What does KHL stand for?

KHL stands for Fonbet Kontinental Hockey League.

How many teams play in the KHL?

The KHL currently consists of 22 teams.

Who won the most recent KHL championship?

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl won the most recent KHL championship in 2026.

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2026-2027 Season

Metallurg Magnitogorsk lead the 2026-27 KHL standings with 23 points. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (22 points) and CSKA Moskva (22 points) follow.

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2026-2027 KHL Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
Eastern Conference
1.	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	15	9	-	3	2	1	48	28	20	23	1.53	-
2.	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	14	8	-	4	0	2	44	34	10	18	1.29	-
3.	Barys Astana	13	6	-	5	2	0	52	37	15	16	1.23	-
4.	Amur Khabarovsk	13	7	-	5	0	1	22	20	2	15	1.15	-
5.	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	14	6	-	6	1	1	42	44	-2	15	1.07	-
6.	Ak Bars Kazan	14	3	-	6	4	1	32	32	0	15	1.07	-
7.	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	13	6	-	5	0	2	34	32	2	14	1.08	-
8.	Admiral Vladivostok	14	3	-	6	2	3	35	39	-4	13	0.93	-
9.	Avangard Omsk	13	3	-	7	3	0	22	34	-12	12	0.92	-
10.	Sibir Novosibirsk	14	4	-	7	0	3	30	43	-13	11	0.79	-
11.	Traktor Chelyabinsk	13	3	-	8	2	0	24	33	-9	10	0.77	-
Western Conference
1.	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	14	10	-	3	1	0	38	23	15	22	1.57	-
2.	CSKA Moskva	14	9	-	3	2	0	49	27	22	22	1.57	-
3.	Severstal Cherepovets	14	7	-	4	1	2	33	31	2	18	1.29	-
4.	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	13	7	-	4	2	0	38	22	16	18	1.38	-
5.	Shanghai Dragons	11	6	-	2	2	1	34	26	8	17	1.55	-
6.	Spartak Moskva	14	7	-	5	0	2	36	28	8	16	1.14	-
7.	SKA St. Petersburg	12	5	-	4	3	0	44	38	6	16	1.33	-
8.	Dinamo Minsk	14	5	-	4	0	5	39	46	-7	15	1.07	-
9.	Dynamo Moskva	15	2	-	8	3	2	29	43	-14	12	0.80	-
10.	Lada Togliatti	14	1	-	9	0	4	24	58	-34	6	0.43	-
11.	HK Sochi	13	2	-	11	0	0	16	47	-31	4	0.31	-

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2026-2027 KHL Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Nikolai Goldobin (F)	12	3	16	19	6
2.	Justin Bailey (F)	13	10	6	16	12
3.	Christopher Tierney (F)	14	2	14	16	0
4.	Sergei Plotnikov (F)	12	9	6	15	4
5.	Andrei Belozyorov (F)	14	5	10	15	12

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2026-2027 KHL Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Dmitri Shugayev (G)	3	0.67	.972
2.	Maxim Dorozhko (G)	11	1.36	.955
3.	Alexander Trushkov (G)	2	1.53	.953
4.	Pavel Khomchenko (G)	6	1.77	.948
5.	Andrei Shutov (G)	8	1.94	.946

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KHL Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/11/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Dynamo Moskva	SKA St. Petersburg	-
10/10/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Dinamo Minsk	6 - 1
10/10/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Ak Bars Kazan	Severstal Cherepovets	1 - 4
10/10/2026 11:30 AM UTC	Barys Astana	Avangard Omsk	5 - 1
10/10/2026 11:00 AM UTC	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Sibir Novosibirsk	1 - 2

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KHL Transactions

KHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/11/2026	Confirmed	Daniil Skvortsov (D)	CSKA Moskva	Unknown	Details
10/10/2026	Confirmed	Pavel Akolzin (F)	Shanghai Dragons	HK Sochi	Details
10/10/2026	Confirmed	Igor Shvyryov (F)	HK Sochi	AKM Tula Region	Details
10/10/2026	Confirmed	Danil Mokrushev (D)	HK Sochi	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	Details
10/08/2026	Confirmed	Artyom Misnikov (F)	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	Details

2026-2027 KHL Free Agents

Team	Player
Shanghai Dragons	Borna Rendulic (F)
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Stéphane Da Costa (F)
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Reid Boucher (F)
SKA St. Petersburg	Joseph Blandisi (F)
Spartak Moskva	Ivan Morozov (F)

2027-2028 KHL Free Agents

Team	Player
Barys Astana	Justin Bailey (F)
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Andrei Belozyorov (F)
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Damir Zhafyarov (F)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Alexander Radulov (F)
Barys Astana	Garrett Pilon (F)

KHL League Injury List

Player / Team	Information
Ivan Kulbakov (G)Admiral Vladivostok	Undisclosed Injury
Artyom Pimenov (F)Admiral Vladivostok	Undisclosed Injury
Daniel Usmanov (F)Admiral Vladivostok	Undisclosed Injury
Artyom Galimov (F)Ak Bars Kazan	Undisclosed Injury
Alexander Dergachyov (F)Amur Khabarovsk	Undisclosed Injury
Danila Galenyuk (D)Amur Khabarovsk	Undisclosed Injury
Yegor Rykov (D)Amur Khabarovsk	Undisclosed Injury
Maxime Lajoie (D)Avangard Omsk	Undisclosed Injury
Cédric Paquette (F)Avangard Omsk	Undisclosed Injury
Nikolai Prokhorkin (F)Avangard Omsk	Undisclosed Injury
Alexander Volkov (F)Avangard Omsk	Undisclosed Injury
Nikita Shashkov (F)Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Undisclosed Injury
Madi Dikhanbek (D)Barys Astana	Undisclosed Injury
Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (F)Dinamo Minsk	Undisclosed Injury
Sergei Kalinin (F)Dinamo Minsk	Undisclosed Injury
Nicolas Meloche (D)Dinamo Minsk	Undisclosed Injury
Yegor Rimashevsky (F)Dynamo Moskva	Undisclosed Injury
Nikita Tertyshny (F)Dynamo Moskva	Undisclosed Injury
Cameron Lee (D)HK Sochi	Undisclosed Injury
Kirill Slepets (F)HK Sochi	Undisclosed Injury
Kirill Voronin (F)HK Sochi	Undisclosed Injury
Ivan Romanov (F)Lada Togliatti	Undisclosed Injury
Denis Alexeyev (F)Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Undisclosed Injury
Maxim Beryozkin (F)Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Undisclosed Injury
Danil Romantsev (F)Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Undisclosed Injury
Artyom Gorshkov (F)Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Undisclosed Injury
Nikolai Burenov (D)Severstal Cherepovets	Undisclosed Injury
Adam Liska (F)Severstal Cherepovets	Undisclosed Injury
Martin Frk (F)Shanghai Dragons	Undisclosed Injury
Fyodor Gordeyev (D)Sibir Novosibirsk	Undisclosed Injury
Maxim Osipov (D)Sibir Novosibirsk	Undisclosed Injury
Trevor Murphy (D)SKA St. Petersburg	Undisclosed Injury
Linus Weissbach (F)SKA St. Petersburg	Undisclosed Injury
Vitali Kravtsov (F)Traktor Chelyabinsk	Undisclosed Injury
Sergei Telegin (D)Traktor Chelyabinsk	Undisclosed Injury

Player Nationalities Throughout History

KHL Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Admiral Vladivostok	29	4 485	6'1"	192 lbs	26.10
2.	Ak Bars Kazan	30	7 167	6'0"	187 lbs	25.50
3.	Amur Khabarovsk	33	7 415	6'0"	187 lbs	26.24
4.	Avangard Omsk	31	5 909	6'1"	192 lbs	26.65
5.	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	28	7 812	6'0"	192 lbs	27.32
6.	Barys Astana	29	3 699	6'1"	187 lbs	26.41
7.	CSKA Moskva	24	5 403	6'0"	187 lbs	26.21
8.	Dinamo Minsk	30	4 250	6'0"	190 lbs	26.60
9.	Dynamo Moskva	27	7 006	6'0"	192 lbs	26.48
10.	HK Sochi	33	7 889	6'0"	185 lbs	27.45
11.	Lada Togliatti	34	5 265	6'1"	194 lbs	26.00
12.	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	27	8 997	6'1"	196 lbs	27.00
13.	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	28	6 700	6'0"	179 lbs	26.04
14.	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	29	5 840	6'0"	181 lbs	25.59
15.	SKA St. Petersburg	28	6 104	6'0"	192 lbs	27.54
16.	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	28	5 571	6'0"	185 lbs	26.32
17.	Severstal Cherepovets	33	4 772	5'11"	181 lbs	24.27
18.	Shanghai Dragons	29	4 529	6'1"	192 lbs	27.90
19.	Sibir Novosibirsk	30	6 541	6'1"	192 lbs	26.23
20.	Spartak Moskva	30	6 039	6'1"	192 lbs	26.17
21.	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	30	7 160	6'0"	185 lbs	26.13
22.	Traktor Chelyabinsk	27	4 859	6'0"	190 lbs	25.52

Team Comparison History

KHL Interesting Facts

Oldest
1.	Grigori Panin	40 yrs
2.	Alexander Radulov	40 yrs
3.	Vadim Shipachyov	39 yrs
4.	Vladimir Zharkov	38 yrs
5.	Andrei Stas	37 yrs

Tallest
1.	Stepan Falkovsky	6'8"
2.	Nikita Tryamkin	6'8"
3.	Fyodor Gordeyev	6'7"
4.	Ivan Fedotov	6'7"
5.	Lev Starikov	6'7"

Heaviest
1.	Nikita Tryamkin	258 lbs
2.	Stepan Falkovsky	254 lbs
3.	Andrei Pedan	243 lbs
4.	Valentin Zykov	231 lbs
5.	Alexander Alexeyev	229 lbs

Youngest
1.	Ilya Kolomytsev	17 yrs
2.	Ruslan Umerov	17 yrs
3.	Nazar Privalov	17 yrs
4.	Sergei Skvortsov	17 yrs
5.	Yevgeni Yakunin	17 yrs

Shortest
1.	Igor Geraskin	5'7"
2.	Rocco Grimaldi	5'7"
3.	Vsevolod Nikitin	5'7"
4.	Mark Ulyev	5'7"
5.	Ruslan Iskhakov	5'7"

Lightest
1.	Amir Gizyatov	139 lbs
2.	Viktor Kobozev	146 lbs
3.	Dmitri Isayev	148 lbs
4.	Vasily Atanasov	152 lbs
5.	Mikhail Fyodorov	152 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Pavel Zhirnov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	17	15	10	25	6
2.	Timur Shingareyev (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	15	13	11	24	2
3.	Stepan Sannikov (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	15	11	13	24	36
4.	Deivids Sarkanis (F)	2026-2027	Kyiv Capitals	Latvia	8	9	14	23	2
5.	Danila Karaban (F)	2026-2027	Saryarka Karaganda	Kazakhstan	18	16	6	22	2
6.	Artyom Likhotnikov (F)	2026-2027	Saryarka Karaganda	Kazakhstan	18	7	15	22	19
7.	Vladislav Nikulin (F)	2026-2027	Saryarka Karaganda	Kazakhstan	18	7	14	21	6
8.	Alexander Borisevich (F)	2026-2027	Saryarka Karaganda	Kazakhstan	17	6	14	20	31
9.	Arturs Kuzmenkovs (F)	2026-2027	Kraft	II-divisioona	6	7	12	19	2
10.	Yevgeni Rymarev (F)	2026-2027	HK Almaty	Kazakhstan	14	7	12	19	0

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Regular Season

KHL All-Time Points

KHL All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Vadim Shipachyov (F)	968	280	621	901
2.	Sergei Mozyakin (F)	685	351	405	756
3.	Alexander Radulov (F)	649	256	433	689
4.	Nikita Gusev (F)	664	221	410	631
5.	Danis Zaripov (F)	663	235	322	557

KHL All-Time Goals

KHL All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sergei Mozyakin (F)	685	351	405	756
2.	Vadim Shipachyov (F)	968	280	621	901
3.	Nigel Dawes (F)	543	267	238	505
4.	Alexander Radulov (F)	649	256	433	689
5.	Danis Zaripov (F)	663	235	322	557

KHL All-Time Assists

KHL All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Vadim Shipachyov (F)	968	280	621	901
2.	Alexander Radulov (F)	649	256	433	689
3.	Nikita Gusev (F)	664	221	410	631
4.	Sergei Mozyakin (F)	685	351	405	756
5.	Dmitri Kagarlitsky (F)	796	185	328	513

KHL All-Time Penalty Min.

KHL All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Grigori Panin (D)	811	36	150	1116
2.	Evgeny Artyukhin (F)	430	39	92	1088
3.	Alexander Radulov (F)	649	256	689	896
4.	Sergei Plotnikov (F)	867	235	530	837
5.	Igor Golovkov (D)	759	9	56	827

KHL All-Time Games Played

KHL All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Vadim Shipachyov (F)	968	280	621	901
2.	Andrei Stas (F)	893	82	131	213
3.	Sergei Plotnikov (F)	867	235	295	530
4.	Ilya Kablukov (F)	858	56	124	180
5.	Yevgeni Biryukov (D)	823	22	101	123

KHL All-Time Points Per Game

KHL All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Brendan Bell (D)	1	0	2	2.00
2.	Yevgeni Malkin (F)	37	23	65	1.76
3.	Nicklas Bäckström (F)	19	10	25	1.32
4.	Alexander Ovechkin (F)	31	19	40	1.29
5.	Justin Bailey (F)	13	10	16	1.23

KHL All-Time Points Per Season

KHL All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Sam Anas (F)	2025-2026	KHL	67	32	57	89	1.33	14
2.	Nikita Gusev (F)	2023-2024	KHL	68	23	66	89	1.31	10
3.	Sergei Mozyakin (F)	2016-2017	KHL	60	48	37	85	1.42	4
4.	Nikita Gusev (F)	2018-2019	KHL	62	17	65	82	1.32	10
5.	Joshua Leivo (F)	2024-2025	KHL	62	49	31	80	1.29	56

KHL All-Time Goals Per Season

KHL All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Joshua Leivo (F)	2024-2025	KHL	62	49	31	80	1.29	56
2.	Sergei Mozyakin (F)	2016-2017	KHL	60	48	37	85	1.42	4
3.	Reid Boucher (F)	2023-2024	KHL	64	44	34	78	1.22	34
4.	Dmitrij Jaskin (F)	2022-2023	KHL	67	40	22	62	0.93	48
5.	Dmitrij Jaskin (F)	2020-2021	KHL	59	38	22	60	1.02	52

KHL All-Time Assists Per Season

KHL All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Nikita Gusev (F)	2023-2024	KHL	68	23	66	89	1.31	10
2.	Nikita Gusev (F)	2018-2019	KHL	62	17	65	82	1.32	10
3.	Alexander Radulov (F)	2010-2011	KHL	54	20	60	80	1.48	83
4.	Vladimir Tkachyov (F)	2025-2026	KHL	66	13	58	71	1.08	48
5.	Sam Anas (F)	2025-2026	KHL	67	32	57	89	1.33	14

KHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

KHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Darcy Verot (F)	2009-2010	KHL	34	1	4	5	0.15	374
2.	Kip Brennan (F)	2011-2012	KHL	14	1	0	1	0.07	240
3.	Chris Simon (F)	2008-2009	KHL	40	8	19	27	0.68	236
4.	Tomas Kloucek (D)	2008-2009	KHL	47	5	18	23	0.49	222
5.	Martin Grenier (D)	2008-2009	KHL	46	2	6	8	0.17	211