Traktor - SKA. Match facts

The defeat at 63:55 was the latest ever by SKA in KHL regular championships. Before that the previous record was 63:35, when Janne Jalasvaara scored a winning goal for HC Dynamo Moscow away.

It was Jarno Koskiranta's 150th KHL appearance, and overall he has 73 points (29+44). For SKA he has only played 12 games so far, with 5 five points to show for his efforts (2+3).

Evgeny Artyukhin has broken the 500 barrier for penalty minutes, as after his 5+20 punishment he now has 509 from 157 SKA matches.

Vladimir Tkachyov signed for SKA from QMMJHL club the Quebec Remparts. The previous player who transferred to SKA from the Canadian junior leagues was Fyodor Tyutin, who in 2002 joined from Guelph (OHL). Back in 2000 Andrey Shefer also played for SKA having moved from the QMJHL.

The last overtime loss in Chelyabinsk was on the 7th of March 1988, and interestingly a 17 year old Dmitry Kalinin was then playing for Traktor.

Alexander Rybakov scored his first ever goal against SKA over ten years ago on the 8th of September 2004, when HC Ak Bars Kazan defeated our club 4:1. He also scored against SKA while representing Spartak Moscow.