Salavat Yulaev - SKA. Match facts

This was the first match in five that SKA didn't score five goals. This was SKA's fourth such series in Russian championships and the KHL, The first came in 2012, the next was in the 2013/2014, and last season with Vyacheslav Bykov the team scored 22 goals between the 25th of September and the 1st of October 2014.

It was Dinar Khafizullin's 100th SKA appearance, and he has 22 points (3+19) for our team.

For the first time in nine matches, Nikita Gusev failed to take a point. During that time, he took 13 points (5+8) which became a personal record.

It was another match in which Ilya Kovalchuk couldn't score against Salavat. In the previous seven matches between these two teams Ilya took nine assists, but he is yet to score a goal. From 32 SKA overall goals against Salavat, Ilya has ten assists - Ilya has assisted against Salavat in the KHL more than against any other opponent.

SKA's foreign players have played a combined 2500 matches in Russian championship and KHL regular seasons. 45 foreign players from eight countries have competed for the club - 14 from Sweden, 11 Canadians, 9 Czechs, 5 Finns, 3 Americans and one Norwegian, Slovakian and Swiss. Overall they have 1171 points (467+704)