SKA - Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Game four facts

Andrei Zubarev has played in 450 KHL matches, registering 108 points (28+80). This was the first time when he managed to score in two consecutive SKA games. Andrei is the second SKA defenseman during these KHL playoffs who has netted in two matches in a row. Patrik Hersley did the same against Vityaz in round one.

SKA have scored 100 powerplay goals this campaign. 76 came in the regular season, with the remaining 24 arriving in the Gagarin Cup playoffs. The majority of the goals have come in Saint Petersburg (53). Defenseman have scored 26 of them, but our forwards lead the way with 74 powerplay goals. Ilya Kovalchuk (14) and Vadim Shipachyov (13) have scored more than anyone else on special teams.

In 450 Russian championship appearances, Evgeny Dadonov owns 320 points (153+167).

Alexander Barabanov has picked up 57 points (27+30) in 150 SKA KHL matches.

This was only the second time in the KHL playoffs when three SKA goals were scored by defensemen. The previous occasion was on the 27^th of March 2013, when goals from Kevin Dallman (2) and Dmitry Vorobyov helped SKA beat Dynamo Moscow 6:2.

Dinar Khafizullin had never scored two goals in one game before this match.

SKA and Metallurg Magnitogorsk have played 12 home matches against each other. SKA have scored 32 goals both home and away, however Metallurg generally score more in Magnitogorsk (38 goals compared to 19 in Saint Petersburg).

Metallurg’s goal at 00:27 was the fastest marker SKA had conceded in a KHL home playoff match.