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Former Lokomotiv head coach Igor Nikitin did not enjoy his reunion with his former colleagues. Nikitin’s CSKA team suffered a 1-5 loss at home to the defending champion. That was very much the scoreline of the day. Torpedo beat Lada 5-1 in Togliatti to continue its perfect start to the season, and Metallurg won 5-1 at home Barys.

Avangard’s overtime win over Salavat Yulaev lifted the Hawks to the top of the Eastern Conference alongside Traktor, which won 2-0 at Avtomobilist. However, Ufa slipped to the foot of the standings where it is level on three points with Ak Bars, 1-2 losers at home to Neftekhimik. Elsewhere, Sibir moved off the foot of the conference with a shoot-out success at Amur and Admiral recorded a second successive shut-out in a 4-0 triumph against Shanghai Dragons.

All four of Tuesday’s KHL games ended in road wins. The highlight was Spartak’s shoot-out success at CSKA, coming after a pulsating 5-5 tie in Moscow. Torpedo reeled off a fifth successive win, beating Sochi 3-0 to stay out in front. Lokomotiv hit six at Lada with Artur Kayumov enjoying his return from injury. And Metallurg beat Severstal 5-2 in Cherepovets.

Stephane da Costa is the 10th player to reach 500 points in the KHL. Avtomobilist’s French center had three assists in his team’s 4-2 win over Salavat Yulaev to reach his milestone. Elsewhere, there were goals aplenty. Barys scored five on Dynamo as the Muscovites’ slow start continued. Amur edged a nine-goal verdict against Shanghai, and Avangard defeated Dinamo Minsk by the same scoreline after a shoot-out. Admiral’s 2-0 win over Sibir brought quick revenge for the Sailors.

Sunday’s program brought several tight games: defending champion Lokomotiv blew a 3-1 lead to lose in overtime at Neftekhimik, Torpedo tied its game at Spartak in the 58th minute and won in the extras, and Traktor needed OT at Sochi after letting slip 2-0 and 3-1 leads. CSKA took a one-goal verdict at Severstal, but SKA powered to a 6-1 win over Lada and Metallurg scored five on Ak Bars in the first period in Kazan.

A Nikolai Prokhorkin hat-trick was the highlight of an 11-goal epic in Omsk. The home forward made the difference as Avangard beat Dynamo Moscow 7-4. In Saturday’s other game, Alex Limoges scored his first goals in the KHL to lead Dinamo Minsk to a 3-1 win at Barys.

Friday’s action saw Torpedo reel off a third successive victory. A 4-2 win over Lada puts Alexei Isakov’s team top of the KHL standings. Shanghai Dragons are just one point behind after a landmark victory over defending champion Lokomotiv Yaroslavl underlined the new-look Chinese franchise’s determination to compete with the best this season. CSKA, which won its first two games, suffered defeat at Sochi. Earlier in the day, Sibir ended a 107-minute for its first goal of the season and beat Admiral in a shoot-out, and Avtomobilist eased to a 4-1 verdict over Salavat Yulaev.

Igor Larionov enjoyed his first win as SKA head coach, leading the Petersburg team to a 5-2 verdict over Traktor. Avangard also got off the mark for 2025/2026, coming from behind to beat Amur 2-1. Neftekhimik produced a much bigger fightback, recovering from 0-3 to beat Dinamo Minsk and give Igor Grishin his first win as Wolves head coach. Severstal’s Ruslan Abrosimov shot down Spartak and Dynamo Moscow got past Metallurg in a shoot-out.

Four unanswered goals in the second period in Kazan saw Avtomobilist power to a 6-3 victory over Ak Bars. Roman Gorbunov led the scoring with two goals. In Moscow, Spencer Martin’s first KHL shut-out backstopped a 1-0 win for CSKA over Admiral.

Traktor got its first win of the season thanks to a last-minute goal at Neftekhimik. Last season’s champion Lokomotiv had a more comfortable 4-1 scoreline at home to Neftekhimik. Dynamo Moscow suffered a second successive loss, blowing a 2-0 lead before falling to Sochi, and across town Spartak could not score on Dinamo Minsk in a 0-3 loss. Barys continued its promising start with a second successive win, edging Amur in a shoot-out.

Avangard’s first game of the season saw it lose out to Mikhail Berdin, the goalie it traded to Ak Bars in the summer. Berdin backstopped a 2-1 victory for the visitor. Shanghai Dragons had another exciting game but fell to Admiral in a shoot-out after a 3-3 tie. Igor Geraskin was the key player in that one with a goal and the decisive penalty shot. Igor Larionov’s return to Torpedo was also lively. His SKA team forced overtime but eventually fell to a three-point game for Yegor Vinogradov. Lada won its season opener against Avtomobilist, and Salavat Yulaev got its first victory of the campaign with an OT verdict at Metallurg.

Last season’s runner-up suffered an unexpected reverse at Barys, the team that finished rock bottom of the 2025 standings. An overtime goal from Reilly Walsh gave the Kazakhs a 4-3 verdict in their opening game. There were also victories for Amur and Severstal, who blanked Sibir and Neftekhimik respectively. Spartak played out an incident-packed encounter with Sochi before taking a verdict.

Saturday saw the new-look Shanghai Dragons play their first competitive game. Gerard Gallant’s team claimed an entertaining 7-4 win over SKA in front of more than 15,000 people. CSKA also enjoyed a big victory, thumping Dynamo 6-2 in Moscow as Igor Nikitin began his second spell with the club in style. Metallurg edged a shoot-out win over Ak Bars, and Torpedo took a 4-3 verdict against Salavat Yulaev in Alexei Isakov’s first game as a KHL coach.

Yegor Surin scored the first goal of the new season for Lokomotiv, Pierrick Dube got his first in the KHL for Traktor, but the Railwaymen edged a shoot-out verdict in the 2025/2026 curtain-raiser in Yaroslavl.

Former Traktor forward Maxim Shalunov potted the OT winner to give Lokomotiv its first ever Gagarin Cup. One year after the Railwaymen were swept in 2024, Igor Nikitin’s team got it right tonight, edging Traktor in game five as Shalunov settled the first overtime of this year’s final series.

Lokomotiv’s fine form on the road in this year’s playoffs continues – and a 3-1 win in Chelyabinsk puts the Railwaymen one game away from lifting the Gagarin Cup.

After dropping the opening game for the third series in a row, Loko moved up 2-1 for the third series in a row after picking up a win in Chelyabinsk. Traktor’s first Gagarin Cup final home game since 2013 ended in disappointment as the visitor skated to a 5-2 victory.

Lokomotiv hit back to tie the 2025 Gagarin Cup final with a big win in game two. It’s the third series in a row that the Railwaymen have responded after dropping the opener and it means we’re headed to Chelyabinsk with the teams tied at 1-1.

Game One of the Gagarin Cup final went to Traktor. Maxim Shabanov made the difference in Yaroslavl, moving to 20 points in this year’s playoffs with a game-winning display.

Traktor is on its way to the 2025 Gagarin Cup final after a dramatic finish in Chelyabinsk this afternoon. Benoit Groulx’s team was looking to wrap up the series in game five but blew a 3-1 lead in the third period. However, with overtime looming, Maxim Shabanov grabbed a 59th-minute winner to send the home team through to face Lokomotiv.

The master and the apprentice combined to finish this KHL 2025 playoff semi-final series in five games. Alexander Radulov and Yegor Surin shared four goals and seven points as Lokomotiv returns to the Gagarin Cup final.

A 3-1 win on home ice means Dynamo Moscow escaped a sweep at the hands of Traktor in the 2025 KHL playoff semi-finals. Now the teams are poised to continue their battle in Chelyabinsk, with Benoit Groulx’s men looking to finish the job on Tuesday.

A 3-0 win at Salavat Yulaev puts Lokomotiv up 3-1 in this 2025 KHL playoff semi-final. Daniil Isayev blanked the home offense, and goals from the visitor’s promising young forwards settled the outcome.

For the first time in this year’s Gagarin Cup semi-finals, we went to overtime. Dynamo and Traktor tied 2-2 in Moscow before Maxim Shabanov gave the visitor the verdict.

A sell-out crowd in Ufa was hoping for a parade as the 2025 KHL playoff semi-finals came to Bashkortostan. But Lokomotiv derailed those hopes, taking a 4-2 victory to get in front in the series.

A second home victory put Traktor 2-0 up in its 2025 Gagarin Cup semi-final series against Dynamo. Zach Fucale made two big saves in the final minute to preserve the home team’s one-goal lead and send the series to Moscow with the Chelyabinsk team on top.

The regular season champ got back on track in game two of its Gagarin Cup semi-final. A 2-1 verdict over Salavat Yulaev means its all square as the series moves to Ufa.

Despite trailing 0-2 to Dynamo Moscow, Traktor recovered to win the opener in this 2025 KHL semi-final series. Vasily Glotov got the winner in the 54th minute to settle an entertaining game in Chelyabinsk.

The first game in this year’s KHL playoff semi-finals went to Salavat Yulaev with a 3-1 win in Yaroslavl.

Wednesday brought two game sevens and both were as close as the series that brought us here. In Ufa, Salavat Yulaev saw Spartak claw back an 0-2 deficit before winning 3-2 on a late Alexei Vasilevsky goal. And it was a similar story in Yaroslavl, where Lokomotiv got up 2-0 before Avangard forced overtime. Here, Alexander Polunin decided the series in the 87th minute.

A 6-1 win in Kazan saw Dynamo Moscow power past Ak Bars into the semi-finals of the 2025 Gagarin Cup. It’s the Blue-and-Whites’ best run since winning it all in 2013, while Anvar Gatiyatulin will take Ak Bars no further in his first season as head coach.

Both of these series are heading the full distance. Avangard made it back-to-back wins against Lokomotiv to tie its second-round series at 3-3 having trailed 1-3. Then Salavat Yulaev defeated Spartak in overtime in Moscow. Alexei Vasilevsky’s goal snapped a 1-1 tie to send the series back to Ufa for Wednesday’s decider.

Traktor became the first team to reach the 2025 Gagarin Cup semi-finals after wrapping up its series against Dinamo Minsk in five games. A 3-1 win in Chelyabinsk saw Benoit Groulx’s team through the final four for the second year running. In Sunday’s other action, Dynamo Moscow recorded the first home victory of its series against Ak Bars and leads 3-2 ahead of the return to Kazan on Tuesday.

Both Salavat Yulaev and Avangard earned vital victories in game five of their KHL Gagarin Cup second round series on Saturday. The Eastern Conference contenders were facing elimination but found ways to win and prolong their seasons. Salavat Yulaev edged Spartak 4-3 in overtime, while the Hawks travelled to Yaroslavl for a 3-2 success over Lokomotiv.

In Minsk, Traktor edged a 3-2 verdict to go up 3-1 in the Gagarin Cup second round playoff series against Dinamo. Just two days after an 8-0 drubbing, Benoit Groulx’s team is just one win away from the semi-finals. Today’s other series is all square: Dynamo Moscow won 3-2 in Kazan despite a dominant performance from Ak Bars. The teams had back to the capital tied at 2-2.

After four games, Lokomotiv and Spartak are up 3-1 in their KHL playoff second round series. Loko took an overtime verdict at Avangard thanks to Alexander Radulov’s goal before Spartak’s power play paced a 6-2 thumping of Salavat Yulaev. Both teams will hope to complete the job on Saturday.

After four days of the second round of the KHL playoffs, all four series are at 2-1. Today, Dinamo Minsk reduced its deficit against Traktor with an emphatic 8-0 victory, while Dynamo Moscow won 3-1 in Kazan to move closer to Ak Bars.

Tuesday’s playoff action saw two Western Conference teams forge ahead in their series. Lokomotiv won 6-2 at Avangard in game three, then Spartak took a 4-2 verdict at home to Salavat Yulaev in the Gagarin Cup second round playoffs.

Traktor pulled off another comeback win to open a 2-0 lead over Dinamo Minsk in its Gagarin Cup second round series. The Belarusians led 3-0, but tied 3-3 in regulation before Grigory Dronov’s goal sent the pairing to Minsk with Traktor in control. Ak Bars also holds a 2-0 lead in its series against Dynamo Moscow. A 2-0 success in the Russian capital has Anvar Gatiyatulin’s men heading home in a strong position.

The first round of the 2025 KHL playoffs was tight, and the second could prove even tighter. Sunday’s action saw Spartak win in overtime at Salavat Yulaev to tie that series, before Lokomotiv cancelled out Avangard’s opening win to level things off before the pairing resumes in Omsk.