Vityaz - SKA. Match facts

Thirteen consecutive wins in domestic championships is a new club record. The previous best of twelve was achieved in 2011 and 2014. Seven of the victories have come at home, with the remaining six tallied up away.

This was the 12^th time in a row that SKA have defeated Vityaz. Our club has an identical run against Severstal Cherepovets.

Evgeny Ketov has 248 points (127+121) from 600 Russian championship games. 48 of them (26+22) have been picked up in 192 SKA appearances.

Competing in 250 SKA games, Ilya Kovalchuk boasts an impressive 248 points (104+144). Also, holding 105 points (34+71) when on special teams, he has the record for amount of SKA powerplay points.

Taking his seventh shutout of this KHL campaign alone, Igor Shestyorkin has moved into joint second place for shutouts in one regular championship. However, Robert Esche’s nine in 2009 is still yet to be beaten.

Before this game, SKA had never kept Vityaz off the board away in the KHL.

In 48 KHL games, Pavel Datsyuk holds 50 points (16+34).

Out of 45 SKA shorthanded KHL goals, Jarno Koskiranta is the first to score one both in the regular season and the playoffs.

The club has played in 569 KHL matches with a goal difference of +602.