SKA - CSKA. Game one facts

Nine SKA defensemen and 24 forwards have points in the 2017/2018 KHL Gagarin Cup playoffs, a new club record. The previous best was 23 players in the 2012/2013 playoffs.

In 150 SKA matches, defenseman Andrei Zubarev boasts 22 (2+20) points.

Artyom Zub collected two assists in one SKA game for the first time since joining the Saint Petersburg club.

The fourth consecutive KHL Gagarin Cup playoff match between SKA and HC CSKA Moscow in Saint Petersburg finished in overtime. SKA have one victory, with CSKA winning the remaining three.

Young CSKA Moscow forward Andrei Kuzmenko became the fifth SKA opponent to score a hat trick against our team in the KHL Gagarin Cup playoffs. SKA have lost all of those five matches.

Nikolai Prokhorkin has goals for both CSKA and SKA when these two clubs have faced off against each other in the KHL playoffs. In 2014, Nikolai scored for CSKA against SKA.