Spartak - SKA. Facts of game four

SKA have now achieved 25 overtime victories in the KHL Gagarin Cup playoffs. 13 have been registered in 90 home games, and 12 in 84 away matches. SKA became the third KHL club to achieve this, following in the footsteps of Metallurg Magnitogorsk (26) and Ak Bars Kazan (27).

In 11 out of the 14 KHL seasons, SKA have registered a minimum of one overtime win in the playoffs. The record is four overtime victories in the 2020/2021 playoff campaign.

For the first time in the KHL, it took our team eight games to participate in a playoff match which ended in overtime.

SKA have earned three consecutive victories by a score of 2:1, a new club record in the Gagarin Cup playoffs. Overall, across 114 playoff wins, SKA have won by 25 different scorelines. 2:1 is the most popular score (16 wins).

Only Dinar Khafizullin (96 appearances) and Dinar Khafizullin (103 appearances) have competed in more KHL playoff matches for SKA than forward Evgeny Ketov (89).

Fellow forward Andrei Kuzmenko has picked up 11 (6+5) points in eight 2021/2022 playoff games so far. Previously, he had only gained a grand total of 10 (7+3) points in 28 KHL playoff matches for SKA across three seasons. This was also the first time when he scored for SKA beyond the first round of the playoffs.