The 2024–25 KHL season was 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.
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.
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 2024, followed by the traditional New Year's break from 31 December to 2 January, lastly followed by the 2025 All-Star Week from 7–10 February. 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.
Teams 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 ConferenceEastern 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 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.
Opening Cup 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.
Standings Western Conference
Eastern Conference
Continental Cup
Gagarin Cup playoffs The Gagarin Cup playoffs started on 26 March 2025.
Bracket
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
Final standings
Rank Team 1 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2 Traktor Chelyabinsk 3 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 4 Dynamo Moscow 5 Ak Bars Kazan 6 Avangard Omsk 7 Spartak Moscow 8 Dinamo Minsk 9 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 10 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 11 CSKA Moscow 12 Severstal Cherepovets 13 SKA Saint Petersburg 14 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 15 Sibir Novosibirsk 16 Admiral Vladivostok 17 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 18 Kunlun Red Star 19 Vityaz Moscow Region 20 Lada Togliatti 21 HC Sochi 22 Amur Khabarovsk 23 Barys Astana
All-Star Game
The 2025 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game was hosted at the Sibir Arena in Novosibirsk on February 8-9, 2025.
Individual awards Golden Helmet Award (All-Star Team) Position Player Team GVladislav PodyapolskyDynamo Moscow/Lada Togliatti DAlexander NikishinSKA Saint-Petersburg DDamir SharipzyanovAvangard Omsk FJosh LeivoSalavat Yulaev Ufa FMaxim ShabanovTraktor Chelyabinsk FAlexander RadulovLokomotiv Yaroslavl
Source: KHL
Golden Stick Award (Regular Season MVP)
Winner: Josh Leivo (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
Other nominees: Artyom Galimov (Ak Bars Kazan), Maxim Shabanov (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
Alexei Cherepanov Award (Rookie of the Year)
Winner: Ivan Demidov (SKA Saint-Petersburg)
Other nominees: Egor Surin (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), Semyon Vyazovoy (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
Goaltender of the Year
Winner: Daniil Isayev (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
Other nominees: Vladislav Podyapolsky (Dynamo Moscow/Lada Togliatti), Nikita Serebryakov (Avangard Omsk/SKA Saint-Petersburg)
Coach of the Year
Winner: Igor Nikitin (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
Other nominees: Benoit Groulx (Traktor Chelyabinsk), Viktor Kozlov (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
Scoring achievements
Award Winner Team ScoreTop Scorer Josh LeivoTraktor Chelyabinsk80 pointsTop SniperJosh LeivoTraktor Chelyabinsk49 goalsTop Scoring DefencemanTrevor MurphySibir Novosibirsk58 pointsGagarin Cup Playoffs Top Scorer Sheldon RempalSalavat Yulaev Ufa21 pointsBest +/-Artyom GalimovAk Bars Kazan +31
Other awards
Award Winner TeamGagarin Cup Playoffs MVPAlexander RadulovLokomotiv YaroslavlSergei Gimayev Award (For Faith Towards Hockey)Ilya KablukovAvangard OmskValentin Sych Award (Best Executive)Ivan SavinTraktor Chelyabinsk
Source: KHL
See also 2024–25 Asia League Ice Hockey season References
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