2024–25 KHL season

Sports 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

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The 2024–25 KHL season is the 17th season of the Kontinental Hockey League. There were 23 teams that competed in 68 regular season games, with a record-breaking 187 playing days, between 3 September 2024 and 23 March 2025.[1]

## Season changes

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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 had 782 games for a new record-breaking 187 gamedays, with each club played 68 regular season engagements. The regular season featured 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

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The 23 teams were 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

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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 played 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

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

3 September 2024 (2024-9-3)

Metallurg Magnitogorsk| 2–3| Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

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Arena Metallurg

## Standings

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### Western Conference

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (O, Q, T, Y, Z) | 68  | 39  | 10  | 4  | 15  | 191  | 122  | +69  | 102  | Conference winner and Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2  | Dynamo Moscow (Q) | 68  | 37  | 5  | 5  | 21  | 204  | 167  | +37  | 89  | Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
3  | Spartak Moscow (Q, B) | 68  | 31  | 8  | 9  | 20  | 221  | 197  | +24  | 87
4  | Dinamo Minsk (Q) | 68  | 36  | 3  | 8  | 21  | 206  | 161  | +45  | 86
5  | CSKA Moscow (Q) | 68  | 30  | 8  | 9  | 21  | 194  | 170  | +24  | 85  | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
6  | Severstal Cherepovets (Q) | 68  | 36  | 5  | 1  | 26  | 200  | 198  | +2  | 83
7  | SKA Saint Petersburg (Q) | 68  | 28  | 10  | 6  | 24  | 236  | 205  | +31  | 82
8  | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Q) | 68  | 24  | 7  | 9  | 28  | 204  | 196  | +8  | 71
9  | Kunlun Red Star | 68  | 19  | 9  | 6  | 34  | 171  | 235  | −64  | 62  |
10  | Vityaz Podolsk | 68  | 19  | 5  | 11  | 33  | 163  | 188  | −25  | 59
11  | HC Sochi | 68  | 16  | 4  | 7  | 41  | 153  | 226  | −73  | 47

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.
(B) Won Bobrov Division; (O) Won Opening Cup; (Q) Qualified for Gagarin cup playoffs; (T) Won Tarasov Division; (Y) Won Conference; (Z) Won Continental Cup

### Eastern Conference

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1  | Traktor Chelyabinsk (Q, K, Y) | 68  | 38  | 7  | 6  | 17  | 223  | 159  | +64  | 96  | Conference winner and Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2  | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Q, H) | 68  | 33  | 12  | 3  | 20  | 212  | 159  | +53  | 93  | Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
3  | Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Q) | 68  | 30  | 13  | 4  | 21  | 197  | 154  | +43  | 90
4  | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (Q) | 68  | 33  | 8  | 7  | 20  | 178  | 165  | +13  | 89
5  | Ak Bars Kazan (Q) | 68  | 32  | 10  | 3  | 23  | 211  | 162  | +49  | 87  | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
6  | Avangard Omsk (Q) | 68  | 31  | 10  | 5  | 22  | 205  | 168  | +37  | 87
7  | Sibir Novosibirsk (Q) | 68  | 26  | 3  | 11  | 28  | 171  | 196  | −25  | 69
8  | Admiral Vladivostok (Q) | 68  | 19  | 9  | 13  | 27  | 184  | 204  | −20  | 69
9  | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 68  | 20  | 5  | 17  | 26  | 159  | 200  | −41  | 67  |
10  | Lada Togliatti | 68  | 17  | 5  | 10  | 36  | 150  | 188  | −38  | 54
11  | Amur Khabarovsk | 68  | 11  | 7  | 8  | 42  | 150  | 235  | −85  | 44
12  | Barys Astana | 68  | 8  | 6  | 7  | 47  | 99  | 227  | −128  | 35

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
(H) Won Chernyshev Division; (K) Won Kharlamov Division; (Q) Qualified for Gagarin cup playoffs; (Y) Won Conference

### Continental Cup

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1  | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (O, Q, T, Y, Z) | 68  | 39  | 10  | 4  | 15  | 191  | 122  | +69  | 102  | Continental Cup winner and first overall seed in Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2  | Traktor Chelyabinsk (Q, K, Y) | 68  | 38  | 7  | 6  | 17  | 223  | 159  | +64  | 96  |
3  | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Q, H) | 68  | 33  | 12  | 3  | 20  | 212  | 159  | +53  | 93
4  | Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Q) | 68  | 30  | 13  | 4  | 21  | 197  | 154  | +43  | 90
5  | Dynamo Moscow (Q) | 68  | 37  | 5  | 5  | 21  | 204  | 167  | +37  | 89
6  | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (Q) | 68  | 33  | 8  | 7  | 20  | 178  | 165  | +13  | 89
7  | Ak Bars Kazan (Q) | 68  | 32  | 10  | 3  | 23  | 211  | 162  | +49  | 87
8  | Avangard Omsk (Q) | 68  | 31  | 10  | 5  | 22  | 205  | 168  | +37  | 87
9  | Spartak Moscow (Q, B) | 68  | 31  | 8  | 9  | 20  | 221  | 197  | +24  | 87
10  | Dinamo Minsk (Q) | 68  | 36  | 3  | 8  | 21  | 206  | 161  | +45  | 86
11  | CSKA Moscow (Q) | 68  | 30  | 8  | 9  | 21  | 194  | 170  | +24  | 85
12  | Severstal Cherepovets (Q) | 68  | 36  | 5  | 1  | 26  | 200  | 198  | +2  | 83
13  | SKA Saint Petersburg (Q) | 68  | 28  | 10  | 6  | 24  | 236  | 205  | +31  | 82
14  | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Q) | 68  | 24  | 7  | 9  | 28  | 204  | 196  | +8  | 71
15  | Sibir Novosibirsk (Q) | 68  | 26  | 3  | 11  | 28  | 171  | 196  | −25  | 69
16  | Admiral Vladivostok (Q) | 68  | 19  | 9  | 13  | 27  | 184  | 204  | −20  | 69
17  | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 68  | 20  | 5  | 17  | 26  | 159  | 200  | −41  | 67
18  | Kunlun Red Star | 68  | 19  | 9  | 6  | 34  | 171  | 235  | −64  | 62
19  | Vityaz Podolsk | 68  | 19  | 5  | 11  | 33  | 163  | 188  | −25  | 59
20  | Lada Togliatti | 68  | 17  | 5  | 10  | 36  | 150  | 188  | −38  | 54
21  | HC Sochi | 68  | 16  | 4  | 7  | 41  | 153  | 226  | −73  | 47
22  | Amur Khabarovsk | 68  | 11  | 7  | 8  | 42  | 150  | 235  | −85  | 44
23  | Barys Astana | 68  | 8  | 6  | 7  | 47  | 99  | 227  | −128  | 35

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.
(B) Won Bobrov Division; (H) Won Chernyshev Division; (K) Won Kharlamov Division; (O) Won Opening Cup; (Q) Qualified for Gagarin cup playoffs; (T) Won Tarasov Division; (Y) Won Conference; (Z) Won Continental Cup

## Gagarin Cup playoffs

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The Gagarin Cup playoffs started on 26 March 2025.

### Bracket

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| Conference Quarterfinals | | | Round 2 | | | Semifinals | | | Gagarin Cup Finals |

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| E8 |  Admiral | 2 |
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| E2 |  Salavat Yulaev | 2 |

| E7 |  Sibir | 1 |
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| E6 |  Avangard | 3 |
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| E4 |  Avtomobilist | 2 |

| E5 |  Ak Bars | 1 |
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| W8 |  Torpedo | 0 |
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| W4 |  Dinamo Mn | 2 |

| W5 |  CSKA | 1 |

* After the Conference Quarterfinals a conference cross-over and re-seeding commenced
* During the Gagarin Cup Finals the team that finished with higher seed in their conference had home ice (if both teams finished with the same seed the team that earned most points during the regular season had home ice)
* source: KHL[7]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "2024-2025 KHL season's calendar: the longest season in league history". Kontinental Hockey League. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
2. ^ "Rule changes for the 2024-25 KHL season". Kontinental Hockey League. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
3. ^ "Season 2023/2024: 68 regular season games, cross playoffs" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
4. ^ ""Most of the clubs voted for a cross playoff" - Alexei Morozov" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
5. ^ "Attendances climb, longer season to come". Kontinental Hockey League. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
6. ^ "Kontinental Hockey League Championship – Russian Men's Ice Hockey Championship 2024/2025. Stage 2 Guidelines" (PDF). KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 4 September 2021. "In each Conference teams are seeded first to eighth depending on points scored and regardless of Division placing."
7. ^ "Regular KHL 2024/2025 - KHL Standings | Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)". en.khl.ru. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

## External links

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* Official website

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Kontinental Hockey League

| Western Conference| Eastern Conference

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Bobrov Division

SKA Saint Petersburg

Sochi

Spartak Moscow

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

Vityaz Moscow Region

Tarasov Division

CSKA Moscow

Dinamo Minsk

Dynamo Moscow

Kunlun Red Star

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Severstal Cherepovets

Kharlamov Division

Ak Bars Kazan

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

Lada Togliatti

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

Traktor Chelyabinsk

Chernyshev Division

Admiral Vladivostok

Amur Khabarovsk

Avangard Omsk

Barys Astana

Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Sibir Novosibirsk

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