The 2019/20 schedule – announced tomorrow!

The KHL schedule for the 2019/20 season will be unveiled on Thursday, July 11. But ahead of the big reveal, KHL.ru can announce the program for the first two days of the coming season, plus the first home game for each of the 24 clubs competing in Season 12.

As usual, the regular season starts on September 1 with the traditional Opening Cup game. Moscow’s CSKA Arena will host a showdown between CSKA and Avangard. Back in April, for the first time, the Gagarin Cup was lifted by the regular season champion – so the big curtain-raiser is a reprise of the playoff grand final.

In total, 24 teams will play 744 games in the 2019/20 regular season. The action runs from Sep. 1 to Feb. 27 … and then the playoffs get underway.

Game schedule for the first two days of the regular season:

Sunday, Sep. 1

CSKA vs Avangard

Monday, Sep. 2

Avtomobilist vs Severstal
Traktor vs Vityaz
Metallurg vs SKA
Dinamo Riga vs Spartak
Dynamo Moscow vs Torpedo
Dinamo Minsk vs Neftekhimik

First home game of the season, club-by-club

Admiral: Sep. 10, Traktor
Ak Bars: Sep. 11, Dinamo Riga
Amur: Sep. 7, Traktor
Avangard: Sep. 6, Severstal
Avtomobilist: Sep. 2, Severstal
Barys: Sep. 3, Admiral
CSKA: Sep. 1, Avangard
Dinamo Minsk: Sep. 2, Neftekhimik
Dinamo Riga: Sep. 2, Spartak
Dynamo Moscow: Sep. 2, Neftekhimik
HC Sochi: Sep. 4, Neftekhimik
Jokerit: Sep. 3, Avangard
Kunlun Red Star: Sep. 3, Salavat Yulaev
Lokomotiv: Sep. 4, Spartak
Metallurg: Sep. 2, SKA
Neftekhimik: Sep. 9, Dinamo Riga
Salavat Yulaev: Sep. 12, Avtomobilist
Severstal: Sep. 9, CSKA
Sibir: Sep. 3, Amur
SKA: Sep. 10, Sibir
Spartak: Sep. 8, Dinamo Minsk
Torpedo: Sep. 11, CSKA
Traktor: Sep. 2, Vityaz
Vityaz: Sep. 9, Dynamo Moscow