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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2017-2018

2017-2018 Season

SKA St. Petersburg finished first in the 2017-18 KHL standings with 138 points. CSKA Moskva (124 points) and Jokerit (103 points) followed.

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2017-2018 KHL Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
Eastern Conference
1.	Ak Bars Kazan	56	30	-	18	2	6	158	126	32	100	1.79	Champion
2.	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	56	26	-	20	5	5	151	139	12	93	1.66	Conference SF loss
3.	Traktor Chelyabinsk	56	26	-	19	7	4	129	121	8	96	1.71	Conference Final loss
4.	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	56	25	-	17	6	8	165	137	28	95	1.70	Conference QF loss
5.	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	56	24	-	17	8	7	150	135	15	95	1.70	Conference SF loss
6.	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	56	27	-	19	3	7	135	135	0	94	1.68	Conference QF loss
7.	Avangard Omsk	56	22	-	19	7	8	146	116	30	88	1.57	Conference QF loss
8.	Amur Khabarovsk	56	21	-	18	8	9	132	141	-9	88	1.57	Conference QF loss
9.	Sibir Novosibirsk	56	23	-	23	8	2	136	135	1	87	1.55	Did not make playoffs
10.	Barys Astana	56	19	-	25	5	7	148	164	-16	74	1.32	Did not make playoffs
11.	Admiral Vladivostok	56	16	-	30	5	5	120	145	-25	63	1.13	Did not make playoffs
12.	Kunlun Red Star	56	15	-	29	4	8	103	146	-43	61	1.09	Did not make playoffs
13.	Lada Togliatti	56	12	-	34	4	6	105	149	-44	50	0.89	Did not make playoffs
14.	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	56	7	-	32	10	7	93	167	-74	48	0.86	Did not make playoffs
Western Conference
1.	SKA St. Petersburg	56	40	-	5	7	4	227	97	130	138	2.46	Conference Final loss
2.	CSKA Moskva	56	35	-	11	9	1	175	89	86	124	2.21	Final loss
3.	Jokerit	56	29	-	15	4	8	151	108	43	103	1.84	Conference SF loss
4.	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	56	26	-	18	9	3	148	129	19	99	1.77	Conference SF loss
5.	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	56	23	-	19	6	8	116	127	-11	89	1.59	Conference QF loss
6.	HK Sochi	56	22	-	20	7	7	130	138	-8	87	1.55	Conference QF loss
7.	Spartak Moskva	56	22	-	22	7	5	153	146	7	85	1.52	Conference QF loss
8.	Severstal Cherepovets	56	18	-	18	9	11	131	145	-14	83	1.48	Conference QF loss
9.	Dynamo Moskva	56	19	-	23	9	5	134	139	-5	80	1.43	Did not make playoffs
10.	Dinamo Minsk	56	20	-	28	5	3	112	129	-17	73	1.30	Did not make playoffs
11.	Vityaz Podolsk	56	17	-	27	4	8	131	160	-29	67	1.20	Did not make playoffs
12.	HC Slovan Bratislava	56	15	-	31	3	7	119	187	-68	58	1.04	Did not make playoffs
13.	Dinamo Riga	56	9	-	31	7	9	105	153	-48	50	0.89	Did not make playoffs

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2017-2018 KHL Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Ilya Kovalchuk (F)	53	31	32	63	26
2.	Nikita Gusev (F)	54	22	40	62	2
3.	Nigel Dawes (F)	46	35	20	55	26
4.	Linus Omark (F)	55	16	39	55	60
5.	Linden Vey (F)	50	17	35	52	64

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2017-2018 KHL Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Pavel Francouz (G)	35	1.80	.946
2.	Alexei Krasikov (G)	30	1.99	.939
3.	Ivan Nalimov (G)	23	2.14	.938
4.	Lars Johansson (G)	21	1.31	.938
5.	Mikko Koskinen (G)	29	1.57	.937

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2017-2018 KHL Demographics

KHL Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/14/2026 09:00 AM UTC	Amur Khabarovsk	Spartak Moskva	-
10/13/2026 04:00 PM UTC	Severstal Cherepovets	SKA St. Petersburg	2 - 0
10/12/2026 04:30 PM UTC	Shanghai Dragons	Dinamo Minsk	2 - 3
10/12/2026 04:30 PM UTC	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2 - 3 (OT 63:32)
10/12/2026 04:00 PM UTC	Ak Bars Kazan	HK Sochi	2 - 3

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KHL Transactions

KHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/13/2026	Confirmed	Matvei Tatyankin (F)	Amur Khabarovsk	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Details
10/12/2026	Confirmed	Riley Sawchuk (F)	Lada Togliatti	CSKA Moskva	Details
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

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)
Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Sheldon Rempal (F)

Player Nationalities Throughout History

KHL Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Admiral Vladivostok	49	6 983	6'0"	192 lbs	26.53
2.	Ak Bars Kazan	37	8 055	6'1"	203 lbs	27.46
3.	Amur Khabarovsk	43	6 585	6'0"	192 lbs	27.14
4.	Avangard Omsk	39	6 857	6'1"	196 lbs	26.31
5.	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	41	8 150	6'0"	196 lbs	27.20
6.	Barys Astana	39	4 895	6'0"	194 lbs	26.95
7.	CSKA Moskva	39	6 553	6'1"	201 lbs	25.26
8.	Dinamo Minsk	34	5 108	6'0"	194 lbs	27.85
9.	Dinamo Riga	41	10 525	6'1"	194 lbs	26.93
10.	Dynamo Moskva	38	7 756	5'11"	190 lbs	27.61
11.	HC Slovan Bratislava	38	3 681	6'1"	194 lbs	26.82
12.	HK Sochi	40	6 923	6'1"	198 lbs	27.25
13.	Jokerit	31	3 876	6'0"	194 lbs	28.94
14.	Lada Togliatti	35	7 619	6'0"	194 lbs	27.37
15.	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	43	6 690	6'0"	194 lbs	24.67
16.	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	40	8 851	6'1"	201 lbs	26.90
17.	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	35	5 009	6'1"	201 lbs	25.66
18.	SKA St. Petersburg	42	8 124	6'1"	198 lbs	26.17
19.	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	40	8 880	6'1"	198 lbs	27.03
20.	Severstal Cherepovets	35	7 173	5'11"	192 lbs	27.89
21.	Shanghai Dragons	37	4 252	6'1"	201 lbs	28.95
22.	Sibir Novosibirsk	37	6 434	6'1"	196 lbs	26.19
23.	Spartak Moskva	42	9 769	6'0"	194 lbs	28.07
24.	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	47	9 336	6'0"	196 lbs	26.96
25.	Traktor Chelyabinsk	37	8 052	6'0"	192 lbs	27.73
26.	Vityaz Moscow Region	41	7 311	6'0"	196 lbs	27.32
27.	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	56	8 128	6'0"	196 lbs	26.36

Team Comparison History

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	16	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.	Vyacheslav Litovchenko (F)	2026-2027	HK Almaty	Kazakhstan	18	7	15	22	4
7.	Artyom Likhotnikov (F)	2026-2027	Saryarka Karaganda	Kazakhstan	18	7	15	22	19
8.	Yevgeni Rymarev (F)	2026-2027	HK Almaty	Kazakhstan	15	9	12	21	2
9.	Vladislav Nikulin (F)	2026-2027	Saryarka Karaganda	Kazakhstan	18	7	14	21	6
10.	Alexander Borisevich (F)	2026-2027	Saryarka Karaganda	Kazakhstan	17	6	14	20	31

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Regular Season

KHL All-Time Points

KHL All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Vadim Shipachyov (F)	969	280	622	902
2.	Sergei Mozyakin (F)	685	351	405	756
3.	Alexander Radulov (F)	649	256	433	689
4.	Nikita Gusev (F)	665	221	411	632
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)	969	280	622	902
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)	969	280	622	902
2.	Alexander Radulov (F)	649	256	433	689
3.	Nikita Gusev (F)	665	221	411	632
4.	Sergei Mozyakin (F)	685	351	405	756
5.	Dmitri Kagarlitsky (F)	797	185	328	513

KHL All-Time Penalty Min.

KHL All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Grigori Panin (D)	812	36	150	1116
2.	Evgeny Artyukhin (F)	430	39	92	1088
3.	Alexander Radulov (F)	649	256	689	896
4.	Sergei Plotnikov (F)	869	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)	969	280	622	902
2.	Andrei Stas (F)	894	83	131	214
3.	Sergei Plotnikov (F)	869	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)	14	10	17	1.21

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