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Evgeny Kuznetsov had never mustered a point on Traktor, his hometown team, until today. Now he has 4 (1+3) after leading Salavat Yulaev to a 6-0 win in Chelyabinsk. There was late drama in the West as Shanghai Dragons struck with six seconds to play at Torpedo, forcing a 3-3 tie. However, Vladimir Tkachyov won it for the host in overtime, securing a playoff spot. SKA tied Severstal at 2-2 with 15 seconds to play, but fell to the second-placed team in the West in a shoot-out. The big game in the East also went to overtime before Amur defeated Sibir to keep its hopes of a top-eight finish alive. And there was another six-goal show as Dinamo Minsk thumped Spartak 6-1, helped by four power play goals.

Lada’s 2-1 win at home to CSKA was the surprise of the day – and the defeat prevented the Muscovites from clinching their playoff place today. Andrew Poturalski stretched his hot streak to 13 games, but could not prevent Avangard from falling 2-5 at home to Ak Bars. Lokomotiv edged a 1-0 win over Neftekhimik to move seven clear at the top of the West, while Eastern leader Metallurg responded to Sunday’s 1-8 thrashing with an overtime win at Barys. Avtomobilist, which scored eight on the league leader, followed up with a 4-1 success at home to Sochi.

After three weeks on the road, SKA returned to St. Petersburg and enjoyed a 4-0 win at home to Salavat Yulaev. Monday’s other game was Amur win 3-0 at Admiral, with the Sailors losing on home ice for the sixth time in a row.

Severstal and Dinamo Minsk are the latest teams to confirm their playoff spots. The Lynx won 3-1 at home to Neftekhimik, securing a top-eight finish on their own merits. Dinamo fell to a 3-4 loss at Spartak, but Shanghai’s OT loss to CSKA means the Belarusians can also start preparing for post season. Elsewhere, Avtomobilist produced the performance of the day with an 8-1 thrashing of league leader Metallurg. Avangard enjoyed a 6-2 win over Traktor, and Dynamo won on the road at Torpedo.

The first team to be eliminated from playoff contention is Lada. The Motormen had to get something from today’s game at Barys to retain a mathematical possibility of making the top eight, but lost 3-5. Sochi then took a point from its OT loss at home to Lokomotiv, sending Lada back to the foot of the Western Conference standings.

Metallurg saw its five-game hot streak ended in a shoot-out loss at Salavat Yulaev. The home team extended its winning run to six games. Dynamo Moscow celebrated back-to-back wins for the first time since December, edging a 2-1 verdict at Avtomobilist. There were also road wins in the Far East: Avangard scored six on Amur, Traktor proved clinical in a 3-2 result in Vladivostok.

Dinamo Minsk closed the gap on Western Conference leader Lokomotiv to four points thanks to a 4-2 win over the Railwaymen. Third-placed Severstal also won, keeping Shanghai at a distance from the top eight as SKA won comfortably at Barys. Spartak lost a second derby in three days, blanked by CSKA. In the East, Ak Bars edged an OT verdict over Torpedo, Sibir marked head coach Yaroslav Lyuzenkov’s birthday was a win over Lada and Neftekhimik fell at home to Sochi.

Wednesday’s action was all in the Far East. A high-scoring game at Amur saw Traktor win 6-5 and, consequently, guarantee Ak Bars a place in the playoffs. Avangard went to Admiral and rallied from 0-2 to win a shoot-out.

Taylor Beck scored a record seven points in a single KHL game, leading Sibir to a crushing 10-1 victory over Sochi. Among the players who had previously managed six-point games, Lokomotiv’s Alexander Radulov was rested today but saw his Lokomotiv team book its playoff spot thanks to victory at Shanghai Dragons. Dynamo got a morale boosting win at Spartak in the Moscow derby, easing some of the pressure on the Blue-and-Whites’s playoff bid.

Despite losing in overtime to Avtomobilist, Avangard secured its playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The Hawks join Metallurg in booking a post season berth. Avto’s win formed part of a clean sweep for road teams on the last gameday before the All-Star break. Dinamo Minsk went goal crazy in Togliatti, beating Lada 8-3. SKA won 3-1 at Severstal to build on Tuesday’s win at Spartak, and CSKA edged a tight game at Shanghai Dragons.

Lokomotiv is now five points clear in the Western Conference thanks to Wednesday’s 3-1 win at home to Spartak. In the East, Ak Bars missed a chance to secure its playoff spot with a 0-4 loss at Traktor. In the battle for the top eight in the East, there were home defeats for both Amur and Sibir against Torpedo and Neftekhimik respectively. Barys won the basement battle at Admiral 4-1.

A shoot-out win at Dinamo Minsk ended a seven-game losing streak for SKA. The result also saw Igor Larionov’s men move further away from Shanghai in the playoff race. The Dragons fell 3-5 at home to Avangard, with Mike McLeod getting his second double in two games for the visitor. Nikita Mikhailis also scored twice as Metallurg won at Lada, and Klim Kostin’s first goals of the season helped CSKA to victory over Sochi.

Severstal missed a chance to close the gap on Western Conference leader Lokomotiv, falling to a surprisingly comprehensive 1-5 loss to Spartak. In the East, Ak Bars edged back into second despite defeat at Sibir. The teams were tied after 60 minutes after the home team rallied from 0-2 and eventually won in a shoot-out. Admiral fell to an 11th loss in 12 games, Salavat Yulaev took a 2-1 verdict over Neftekhimik and Amur handed Barys a sixth straight loss.

Sunday’s play was all about the Western Conference, where two big names are finding life tough. SKA, currently in eighth place, suffered a seventh straight loss. A shoot-out defeat at CSKA at least brought a first point since Jan. 14. Dynamo Moscow, now down to seventh, suffered a third successive reverse and has just three wins this year after falling 1-4 at home to Avangard. Leader Lokomotiv moved three points clear with a 3-0 win over Sochi.

Saturday’s big game saw the KHL’s top scoring teams go head to head in Magnitogorsk. As expected, it was a high-scoring battle with Metallurg edging Dinamo Minsk 5-4. Ak Bars returned to second in the Eastern Conference thanks to a dominant derby win over Neftekhimik. Salavat Yulaev reeled off a fourth successive victory, beating Torpedo 3-1, while Traktor won by the same scoreline at Sibir. Avtomobilist eased past Admiral and Amur took a shoot-out verdict at home to Barys.

Friday’s action was all about the Western Conference. Top two Lokomotiv and Severstal both won; Loko comfortably at home to Lada, Severstal after a fightback at Dynamo. The Muscovites loss saw Vyacheslav Kozlov’s team dropped to seventh in the standings after Spartak beat SKA 4-0. Shanghai Dragons avenged yesterday’s defeat to Sochi, beating the Leopards 5-2.

A single goal was enough for Avangard to beat Traktor and move to second place in the Eastern Conference. Another in-form team, Sibir, overpowered Dinamo Minsk 4-1 and tightened its grip on eighth place in the East. Amur snapped a nine-game skid with victory over Avtomobilist and Sochi moved off the foot of the Western Conference thanks to a 2-1 verdict at Shanghai Dragons.

An overtime goal from Alexander Skorenov gave Severstal the verdict over Torpedo in a clash at the top of the Western Conference. The Lynx go second in the standings, one point behind Lokomotiv and three ahead of Torpedo. There was OT in Kazan as well, where Salavat Yulaev eventually took the Green Derby with a 4-3 win over Ak Bars. CSKA defeated Dynamo in the capital city clash, while Spartak overpowered Lada. Admiral snapped a nine-game skid, defeating Barys to give Oleg Bratash his first win as Sailors’ head coach.

Eastern Conference leader Metallurg celebrated confirmation of its playoff spot by defeating Traktor 3-2 in the South Ural derby. Then Western Conference top dog Lokomotiv travelled to SKA, where Maxim Shalunov and Alexander Radulov overpowered the home team in a 3-1 win.

Three goals in the last minute saw Sibir snatch a 4-2 win at Torpedo. The home team lost its six-game winning streak in dramatic fashion. Avtomobilist’s win over Amur was good news for Eastern Conference leader Metallurg, which confirmed its playoff place with a 39-point lead over the Tigers. Mitch Love got his first win as a KHL head coach as Shanghai Dragons won 6-2 at Sochi. Avangard beat Admiral at home, Salavat Yulaev had an OT verdict in Minsk, while CSKA and Dynamo came out on top in Moscow against Severstal and Lada respectively.

Byron Froese scored his first goal since Jan. 4 to send Lokomotiv back to the top of the Western Conference.

Shanghai Dragons’ new head coach Mitch Love had a baptism of fire in his first KHL game. His team was down 0-2 in 80 seconds at Dinamo Minsk and fell to a 1-6 loss. SKA also had a rough afternoon, falling 0-6 at Torpedo. Neftekhimik reeled off a seventh successive victory, while Admiral and Amur saw their long skids continue at Traktor and Metallurg respectively. Sibir continued its remarkable Kazan hoodoo and Salavat Yulaev edged a 2-1 verdict at Sochi.

Friday’s only game saw Lada record a third successive victory, edging a 2-1 verdict at home to Dynamo.

The Eastern Conference action saw Metallurg and Avtomobilist lose their hot streaks with 1-2 losses on home ice. The Motormen fell in overtime to Avangard, while Magnitka stumbled against Sibir. Torpedo had the biggest win of the day, battering Shanghai 7-2. Spartak left it late to win at SKA; CSKA left it later to get the only goal of the game at home to Barys.

The big action today involved the race for the Western Conference summit. Second met third in Yaroslavl, and Lokomotiv edged past Dinamo Minsk thanks to a goal 24 seconds before the end. However, leader Severstal managed to retain its position, recovering from 2-4 to win in overtime at Sochi. In the East, Ak Bars completed a perfect tour of the Far East with another win at Admiral. Neftekhimik took a shoot-out verdict over Dynamo Moscow in Tuesday’s other action.

Shanghai suffered a 1-3 loss at home to Spartak and is now 10 points behind today’s opponent and SKA in the race for a playoff spot. Avangard closed on the top two in the East thanks to a 5-2 win at Salavat Yulaev. Tuesday’s other games ended in 2-0 home victories for Avtomobilist and Lada over Sibir and Barys respectively.

Severstal moved one point clear at the top of the Western Conference after a spectacular fightback at Dynamo Moscow. Down 1-4 with less than 10 to play, the Lynx rallied to force overtime before falling in a shoot-out. Dinamo Minsk climbed to second on a late winner at SKA, while Lokomotiv dropped one place after losing at home to fourth-placed Torpedo.  Earlier, the top two in the East had a more straightforward time of it: Metallurg won 4-3 at Amur, Ak Bars took a 5-2 verdict in Vladivostok.

Avangard captain Damir Sharipzyanov is the first defenseman to score two hat-tricks in the KHL. Today’s treble led the Hawks to a 5-2 win at Traktor. In Sunday’s other action, Lada won 4-0 at home to Sochi.

Daniel Sprong got his first goals since joining Avtomobilist, scoring twice as the Motormen halted Salavat Yulaev’s winning run in 2026. Sprong’s former club, CSKA, fell to a 1-3 loss at Barys; the Kazakhs celebrated a first home win since Dec. 20. Metallurg was in the goals, winning 8-4 at Admiral, but elsewhere there were three shut-outs: Ak Bars, Lokmotiv and Torpedo silenced Amur, Shanghai Dragons and Spartak respectively. Neftekhimik goalie Yaroslav Ozolin set a new club shut-out streak in a 3-1 win at Sibir before Dinamo Minsk edged a 3-2 win in an exciting game at Dynamo Moscow.

There was only one game in the KHL on Friday, and it produced a shock result as Sochi won 2-1 at SKA St. Petersburg.

A hat-trick from Adam Liska helped Severstal to a 6-4 win over Dinamo Minsk, putting the Lynx two points clear at the top of the Eastern Conference. The game in Togliatti also had some fine individual performances: Jack Rodewald, Vladislav Yefremov and Riley Sawchuk scored two apiece as Salavat Yulaev beat Lada 5-2. Ak Bars scored five on the road at Amur, Avangard edged a 2-1 scoreline at home to CSKA and Neftekhimik recorded a second successive shut-out win.

A 9-0 victory over Sochi gave Metallurg its biggest ever win in the KHL. The league leader’s previous best was 7-0, while the Leopards matched their worst margin of defeat. Elsewhere, Daniel Sprong got his first points for Avtomobilist in 4-1 victory at home to Traktor, Spartak beat Dynamo in the latest Moscow derby and SKA’s Nikolai Goldobin kept up his hot streak against Shanghai Dragons.

All three of Tuesday’s KHL games ended in wins for the visiting team – and all three arguably upturned the form book in the process. Salavat Yulaev, seventh in the East, won 4-3 at third-placed Avangard, and sixth-placed Neftkehimik got the better of Tatar rival Ak Bars, currently second in the standings. But the biggest surprise came in Cherepovets, where Western Conference leader Severstal fell 2-3 at home to a Sibir team that returned to the playoff spots with today’s win.

Vadim Shipachyov became the first man to reach 1,000 points in KHL play – and he picked his moment to perfection. The veteran forward bagged an assist in the last minute of Dinamo Minsk’s game at home to Admiral to give the Belarusians a 2-1 victory in a game where they trailed for more than 30 minutes. Monday’s other action saw Daniel Sprong make his debut for Avtomobilist in an overtime win against Barys, SKA win a shoot-out at Lada and Torpedo rallied from 1-3 to beat Dynamo Moscow.

Two goals from Prokhor Poltapov, both punishing defensive lapses, gave CSKA a 2-1 win over Spartak in Sunday’s big game. Earlier, Traktor defeated Sibir 4-1 in Chelyabinsk. Two goals from Andrei Svetlakov paced a fourth successive victory.

Evgeny Kuznetsov scored his first goal since joining Salavat Yulaev this week, helping his new club to a 3-1 win at home to Barys. His previous employer, Metallurg, thrashed Barys 5-1. There were goals in the West as Severstal beat Torpedo 7-6 to return to the top of the conference standings. Neftekhimik rallied from 0-2 to beat Admiral.

Prokhor Poltapov scored twice, including a late winner, as CSKA rallied from 0-2 to beat Shanghai. Traktor’s Josh Leivo also potted a double, helping his team to a 4-2 home win over Khabarovsk. Lada won 4-1 on the road at Sochi to halt a seven-game skid.

Two players called up for the Olympics were on target today in the KHL. Slovak defenseman Martin Gernat scored two and assisted on Lokomotiv’s OT winner at Sibir, then Severstal’s Adam Liska scored a vital tying goal in a 4-3 win over Dinamo Minsk. KHL leader Metallurg edged a 2-1 win against Avangard, second in the Eastern Conference. Third-placed Ak Bars beat Barys 3-1, Evgeny Kuznetsov had an assist as his Salavat Yulaev debut ended in a 4-1 win over Avtomobilist and Neftekhimik claimed a shoot-out success at home to Admiral.

Rocco Grimaldi and Nikolai Goldobin scored twice as SKA took a 5-4 OT verdict at home to Lada. The win maintains a six-point gap for the Petersburg club as it looks to consolidate a top eight spot in the West. Earlier, Shanghai Dragons recorded back-to-back wins with a 2-0 success over Amur, while Dynamo Moscow blanked Sochi 3-0.

The game of the day saw Eastern Conference leader Metallurg edge a 5-4 OT win over Western top dog Lokomotiv. Sergei Shirokov had the individual accolade of the day, becoming the seventh man to score 250 KHL goals as Sibir beat Admiral. Vadim Shipachyov moves to 999 career points with an assist, but his Dinamo Minsk lost 1-2 at CSKA. Torpedo snapped its skid with a 3-2 success at home to Barys, Traktor beat Avtomobilist 3-1 and there were 2-1 road wins for Spartak and Avangard.