SKA - Dynamo Moscow. Match facts
SKA have now earned 550 victories in the KHL regular season in 798 games. 461 have been earned in regulation time, 39 in overtime and 50 in penalty shootouts. Interestingly, only Ak Bars Kazan (501) and CSKA Moscow (526) have registered a minimum of 500 wins in the regular season.
The fourth goal scored by forward Valentin Zykov was SKA's 100th on home ice against Dynamo Moscow in the KHL. It took our club 42 matches to achieve this. Overall, SKA have scored a minimum of 100 goals in Saint Petersburg in the KHL against four different opponents.
In 518 KHL appearances, forward Damir Zhafyarov has dished out 150 assists, the highest amount among the current SKA squad.
Fellow forward Marat Khairullin is the first SKA player in the history of the KHL regular season to score twice after tallying a hat-trick in the previous game.
Defenseman Alexander Nikishin scored his first goal for SKA in his fourth KHL match for our organisation.
For the first time since joining SKA, Zykov gained three (1+2) points in one KHL game. It's also worth noting that this was the maiden occasion when fellow forward Alexander Volkov made two assists in a single KHL match.
