Severstal - SKA. Game four facts

SKA have won 19 KHL consecutive matches against Severstal Cherepovets, a club record. Never before had SKA beaten one opponent in 19 successive national championship games. 10 of those wins have come in the KHL regular season, with the remaining nine in the Gagarin Cup playoffs. The streak began on November 21, 2012.

For the fourth time in history, SKA won a KHL Gagarin Cup playoff series 4:0. This is a joint league record shared with CSKA Moscow.

SKA have kept a clean sheet in 20 KHL Gagarin Cup playoff matches. Only Ak Bars boast more shutouts - 22. During the current 2017/2018 KHL season, SKA have 13 shutouts overall.

In 250 KHL matches, Finnish goalkeeper Mikko Koskinen has conceded 468 goals and earned 29 shutouts. Mikko has competed in 170 SKA games in the KHL, taking 22 shutouts and letting in 323 goals.

This game four against Severstal Cherepovets was Mikko's 10th Gagarin Cup shutout for SKA. He is only the second KHL goalkeeper to earn ten shutouts for one club in the playoffs, with only Dynamo Moscow's Alexander Yeryomenko having more - 11.

With 14 (3+11) points, forward Nikita Gusev is SKA's top scorers in KHL matches against Severstal.

Severstal captain Dmitry Kagarlitsky is the first player to score four goals in a playoff series against SKA but lose 0:4.