SKA - Lokomotiv. Game one facts

SKA earned a shutout in the Russian championship playoffs for the 25th time. The first came back in 1993.

Scoring after just 49 seconds, Vadim Shipachyov grabbed the quickest ever winning SKA goal in a KHL Gagarin Cup playoff match. The previous record holder was Artemiy Panarin, who scored 53 seconds in against Atlant on February 28, 2013. Vadim has points in eigh playoff matches against Lokomotiv for SKA.

Mikko Koskinen picked up his 30th KHL shutout, becoming the seventh league goalkeeper to reach this landmark. The others were Vasily Koshechkin, Alexander Yeryomenko, Konstantin Barulin, Stanislav Galimov, Ilya Sorokin and Michael Garnett.

Maxim Karpov has competed in 350 KHL matches, registering 170 (75+95) points. 24 (5+19) have come in 39 SKA appearances.

Yegor Yakovlev owns 50 assists in 365 KHL games.

When a Lokomotiv player, defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov scored against SKA in the 2015/2016 KHL Gagarin Cup playoffs. Now, he also has a goal on Lokomotiv.