SKA - CSKA. Match facts

This was the 50th match between SKA and CSKA in the KHL. Our team have taken 32 victories with half coming in regulation, five in overtime and two on penalty shots. The goal difference is 142-102 in SKA's favour.

SKA took their first win in eight games against CSKA.

Igor Shestyorkin is the first SKA goaltender to not concede in three KHL regular season matches in a row. In the Gagarin Cup playoffs last season, Mikko Koskinen did the same during the series against HC Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Igor has not conceded a goal for 187 minutes and 3 seconds.

In only his 26th SKA appearance, Igor Shestyorkin notched up his fifth club shutout.

Forward Sergei Shirokov netted his 100th goal in the KHL in his 353th match. 11 have been for SKA, 47 with CSKA and a further 42 for CSKA. Also, Sergei scored three goals for CSKA and two for Avangard in games against SKA.

Sergei Plotnikov has 178 points (78+100) from 350 KHL games.

Anton Belov boasts 27 points (8+19) in 100 SKA KHL regular season fixtures.

Sergei Plotnikov's empty netter goal became the 11th that SKA have scored at the final second of a KHL match. However, only five of them have come while the opposing goalkeeper was on the bench.

This was the first time that CSKA goaltender Ilya Sorokin lost a match to SKA with the Moscow club. All in all, he has only conceded six goals against SKA.