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2024–25 KHL season

2024–25 KHL season
LeagueKontinental Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • 3 September 2024 – 23 March 2025
    (regular season)
Number of games68
Number of teams23
TV partner(s)
Regular season
Playoffs
KHL seasons
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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
Russia SKA Saint Petersburg Russia CSKA Moscow Russia Ak Bars Kazan Russia Admiral Vladivostok
Russia HC Sochi Belarus Dinamo Minsk Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Russia Amur Khabarovsk
Russia Spartak Moscow Russia Dynamo Moscow Russia Lada Togliatti Russia Avangard Omsk
Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod China Kunlun Red Star Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk Kazakhstan Barys Astana
Russia Vityaz Moscow Region Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Russia Severstal Cherepovets Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk Russia 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 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.

Metallurg Magnitogorsk2–3Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Standings

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (O) 36 21 7 2 6 95 57 +38 58 Conference winner and Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Spartak Moscow 35 18 5 4 8 115 98 +17 50 Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
3 Dynamo Moscow 35 18 4 3 10 105 90 +15 47
4 CSKA Moscow 33 15 4 7 7 95 76 +19 45
5 SKA Saint Petersburg 34 15 5 4 10 123 92 +31 44 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
6 Severstal Cherepovets 34 18 2 0 14 95 93 +2 40
7 Dinamo Minsk 34 15 2 4 13 99 90 +9 38
8 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 34 12 4 6 12 111 92 +19 38
9 Vityaz Podolsk 35 12 2 4 17 87 97 −10 32
10 Kunlun Red Star 36 10 3 4 19 87 132 −45 30
11 HC Sochi 33 8 3 3 19 79 106 −27 25
Updated to match(es) played on December 8 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 Traktor Chelyabinsk 35 18 4 4 9 111 84 +27 48 Conference winner and Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 33 16 7 2 8 100 79 +21 48 Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
3 Ak Bars Kazan 32 16 5 2 9 97 72 +25 44
4 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 33 16 3 4 10 85 81 +4 42
5 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 36 13 6 2 15 94 85 +9 40 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
6 Admiral Vladivostok 36 12 5 5 14 99 105 −6 39
7 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 35 9 4 9 13 78 90 −12 35
8 Avangard Omsk 33 11 4 2 16 82 88 −6 32
9 Lada Togliatti 33 10 3 5 15 68 77 −9 31
10 Sibir Novosibirsk 32 13 0 3 16 85 96 −11 29
11 Barys Astana 36 6 3 3 24 48 105 −57 21
12 Amur Khabarovsk 35 6 1 4 24 69 122 −53 18
Updated to match(es) played on December 8 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 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (O) 36 21 7 2 6 95 57 +38 58 Continental Cup winner and first overall seed in Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Spartak Moscow 35 18 5 4 8 115 98 +17 50
3 Traktor Chelyabinsk 35 18 4 4 9 111 84 +27 48
4 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 33 16 7 2 8 100 79 +21 48
5 Dynamo Moscow 35 18 4 3 10 105 90 +15 47
6 CSKA Moscow 33 15 4 7 7 95 76 +19 45
7 Ak Bars Kazan 32 16 5 2 9 97 72 +25 44
8 SKA Saint Petersburg 34 15 5 4 10 123 92 +31 44
9 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 33 16 3 4 10 85 81 +4 42
10 Severstal Cherepovets 34 18 2 0 14 95 93 +2 40
11 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 36 13 6 2 15 94 85 +9 40
12 Admiral Vladivostok 36 12 5 5 14 99 105 −6 39
13 Dinamo Minsk 34 15 2 4 13 99 90 +9 38
14 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 34 12 4 6 12 111 92 +19 38
15 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 35 9 4 9 13 78 90 −12 35
16 Vityaz Podolsk 35 12 2 4 17 87 97 −10 32
17 Avangard Omsk 33 11 4 2 16 82 88 −6 32
18 Lada Togliatti 33 10 3 5 15 68 77 −9 31
19 Kunlun Red Star 36 10 3 4 19 87 132 −45 30
20 Sibir Novosibirsk 32 13 0 3 16 85 96 −11 29
21 HC Sochi 33 8 3 3 19 79 106 −27 25
22 Barys Astana 36 6 3 3 24 48 105 −57 21
23 Amur Khabarovsk 35 6 1 4 24 69 122 −53 18
Updated to match(es) played on December 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

References

  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.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_KHL_season