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An overtime goal from Maxim Shalunov lifted Lokomotiv past Salavat Yulaev. Monday’s game in Yaroslavl saw both teams hold the lead before Ufa tied it up late, but the Western Conference leader prevailed. Sibir suffered a 13th straight defeat, going down 0-3 at home to Shanghai Dragons. And Barys moved up to seventh in the East thanks to an OT win at Sochi.

Whether rejoining previous clubs or coming back from suspension, a handful of forwards quickly found something to celebrate in familiar surroundings. Elsewhere, the search is on for another head coach at Sibir, a long-serving defenseman joins an elite group and the All-Star Game gets a new format.

The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the 2025-2026 Regular Season’s tenth week in four categories.

It’s a light KHL Monday with just three games on tap, starting with a showdown between Sibir and the Shanghai Dragons. In the Western Conference, Lokomotiv seeks a return to victory in a home game against Salavat Yulaev and HC Sochi hosts Barys.

SKA moved into a playoff spot in the Western Conference thanks to victory over table-topping Metallurg. The 4-3 verdict, coupled with CSKA’s overtime loss at Severstal, puts Igor Larionov’s men eighth in the standings. Dinamo Minsk won 7-3 at Ak Bars in the day’s highest-scoring game, while Avangard came from 0-2 to win 6-2 at Torpedo. The Far East derby saw Admiral win 5-2 in Khabarovsk and Ivan Bocharov’s 4-0 saves helped Lada to a 2-1 win at home to Neftekhimik.

It’s an exciting KHL Sunday with six games on the slate. The day kicks off with Amur and Admiral competing in the second Far East derby of the season. Next, Traktor will host Avtomobilist in another regional derby. Lada welcomes Neftekhimik for the first cross-conference matchup of the day, which also features Ak Bars facing Dinamo Minsk. Metallurg travels to St. Petersburg to take on SKA, while Torpedo hosts Avangard. In Moscow, CSKA will face Severstal for the fourth meeting between these teams this season.

Dynamo Moscow won 3-2 at Sibir to spoil Yaroslav Lyuzenkov’s first game as interim head coach. The 12-game losing streak equals an unwanted club record. Barys produced a shock 4-0 win at Lokomotiv to climb into the Eastern Conference playoffs. In Sochi, Max Ellis had two points against his former club in a 4-2 win over Shanghai Dragons.

Three games are on tap on a light KHL Saturday, with Sibir hosting Dynamo Moscow, HC Sochi welcoming the Shanghai Dragons, and Western-leading Lokomotiv clashing with Barys.

A battling 3-2 win at home to CSKA put Neftekhimik up to fourth in the Eastern Conference. And on a bad night for Moscow teams, Spartak fell 3-4 at home to Severstal despite Ivan Morozov scoring on his return from suspension.

KHL.ru presents the format for dividing teams at the upcoming Fonbet KHL All-Star Game, which will take place on February 7 and 8 in Yekaterinburg.

It’s another light KHL matchday, with two games on tap, one for each conference, with Neftekhimik battling with CSKA and Spartak welcoming Severstal.

Tuesday’s action saw Ak Bars defenseman Mitch Miller get his first KHL hat-trick in a 5-4 thriller at home to Dynamo. Vitaly Kravtsov made it two goals in two games on his return to Traktor, but this time he finished on the losing side in a 2-3 reverse at Avangard.

Commentator for KHL TV channels and expert at KHL.ru, Anton Vasyatin, presents the top ten most prominent young players (U23) in the league based on their performance in the second month of the regular season.

Only two games are on tap on a light KHL Thursday, with two Eastern Conference matches.

Loko defenseman Martin Gernat had two goals, an assist and 9 PIMs in a busy evening at Spartak. The Slovak came out on top in the end as the Railwaymen won it 6-3. Dinamo Minsk crushed Sibir 7-0, recording its biggest win of the season and handing Sibir its worst loss to date. The visitor is now on an 11-game skid. Salavat Yulaev moved into the Eastern playoffs with a 2-1 verdict over SKA, Metallurg beat Lada 6-4 on Evgeny Kuznetsov’s return and Torpedo produced a third-period fightback to beat Sochi.

Murphy increases his production, Gross makes the difference for Traktor and Gernat keeps on his fantastic play this season. KHL.ru presents the best players from each country.

A packed schedule sees five games in action: Salavat Yulaev faces SKA and Metallurg meets Lada in East-West clashes, while Spartak welcomes Lokomotiv, Torpedo hosts HC Sochi, and Dinamo Minsk entertains Sibir with the Novosibirsk side trying to halt a ten-match skid.

Tuesday’s games saw two players pot debut goals on their return to last season’s teams. First, Vitaly Kravtsov got the opener in Traktor’s 2-1 OT win at Amur on his first appearance of the season. Then Nikita Soshnikov potted the game-winner on his return to Admiral from Sibir, helping secure a 4-2 victory over Avtomobilist.

KHL.ru’s weekly column returns with Trevor Murphy. The SKA blueliner had a striking week, with two game-winning goals, and was awarded Best defenseman honors.

It’s a light KHL Tuesday with two games scheduled in the Far East, with Amur hosting Traktor and Admiral welcoming Avtomobilist.

The clash of the Western Conference leaders saw Torpedo edge Lokomotiv 2-1 to draw level on points with the defending champion. Dinamo Minsk is up to third thanks to a 5-2 win over Sochi; Severstal lost ground with a 0-2 reverse at CSKA. Lada sank Salavat Yulaev with 22 seconds left in Ufa and Ak Bars claimed the Tatar derby at Neftekhimik. Shanghai Dragons won on the road at Dynamo Moscow, Spartak handed Sibir a 10th successive loss and SKA edged Avangard by a single goal.

The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best players of the 2025-2026 Regular Season’s ninth week in four categories.

Last week saw one of the oldest records in the KHL tumble amid a hot streak for a SKA defenseman. We saw a referee take charge of his 1,000th game, while a forward approaches 1,000 points. And the All-Star uniforms were unveiled in Yekaterinburg ahead of next year’s hockey spectacular.

Eight games headline a packed match day: Avangard hosts SKA, Salavat Yulaev welcomes Lada, Torpedo meets Lokomotiv, Dinamo Minsk faces HC Sochi in Belarus, Spartak takes on Sibir and CSKA welcomes Severstal in Moscow, Neftekhimik challenges Ak Bars in Tatarstan, and Dynamo Moscow squares off with the Shanghai Dragons. Key conference rivals meet in must-win clashes.

Metallurg consolidated its position at the top of the KHL standings with a 4-1 win at Barys. Sergei Tolchinsky scored twice to lead Andrei Razin’s team. Amur captain Alexander Galchenyuk scored on his return from injury and Maxim Dorozhko blanked Avtomobilist in Khabarovsk, while Traktor took a 3-1 verdict at Admiral.

It’s a light game day, with only three games on schedule, two of them in the Far East. There, Amur faces Avtomobilist and Admiral welcomes Traktor. In Kazakhstan, Barys hosts Metallurg.

Trevor Murphy grabbed a late winner for SKA to snap Dynamo Moscow’s six-game winning streak. In Minsk, Dinamo suffered a similar fate as Alexander Trushkov stopped 49 shots to give Lada a 1-0 victory. Lokomotiv won 3-1 at home to Ak Bars, CSKA stopped the rot with a 4-0 win over struggling Sibir and Severstal took a 4-2 verdict at Shanghai Dragons.

Five matches are on tap today, all in the West. The Shanghai Dragons will seek a return to victory against Severstal, Lokomotiv hosts Ak Bars in a heated game, CSKA and Sibir will try to revert the trend, Dinamo Minsk welcomes Lada, and Dynamo Moscow faces off with SKA for the second time in less than a week.

Admiral ended an eight-game slump with an overtime win at home to Avangard, and Barys moved into the playoff spots after Tyce Thompson sank Avtomobilist in the extras to stop a five-game skid. Neftekhimik gained ground on the defeated teams thanks to 36 saves from Filipp Dolganov in a 1-0 win over Salavat Yulaev. Table topping Metallurg continues to impress, winning 3-1 at Amur.

The KHL presents the team jerseys for the Fonbet KHL All-Star Game 2026, which will take place from Feb. 6-8 in Yekaterinburg.

Today’s KHL matchday features four exciting Eastern Conference showdowns. Kicking off in Khabarovsk, Amur hosts league leaders Metallurg, while in Vladivostok, Admiral seeks to halt their slump against Avangard. Later, Barys takes on Avtomobilist in Astana, aiming to end a losing streak, and the schedule wraps up with Neftekhimik facing Salavat Yulaev in Ufa.

Thursday’s KHL action was full of late goals. Torpedo edged CSKA 2-1 on a 58th-minute marker from Yegor Vinogradov, Dynamo tied its game against Lada 14 seconds before the hooter and won in a shoot-out, and SKA scored the KHL’s fastest-ever overtime goal to beat Shanghai Dragons three seconds into the extras. Dinamo Minsk turned around its home game with Ak Bars thanks to two goals in the last six minutes, and Severstal also needed a late goal before beating Sochi in OT. The only comfortable win went to Lokomotiv, which blasted Spartak 5-2 but still allowed a last-minute consolation effort.

One of the main revelations of the season’s start is Alexander Zharovsky: in 14 games, the young Salavat Yulaev forward has scored 14 (5+9) points and was named the League’s best rookie in October. Below are Alexander’s own words about his KHL debut, first goal, comparisons with Ivan Demidov, and the KHL 3x3 Championship.

It’s a big day in the Western Conference, with six games on tap. In Yaroslavl, Lokomotiv will try to stretch its winning streak in a home game against Spartak, while Dinamo Minsk faces Ak Bars in a top game in Belarus. In St. Petersburg, SKA will seek revenge after losing the first game of the season to the Shanghai Dragons. In Moscow, Dynamo welcomes Lada and CSKA faces Torpedo. Then, HC Sochi entertains Severstal.

Avangard handed Klim Kostin his second debut for the Hawks, but the forward’s return ended in an OT loss at Amur. In a day of tight games, Metallurg took a 2-1 verdict at Admiral, and Salavat Yulaev won similar squeaker at Barys by the same margin. Neftekhimik saw a 4-1 lead at Traktor eroded, but held on to win 4-3.

Slovakia’s Martin Gernat keeps on being a key player for Lokomotiv, and Canada’s Dylan Sikura helps Dynamo Moscow in its winning streak. KHL.ru presents the best players from each country.

On an exciting KHL Wednesday, the Far East sees two matches, with Amur hosting Avangard and Admiral facing Metallurg. Then, Traktor welcomes Neftekhimik and Barys will seek a return to victory against Salavat Yulaev. Emotions are guaranteed in all four arenas for today’s games.

Each of Tuesday’s three KHL encounters was a one-goal game, and each ended in victory for the visitor. The day’s play started in Novosibirsk, where Torpedo edged Sibir in a shoot-out after a 3-3 tie. Spartak beat Sochi 1-0 after a goalless 60 minutes, and Dynamo took a 2-1 verdict at SKA thanks to.

KHL.ru’s weekly column returns with Ilya Samsonov. The famed netminder just returned to the KHL, signing a contract with HC Sochi and playing his first game on Sunday, helping the Black Sea franchise defeat Spartak 5:2 and halt a nine-game skid.

KHL.ru goes on with the weekly column that features the top 12 teams in the League. These are the results of the Week 8.