, our team had only one overtime victory in the 2007/2008 campaign.

Ilya Kovalchuk is the second top points scorer for SKA in KHL regular seasons, overtaking Patrick Thoresen with 160 points (66+94).

Also, Ilya has more points than anyone else in the KHL regular season in games between Lokomotiv and SKA (10 - 7+3).