SKA - Avtomobilist. Match facts

This is the first in the KHL that SKA have lost both matches to Avtomobilist in one season. Only once did SKA lose to these opponents twice, 2:5 in Yekaterinburg and 0:1 in Saint Petersburg.

Goaltender Ilya Ezhov lost his second penalty shootout in a row. However, before these two games he had won eight shootouts and conceded only four goals from 27 shots.

15 SKA players have taken five or more penalty shots in shootouts. Sergei Zubov has netted three out of five attempts and Alexei Yashin netted four out of eight. Ilya Kovalchuk has taken 22 overall penalty shots, and has scored on eight occasions.

Joakim Lindstrom took his 50th KHL point (17+33), with 20 of them coming for SKA (7+13).

In games against SKA, Avtomobilist forward Petr Koukal has scored two out of five penalty shots.

Alexei Mikhnov has 20 points (8+12) from games against SKA for all of the clubs he has played for.