2024–25 KHL season

2024–25 KHL season
2024–25 KHL season
League	Kontinental Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	3 September 2024 – 23 March 2025 ; (regular season);
Number of games	68
Number of teams	23
TV partner(s)	Match TV; KHL-TV;
Regular season
Playoffs
KHL seasons
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 KHL season is the 17th season of the Kontinental Hockey League. There are 23 teams that will compete in 68 regular season games, with a record-breaking 187 playing days, having begun on 3 September 2024 until through 23 March 2025.^[1]

Season changes

For the 2024–25 season, the competition remained unchanged with the number of teams participating and divisional placements. Only minor rule adjustments geared towards encouraging offensive play were introduced.^[2]

For the second consecutive season, the regular season will have 782 games scheduled for a new record-breaking 187 gamedays, with each club to play 68 regular season engagements. The regular season will feature three breaks, the first after 97 consecutive days of matchplay from 9–16 December 2023, followed by the traditional New Year's break from 31 December to 2 January, lastly followed by the 2024 All-Star Week from 7–10 February.^[1] The league maintained the previous season playoff format for the Gagarin Cup playoffs with a cross playoff system in which teams participate in the Conference Quarterfinals before a cross conference switch and re-seeding take place from the second round.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Teams

The 23 teams are split into four divisions: the Bobrov Division and the Tarasov Division as part of the Western Conference, with the Kharlamov Division and the Chernyshev Division as part of the Eastern Conference.

Western Conference		Eastern Conference
Bobrov Division	Tarasov Division	Kharlamov Division	Chernyshev Division
SKA Saint Petersburg	CSKA Moscow	Ak Bars Kazan	Admiral Vladivostok
HC Sochi	Dinamo Minsk	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Amur Khabarovsk
Spartak Moscow	Dynamo Moscow	Lada Togliatti	Avangard Omsk
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	Kunlun Red Star	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Barys Astana
Vityaz Moscow Region	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
	Severstal Cherepovets	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Sibir Novosibirsk

Each team plays 68 games: in the Western Conference team play every other team home-and-away (44 games), plus an additional 20 intra-conference games (10 home and 10 away games). The remaining 4 games were slated against opposition selected with a view to increasing the number of high-profile match-ups (2 home, 2 on the road). In the Eastern Conference team play every other team home-and-away (44 games), plus an additional 22 intra-conference games (11 home and 11 away games). The remaining 2 games were slated against opposition selected with a view to increasing the number of high-profile match-ups (1 home, 1 on the road). Points were awarded for each game, where two points were awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it was in regulation time, in overtime or after game-winning shots. One point was awarded for losing in overtime or game-winning shots, and zero points for losing in regulation time.^[6]

Opening Cup

The season will start on 3 September 2024 with the Opening cup. The 2024–25 Opening Cup will be contested between Metallurg Magnitogorsk the 2023–24 Gagarin Cup Champions and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl the 2023–24 Gagarin Cup runner up.

3 September 2024

Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2–3	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Arena Metallurg

Standings

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (O)	2	2	0	0	0	6	2	+4	4	Conference winner and Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2	Kunlun Red Star	2	1	1	0	0	8	5	+3	4	Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
3	SKA Saint Petersburg	2	1	0	1	0	7	6	+1	3
4	Spartak Moscow	2	1	0	1	0	5	4	+1	3
5	Dinamo Minsk	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	+3	2	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
6	Vityaz Podolsk	2	1	0	0	1	4	3	+1	2
7	Severstal Cherepovets	2	1	0	0	1	4	3	+1	2
8	Dynamo Moscow	2	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	2
9	HC Sochi	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	+1	2
10	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	2	0	0	1	1	2	6	−4	1
11	CSKA Moscow	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on September 7 2024. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won in regulation time; 3) games won in overtime; 4) games won in shootouts; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) drawing of lots.
(O) Won Opening Cup

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	2	2	0	0	0	7	2	+5	4	Conference winner and Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2	Avangard Omsk	2	2	0	0	0	6	3	+3	4	Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
3	Admiral Vladivostok	2	1	0	1	0	7	7	0	3
4	Traktor Chelyabinsk	2	1	0	0	1	6	4	+2	2
5	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	1	1	0	0	0	5	3	+2	2	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
6	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2	0	1	0	1	7	7	0	2
7	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	2	0	1	0	1	4	5	−1	2
8	Ak Bars Kazan	2	0	1	0	1	6	7	−1	2
9	Barys Astana	2	0	0	1	1	2	6	−4	1
10	Lada Togliatti	2	0	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
11	Sibir Novosibirsk	2	0	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
12	Amur Khabarovsk	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on September 7 2024. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won in regulation time; 3) games won in overtime; 4) games won in shootouts; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) drawing of lots.

Continental Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	2	2	0	0	0	7	2	+5	4	Continental Cup winner and first overall seed in Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (O)	2	2	0	0	0	6	2	+4	4
3	Avangard Omsk	2	2	0	0	0	6	3	+3	4
4	Kunlun Red Star	2	1	1	0	0	8	5	+3	4
5	SKA Saint Petersburg	2	1	0	1	0	7	6	+1	3
6	Spartak Moscow	2	1	0	1	0	5	4	+1	3
7	Admiral Vladivostok	2	1	0	1	0	7	7	0	3
8	Dinamo Minsk	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	+3	2
9	Traktor Chelyabinsk	2	1	0	0	1	6	4	+2	2
10	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	1	1	0	0	0	5	3	+2	2
11	Vityaz Podolsk	2	1	0	0	1	4	3	+1	2
12	Severstal Cherepovets	2	1	0	0	1	4	3	+1	2
13	Dynamo Moscow	2	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	2
14	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2	0	1	0	1	7	7	0	2
15	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	2	0	1	0	1	4	5	−1	2
16	HC Sochi	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	+1	2
17	Ak Bars Kazan	2	0	1	0	1	6	7	−1	2
18	Barys Astana	2	0	0	1	1	2	6	−4	1
19	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	2	0	0	1	1	2	6	−4	1
20	CSKA Moscow	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	−2	0
21	Lada Togliatti	2	0	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
22	Sibir Novosibirsk	2	0	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
23	Amur Khabarovsk	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on September 7 2024. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won in regulation time; 3) games won in overtime; 4) games won in shootouts; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) drawing of lots.
(O) Won Opening Cup