Facts of SKA's avoidable home setback to Spartak

This is the first time in KHL history when SKA have lost four consecutive matches to Spartak Moscow. 

Across 150 competitive appearances for SKA, defenseman Sergei Sapego has picked up 34 (8+26) points. Furthermore, never before had he dished out nine assists in one single regular season as a SKA player.

Only fellow forwards Viktor Tikhonov (310) and Evgeny Ketov (440) have participated in more games as a part of the regular season for SKA than Sergei Plotnikov (301).

Defenseman Nikita Zaitsev became the 31st player to captain SKA in the KHL. 

Forward Matvei Polyakov has tallied at least one point in three consecutive KHL matches for the first time in his career.