CSKA's Greg Scott, left, and SKA's Mikko Koskinen in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175128
From left: CSKA's head coach Igor Nikitin and coach Albert Leshchyov in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175122
CSKA's Greg Scott, left, and SKA's Mikko Koskinen in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175119
SKA's Viktor Tikhonov, left, celebrates a goal scored in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175110
SKA's Sergei Shirokov celebrates a goal scored in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175106
CSKA's goalie Ilya Sorokin in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175088
CSKA's Greg Scott, left, and SKA's Sergei Shirokov in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175086
SKA's Maxim Chudinov, left, and CSKA's Alexander Popov in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175072
SKA players celebrate a goal scored in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175068
From left: CSKA's Mikhail Pashnin, SKA's Alexander Barabanov and CSKA's goalie Ilya Sorokin in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175063
SKA's Pavel Datsyuk, left, and CSKA's Alexander Popov in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175054
From left: CSKA's Sergei Shumakov, Mikhail Grigorenko and Artyom Sergeyev celebrate a goal scored in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175051
CSKA's Alexander Popov, left, and SKA's Pavel Datsyuk in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175048
From left: CSKA's Mikhail Naumenkov, SKA's Vladislav Gavrikov and CSKA's Sergei Shumakov in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175045
CSKA's Sergei Andronov, left, SKA's Pavel Datsyuk and President of the Kontinental Hockey League Dmitry Chernyshenko, right to left, during the symbolic throwing before the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175038
Players presentation before the Opening Cup match CKA (St Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow). Kontinental Hockey League.21.08.2017#3175030
CSKA's Sergei Shumakov in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175024
From left: CSKA's Nikolai Prokhorkin and Yevgeny Ketov and head coach Oleg Znarok in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175020
CSKA's goalie Ilya Sorokin fails to make a save in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175019
SKA's Sergei Plotnikov, left, and CSKA's Valery Nichushkin in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175017
SKA's Nikolai Prokhorkin in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175016
From left: SKA's Maxim Karpov, CSKA's goalie Ilya Sorokin, and CSKA's Kirill Petrov in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175014
From left: CSKA's Mat Robinson and Bogdan Kiselevich and SKA's Ilya Kovalchuk in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175013
SKA's Maxim Chudinov, left, and CSKA's Ivan Telegin during the Kontinental Hockey League regular championship match for the Opening Cup between SKA St. Petersburg and CSKA Moscow.21.08.2017#3175012
SKA's Viktor Tikhonov, left, and CSKA's Ivan Telegin in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175011
From left: CSKA's goalie Ilya Sorokin and player Bogdan Kiselevich and SKA's Sergei Plotnikov in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175010
From left: SKA's Nikita Gusev, Pavel Datsyuk, Patrik Hersley and Ilya Kovalchuk celebrate a goal scored in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175009
CSKA's Greg Scott, left, and SKA's Dinar Khafizullin in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175008
Linesman Gleb Lazarev, left, and SKA's Ilya Kovalchuk in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175007
From left: CSKA's Mat Robinson and SKA's Ilya Kovalchuk and CSKA's Alexander Popov in the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175006
SKA players before the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175003
Ceremony to kick off the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3175002
CSKA head coach Igor Nikitin, background, and CSKA head coach Vladimir Chebaturkin before the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3174990
SKA head coach Oleg Znarok before the opening cup match of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League. SKA (St. Petersburg) vs. CSKA (Moscow).21.08.2017#3174989