SKA - Avangard. Match facts

Vadim Shipachyov became the first SKA player in history to reach 200 assists. SKA's number 87 has required 275 KHL matches to reach this landmark, taking assists against 30 different opponents.

Fellow forward Viktor Tikhonov competed in his 250th KHL regular season game for SKA. So far, he boasts 136 points (68+68). Only Maxim Chudinov (260), Tony Martensson (260) and Ilya Kovalchuk (281) have made more SKA regular season appearances.

David Rundblad has set a new record for a new SKA player's amount of matches without any penalty minutes. In this game against Avangard, David received a minor penalty, his first since joining the club in the summer. It has taken him 28 matches to take a penalty, beating Vadim Shipachyov's previous record of 27.

However, the overall SKA Russian championship record belongs to Alexander Golets, who took his first penalty in the 42nd match during the 2004/2005 season.

Igor Shestyorkin earned his 55th victory for SKA. At the moment, Igor has played in 77 SKA matches. Mikko Koskinen has more SKA wins than any other goaltender - 93 in 154 games.

Maxim Chudinov scored his first goal against SKA for his new team Avangard Omsk. While playing for SKA, Maxim registered three points (1+2) in games against Avangard.