SKA - Severstal. Match facts

This was the 100th match between SKA and Severstal Cherepovets in the history of the domestic championship. Across those games SKA have achieved 59 wins, Severstal have tallied 36 wins and the remaining five meetings ended in a draw. The goal difference is 292-234 (+58) in SKA's favour.

SKA scored eight goals against Severstal on home ice in Saint Petersburg for the first time.

Defensemen Andrei Pedan and Tony DeAngelo both set a club record for SKA in Russian history with a hugely impressive +6 plus/minus rating!

DeAngelo became the first player to dish out three assists on his competitive SKA debut. 

For his part, Pedan became the first SKA defenseman in the KHL to make four assists during the one single game.

Furthermore, Pedan - alongside fellow defenseman Danila Galenyuk - made his 100th KHL appearance for SKA. Pedan has picked up 32 (8+24) points to date, while Galenyuk has recorded 19 (3+16) points.

Forward Zakhar Bardakov participated in his 200th KHL match, tallying 57 (24+33) points along the way. 46 (16+30) of them have been registered in 156 SKA league games.

Fellow forward Mikhail Vorobyov now boasts 150 (55+95) points from 321 KHL matches. 123 (45+78) of them have been gained in 210 games as a SKA player.

Never before in the KHL had SKA defeated an opponent by a score of 8:5. 

Yaroslav Dyblenko (defenseman) and Alexei Kruchinin (forward) became the 99th and 100th players to have played both for and against SKA and Severstal in competitive games.