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A shoot-out win in Khabarovsk saw Dinamo Minsk back on top of the Western Conference. One of the closest rivals for that crown, Lokomotiv, suffered an OT loss at home to SKA despite leading three times in regulation. Tuesday’s other game saw Sochi win 4-2 at Admiral.

The Western Conference has a new leader once again: Severstal moved ahead of Dinamo Minsk on a 3-2 win over Traktor. Dynamo Moscow closed on the top four with a 4-0 win over Torpedo. Salavat Yulaev secured a third straight win, edging CSKA in a shoot-out. Sibir spoiled Nikita Boyarkin’s return to action, beating Barys 4-1 in Novosibirsk.

Dinamo Minsk is the new leader in the Western Conference. Sunday’s 4-1 win at Admiral – a seventh in eight games – put the Bison one point clear of Severstal. Dmitry Kagarlitsky scored his first goal for Sochi to secure a 1-0 win at Amur, and Ak Bars proved too good for Shanghai Dragons.

Metallurg’s productive top line contributed three more goals as the league leader beat Barys 5-2 in Magnitogorsk. Maxim Denezhkin scored twice to give Avtomobilist the verdict at Sibir, and Spartak edged Lada by the odd goal in nine.

Friday brought another goal rush in the KHL. Once again, Traktor enjoyed the biggest win of the day, thumping Sochi 6-1. The highest-scoring game was in Nizhnekamsk where Neftekhimik beat Shanghai Dragons 7-5. Kevin Labanc’s hat-trick could not save his team there, and across Tatarstan Brendan Leipsic found his two goals for SKA were not enough in a 2-5 loss at Ak Bars. The top four in the Western Conference went head-to-head in Friday’s other two games and produced a pair of hard-fought encounters. It ended with Severstal on top thanks to a 2-0 win over Lokomotiv, while Dinamo Minsk won 2-1 at Torpedo.

Sheldon Rempal scored his first goals since returning to Salavat Yulaev, finishing with 2+2 in a 7-4 win at home to Barys. Metallurg’s forwards found life much more difficult, with Avangard goalie Nikita Serebryakov making 59 saves to backstop a 3-1 win. In the Moscow there were wins for Spartak, where Adam Ruzicka had three points against Avtomobilist, and CSKA, which proved too strong for Lada.

The game of the day unfolded in Nizhnekamsk, where Neftekhimik rallied from 2-5 to beat Avangard with a goal on 59:59. Lada snapped a two-game goalless run in some style, rattling in five on the road to win at Sochi for the first time. And Spartak gained some respite from its recent troubles with a hard-fought 1-0 verdict at home to Ak Bars.

Monday’s big stories came from Moscow, where SKA won at CSKA to overtake its opponent and move to eighth place in the Western Conference. Across town, Dynamo left it late to shoot down Amur and give interim head coach Vyacheslav Kozlov his first victory. Lokomotiv went back to the top of the West with a 4-1 win over Sibir.

The Western Conference has a new leader, with unfancied Severstal moving to the top thanks to Sunday’s 2-0 win over Lada. In the East, Ak Bars and Avangard kept the pressure on Metallurg; the second-placed Tatars recovered from 0-2 to win at shoot-out at Shanghai Dragons, while the Hawks crushed Barys 5-2 in Kazakhstan. Alexander Zharvosky led the way as Salavat Yulaev took a 3-1 verdict at Neftekhimik.

Yaroslavl saw the highest-scoring game of the day, but the defending champion struggled in a 4-6 loss at home to Amur. Forward Yaroslav Likhachyov, on loan from Loko to the Tigers, was among the scorers. Dinamo Minsk powered to a 6-0 demolition of Spartak in Belarus, with two goals apiece from Alex Limoges and Daniil Sotishvili. Metallurg beat Admiral in a shoot-out and Sibir won in regulation for the first time in two months, taking a 2-1 verdict at Sochi.

Friday’s KHL action brought two games in the Eastern Conference. Ak Bars went to Neftekhimik and won 3-2 in the Tatarstan derby, and Barys went to seventh in the standings thanks to a 2-1 verdict at home to Salavat Yulaev.

Six games produced 45 goals – three of them in one-goal verdicts – in a day of entertaining hockey across the KHL. Sibir took the plaudits: despite blowing a 3-1 lead at Dynamo, the Siberians won in a shoot-out to end a club record 13-game losing streak. The highest scoring game was in Chelyabinsk, where Amur beat Traktor 6-4. Metallurg took a 5-4 verdict at Avtomobilist and Dinamo Minsk scored five on CSKA. Torpedo stays second in the West with a 4-3 success at home to Spartak, and Severstal kept pace with a 3-2 overtime verdict against Admiral.

Shanghai Dragons were outplayed for long stretches of their game at Lokomotiv, but turned a 1-3 deficit into a 4-3 OT victory thanks to Kevin Labanc’s winner. In the south, Sochi defeated Salavat Yulaev at home for the first time in six years.

Tuesday saw Traktor and Dynamo Moscow play their first games after the departures of their head coaches. Both had home derby fixtures, and both were beaten. After Benoit Groulx’s resignation, Traktor lost 3-4 to Metallurg. Dynamo went down 2-4 to Spartak after Alexei Kudashov left the club. Avangard had its first shut-out win of the season, 3-0 at Lada. CSKA won 4-1 at Ak Bars. The highest-scoring encounter of the day saw Avtomobilist beat Neftekhimik 6-3, while Severstal defeated Dinamo Minsk 4-2 and Admiral won in a shoot-out at Torpedo.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.