SKA - Spartak. Match facts

With 48 markers on the board, Alexander Nikishin has now scored more KHL goals for SKA than any other defenseman. The previous record was held by Dmitry Kalinin (46).

35 of Nikishin’s goals have been tallied at equal strength, 11 on the powerplay and two shorthanded. Nikishin is the only SKA defenseman in history to score a minimum of 10 goals in three separate regular seasons (2022/2023, 2023/2024, 2024/2025). Furthermore, this was the third occasion in the current campaign when Nikishin scored two goals in one game.

For the first time in KHL history, three players (Alexander Pashin, Alex Galchenyuk, Artyom Galimov) have scored hat-tricks against SKA in one regular season.

Forward Nikolai Goldobin became the second Spartak Moscow player to score in three regular-season matches during one campaign against SKA, following in the footsteps of Oleg Gubin (2010/2011).