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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Metallurg returned to the top of the KHL standings with an emphatic 6-1 win at home to Shanghai Dragons. Despite allowing a first-minute goal, the Steelmen proved too hot for Gerard Gallant’s men. In Minsk, Dinamo reeled off a fifth straight win as Vasily Demchenko blanked CSKA in a 2-0 win. Andrei Belozyorov’s hat-trick was too much for Barys as Neftekhimik won 5-2 in Kazakhstan.

Ilya Samsonov played his first KHL game since 2018 and Sochi’s new goalie helped secure a 5-2 win over Spartak. The Leopards snapped a nine-game skid after Dmitry Mikhailov replaced Vladimir Krikunov as head coach. Another new head coach – albeit interim – snapped another skid as Alexander Andriyevsky earned Amur a 3-2 success over Admiral. Lokomotiv eased to a 4-1 win at Salavat Yulaev, Traktor spoiled Sergei Shirokov’s 900th KHL game with victory over Sibir and Torpedo blanked Avtomobilist in Yekaterinburg.

An overtime winner from Danila Dyadenkin gave Lada victory over Ak Bars, halting the home team’s 11-game winning streak. The Moscow derby went to Dynamo with Maxim Mamin’s last minute goal sinking his former club. Shanghai Dragons ended a five-game with a 6-3 win at Severstal, and Avangard beat Neftekhimik 2-1.

Hallowe’en turned into a nightmare for three teams: Sibir suffered a 1-7 drubbing at Avtomobilist, Admiral lost 0-5 at Salavat Yulaev and Barys allowed six goals in defeat at Traktor. The closest battle of the night was also the highest profile clash: Lokomotiv moved two points clear at the top of the Western Conference after edging a 3-2 verdict over SKA, which remains outside the playoff spots.

Dynamo Moscow blanked in-form Severstal, snapping the Western Conference leader’s hot streak after eight games. Dinamo Minsk also had a good evening, handing Amur its second 6-2 defeat in three days. Torpedo joins Severstal on 28 points in the West after a 2-0 win over Lada.

Ak Bars thrashed KHL leader Metallurg 4-0 to record a club record 11th straight victory in Wednesday’s big game. Salavat Yulaev also enjoyed a big win, beating Admiral 6-1, while Avangard edged Barys 4-3 to halt a two-game losing streak. The only Western Conference team in action, SKA, came out on top at home to Sibir.

Spartak grabbed a 3-2 derby win over CSKA thanks to a last-minute goal from Adam Ruzicka, while Lokomotiv scored twice in the last couple of minutes to come from behind and beat Lada by the same scoreline. There were big wins for Dinamo Minsk (8-2 vs Sochi), Severstal (6-2 vs Amur) and Dynamo Moscow (5-1 at Shanghai Dragons), while Avtomobilist edged a shoot-out verdict after a 1-1 tie at Traktor.

Ak Bars recorded a 10th successive victory, but left it late before claiming an overtime verdict against Admiral. Table-topping Metallurg eased to a 4-1 win at Avangard, with Vladimir Tkachyov making a goalscoring return to Omsk with his new club. Monday’s other game saw Neftekhimik beat Barys 3-2.

A seventh successive victory moved Severstal to the top of the Western Conference. Sunday’s 4-1 success over Shanghai has Andrei Kozyrev’s team on top. Torpedo is tied on 26 points after a 7-4 win over Avtomobilist: five goals on nine first period shots tipped this one in the home team’s favor. Nathan Todd scored twice for Spartak as Sochi fell to another loss, and CSKA made it four wins from four with a 2-1 verdict over Amur.

In-form Ak Bars has not lost in October and today’s 5-3 verdict over Admiral made it nine wins on the spin. Traktor became the first to win a shoot-out against Sibir this term after recovering from 1-3 in Novosibirsk. And Salavat Yulaev got a third straight win with a 2-1 success at Neftekhimik.

Matvei Korotky’s first KHL hat-trick helped SKA to a crushing 8-1 win over struggling Sochi. It was a second win in 10 games for the Petersburg club, while the Leopards fell to a seventh straight loss. Elsewhere, Dinamo Minsk edged a shoot-out success after a 1-1 tie with Shanghai Dragons. Barys beat Amur 3-1 at home in a battle between two playoff rivals in the East. Lada snapped a four-game skid thanks to a shoot-out verdict over Torpedo.

A 5-0 thrashing of Moscow rival Spartak was the perfect tonic for Dynamo after losing two of its last three. Vladislav Podyapolsky played a big role, stopping 33 shots. Anton Golyshev returned from his suspension as Avtomobilist beat Traktor 5-3, and Neftekhimik defeated table-topping Metallurg by the same scoreline. Yanni Kaldis scored twice in Omsk as Severstal recorded a sixth successive win, and Salavat Yulaev won 5-2 at Sibir.

Ak Bars edged a 1-0 verdict over Lokomotiv to secure an eighth successive victory and climb to second in the Eastern Conference. Torpedo goes second in the West after Shane Prince scored two late goals in a 3-1 win at Sochi. SKA lost for the seventh time in eight games, dropping a 3-4 verdict at home to CSKA. Lada paid the penalty at home to Dinamo Minsk, allowing three power play goals in a 0-4 loss.

The game of the day was in Moscow, where Spartak scored three goals in the last five minutes to tie with Shanghai before one-time Dragons hero Luke Lockhart potted a shoot-out winner. That result meant that Severstal jumped up to second in the Western Conference thanks to a 4-1 win at Admiral. Metallurg got past Sibir in overtime thanks to Vladimir Tkachyov’s second goal in two games. Salavat Yulaev snapped a five-game skid with victory over Traktor.

A 3-2 win at Dynamo, thanks to a three-point game from Alexander Volkov, saw Lokomotiv five points clear at the top of the Western Conference. Monday’s other game was also in Moscow, where CSKA beat Dinamo Minsk 5-3 thanks to three power play goals.

The highest-scoring game of the season to date saw Metallurg defeat Neftekhimik 9-6. An action-packed encounter brought three short-handed goals for the visitor, while the Steelmen had nine different goalscorers. Elsewhere, Severstal recorded a fourth straight win with a shoot-out success over Amur. Avangard edged Avtomobilist in overtime thanks to Konstantin Okulov, then Torpedo struck late to sink Lada.

Lokomotiv won 3-1 at SKA, leaving the Petersburg club out of the playoff spots in the West. Josh Leivo scored the winner for Traktor against his former club Salavat Yulaev, and Ak Bars made it seven straight wins with a shoot-out success at Barys.

Spartak’s 4-3 success at Admiral makes it 100 wins in the KHL for head coach Alexei Zhamnov. Avtomobilist got a welcome boost as Stephane da Costa and Brooks Macek scored their first goals after returning from injury, helping secure an overtime win at Sochi. There was OT in Minsk, too, where Neftekhimik grabbed a last-minute tying goal before winning in the extras. Spencer Martin and Maxim Dorozhko celebrated shut-outs, respectively helping CSKA win 1-0 at Torpedo and Amur down Lada 3-0.

Ak Bars reeled off a sixth straight win with a 4-1 success at Sibir. Barys scored six on Avangard to end its seven-game skid, and Metallurg kept up the theme with a 6-4 victory over Metallurg. The pattern was broken in St. Petersburg, where Dynamo beat Shanghai Dragons 3-2 in a shoot-out.

Wednesday’s big game was at Lokomotiv, where Gagarin Cup-winning head coach returned to Yaroslavl with his CSKA team for the first time since leaving the defending champion. The home team rose to the occasion, winning 4-1 to leave the Muscovites outside the playoff places. There was drama in St. Petersburg, where SKA saw a last-minute goal disallowed before tying its game against Neftekhimik: the verdict went to the visitor in a shoot-out. Avtomobilist welcomed back big-name forwards Stephane da Costa and Brooks Macek, but failed to score in a 0-2 loss at Severstal. Earlier, Admiral thrashed Lada 6-1 and Amur snatched a last-minute victory over Spartak.

The goals kept coming. In Chelyabinsk, Avangard beat Traktor 8-5 in a wild game. In Minsk, Dinamo racked up seven on Torpedo. Alexander Chmelevski’s marker for Ak Bars at Salavat Yulaev was perhaps the most resonant of the day; the American forward scored on his first return to his former club. Shanghai Dragons moved level with Lokomotiv at the top of the Western Conference thanks to a 3-2 win over Dynamo, while Sibir won its sixth shoot-out of the season at Barys.

Monday’s two games saw the end of two long streaks. SKA ended a run of five losses with a 2-1 victory over Avtomobilist, which had won its six previous games. And Severstal edged Lokomotiv 4-3 after the Railwaymen battled back hard from 0-4 at the second intermission.

Avangard won 5-1 in Magnitogorsk to halt Metallurg’s five-game winning run. Mike McLeod made his debut for the Hawks after agreeing a three-year deal with the Omsk club. Ak Bars posted a fourth successive win, beating CSKA 3-2 in Moscow on Alexander Barabanov’s power play goal. Sibir handed Neftekhimik a fifth successive loss with a shoot-out verdict, while Torpedo got back on form with a 5-3 result at Barys.

Traktor claimed a psychologically important 3-1 win over Lokomotiv, snapping an unhappy streak against the team that defeated it in last season’s Gagarin Cup final. In Saturday’s other game, Ryan Spooner shot down his former Dinamo Minsk clubmates with a goal and an assist in Shanghai Dragons’ 2-1 victory.

A thrilling Moscow derby saw CSKA jump to a 3-0 first-period lead at Dynamo, only for the home team to tie the game in the last three minutes. It went to a shoot-out, where Nikita Gusev gave the home team the verdict. Also in the capital, Spartak downed Salavat Yulaev to climb to second in the West. In the east it was a case of quick reunions. Evgeny Kuznetsov made his Metallurg debut and helped the Steelmen record back-to-back wins over Torpedo, while Avtomobilist beat Avangard for the second time in five days. Lada moved off the foot of the Western Conference with a 4-2 verdict over Sibir.

Shanghai Dragons had to dig deep to halt a Dinamo Minsk fightback. After blowing a 2-0 lead, the home team recovered to win it with a Borna Rendulic power play goal in the last minute. Traktor also took a 3-2 scoreline, edging past Barys in overtime. Severstal blanked Sochi in a 3-0 win and Amur came out on top at Neftekhimik for the second time in three days.

Avtomobilist made it five wins in a row with an OT success against SKA, and sent the Petersburg club spinning to a fifth successive loss. In Wednesday’s other game, Dynamo Moscow won 4-1 against Salavat Yulaev, halting Ufa’s mini-revival after two games.

Table-topping Metallurg rolled to a 5-1 win at Torpedo, cementing its position at the KHL summit. Spartak avenged last month’s defeat to Shanghai Dragons, blanking Gerard Gallant’s team in Moscow. Ak Bars kept up its winning streak, but had to withstand a third-period fightback before beating Barys 4-3. Nikita Mikhailov’s hot form helped Lada to a 3-1 win over Sochi, and Amur won 2-1 at Neftekhimik.

Dinamo Minsk’s 4-1 win over Traktor marked Vadim Shipachyov’s 900th KHL game, and head coach Dmitry Kvartalnov’s 600th victory. The Belarusians stay third in the West, behind Lokomotiv after the defending champion beat SKA 4-2 and bounced back from its disappointment in Omsk. Avangard could not build on that win over the Railwaymen, falling 1-4 at home to Avtomobilist.

It’s not how many shots you take, it’s how good those shots are. Metallurg had four goals from 10 shots midway through its 6-2 win at Spartak, and finished with six off 21. Dynamo Moscow also had a great conversion rate, winning 4-1 at Torpedo with just 16 shots on goal. Sibir and Barys could learn something: they had no goals from 69 shots between them before the home team secured a shoot-out win. Elsewhere, there was success for Salavat Yulaev over Sochi (3-1) and Ak Bars over Amur by the same scoreline. CSKA beat Severstal 3-2 and Nikita Tertyshny gave Admiral an overtime verdict at Lada.

Austin Wagner claimed three points on his KHL debut to help Shanghai Dragons edge a 5-4 OT verdict against Traktor. The Canadian winger scored twice and had an assist as he made a bright start to his career in the league. In Saturday’s other action, Avtomobilist won 5-2 at Neftekhimik to move ahead of its host in the Eastern Conference.

Avangard enjoyed a 4-1 win over Lokomotiv, defeating Bob Hartley on his KHL return to Omsk. Friday’s other big game saw Metallurg win 3-1 at CSKA, with Andrei Razin’s team defeating Igor Nikitin’s for the second time this season. SKA suffered a loss at Spartak by the same scoreline, Ak Bars thumped Amur 5-1 and Severstal won an entertaining game at Torpedo 5-3. Admiral’s 5-4 success at Sochi ended a four-game skid.