Lokomotiv - SKA. Match facts

SKA defeated Lokomotiv Yaroslavl for the first time in six games having previously suffered five defeats on the bounce against these particular opponents. Before this particular game, SKA's last triumph over Lokomotiv had been witnessed on the 24th of October 2022 in Saint Petersburg (4:3).

Sergei Tolchinsky made his 300th KHL appearance. Thanks to his wonderful goal during the second stanza, the forward has now picked up 212 (77+135) points. 14 (5+9) of them have been earned across 20 matches for SKA so far.

Fellow forward Zakhar Bardakov participated in his 100th competitive SKA match. To date, he has recorded 27 (9+18) points for our senior team.

For the first time as a SKA player, Belarusian forward Vladimir Alistrov scored two goals in one game.

Furthermore, he scored SKA's quickest goal in a second period of a KHL match (20:10). The previous record of netting 13 seconds after the first break had been set by Roman Cervenka on the 26th of February 2014 (SKA - Avangard - 4:5 OT).