Traktor - SKA. Match facts

For the first time in history, three SKA matches against one opponent have finished in overtime. Last season, both SKA and Traktor beat each other at home in the extra frame.

For 10th time in 67 seasons SKA faced off against Traktor in the first match. The first game took place in the 1953/1954 season, when a 4:4 draw was played out.

Apart from Traktor, SKA have competed against HC Dynamo Moscow on eight occasions on the first match day of the campaign.

Goaltender Mikko Koskinen competed in his 100th Russian championship game for SKA. He is only the eighth netminder in the club's history to reach this landmark. The others were Stanislav Litovko, Oleg Volodyaev, Vladimir Shepovalov, Alexei Tverizovsky, Sergei Cherkas, Valery Ivannikov and Maxim Sokolov.

In his 150th SKA match, Evgeny Dadonov took his 122th point (61+61). However, this was the first time that he netted against Traktor.

Nikita Gusev has 50 SKA points (18+32) from 38 games.

Fellow forward Vadim Shipachyov has KHL points against 29 separate opponents.

For the first time since 2012, none of SKA's new players notched up a point on their debut.

Kirill Koltsov, who scored the winning goal for Traktor, has goals for all teams who he played for against SKA. Nevertheless, a few years ago, Kirill played for SKA himself, and tallied up a record 41 assists.