SKA - Lada. Match facts

Alexander Nikishin now boasts 121 (33+88) points across 155 competitive SKA appearances. Among defensemen, only Dmitry Kalinin (46+84) holds more points in the KHL for our club.

In the KHL regular season, forward Marat Khairullin has tallied 100 (48+52) points for SKA. It only took him 121 matches to reach this landmark.

Fellow forwards Mikhail Grigorenko (fifth appearance) and Ivan Demidov (11th appearance) both scored their maiden SKA competitive goals. Ivan netted his marker when at the tender age of 18 years, 9 months and 5 days, becoming the fourth youngest player to score a goal for the senior SKA team. Only Vasily Podkolzin, Nikita Chibrikov and Matvei Michkov were younger when they grabbed their first competitive SKA goals.

Forward Grigory Kuzmin dished out his first KHL assist in his debut regular season game. 

His decisive goal was forward Valentin Zykov's first OT winner in his 160 competitive match for SKA.