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 32 points. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (28 points) and CSKA Moskva (28 points) follow.

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2026-2027 KHL Standings

2026-2027 KHL — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
Eastern Conference
1.	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	20	12	-	3	3	2	67	39	28	32	1.60	-
2.	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	19	10	-	6	1	2	55	46	9	24	1.26	-
3.	Ak Bars Kazan	20	5	-	8	5	2	45	44	1	22	1.10	-
4.	Amur Khabarovsk	18	10	-	7	0	1	35	28	7	21	1.17	-
5.	Barys Astana	19	8	-	8	2	1	66	55	11	21	1.11	-
6.	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	20	8	-	9	2	1	58	62	-4	21	1.05	-
7.	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	19	9	-	8	0	2	51	47	4	20	1.05	-
8.	Traktor Chelyabinsk	18	6	-	8	2	2	38	42	-4	18	1.00	-
9.	Avangard Omsk	17	4	-	8	5	0	33	42	-9	18	1.06	-
10.	Sibir Novosibirsk	21	6	-	11	1	3	45	63	-18	17	0.81	-
11.	Admiral Vladivostok	18	4	-	8	3	3	43	51	-8	17	0.94	-
Western Conference
1.	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	19	12	-	5	2	0	49	33	16	28	1.47	-
2.	CSKA Moskva	19	12	-	5	2	0	58	36	22	28	1.47	-
3.	Shanghai Dragons	18	9	-	4	3	2	56	44	12	26	1.44	-
4.	Spartak Moskva	19	11	-	5	0	3	51	35	16	25	1.32	-
5.	Severstal Cherepovets	20	10	-	7	1	2	46	43	3	24	1.20	-
6.	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	18	8	-	5	3	2	49	36	13	24	1.33	-
7.	Dinamo Minsk	19	6	-	6	1	6	48	59	-11	20	1.05	-
8.	SKA St. Petersburg	18	6	-	8	3	1	55	54	1	19	1.06	-
9.	Dynamo Moskva	22	2	-	10	5	5	44	61	-17	19	0.86	-
10.	HK Sochi	18	4	-	13	1	0	31	65	-34	10	0.56	-
11.	Lada Togliatti	19	2	-	12	0	5	29	67	-38	9	0.47	-

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2026-2027 KHL Player Stats

2026-2027 KHL — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Justin Bailey (F)	19	12	9	21	22
2.	Nikolai Goldobin (F)	15	3	16	19	8
3.	Christopher Tierney (F)	19	3	16	19	0
4.	Andrei Belozyorov (F)	19	8	10	18	12
5.	Nathan Todd (F)	20	9	8	17	12

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2026-2027 KHL Goalie Stats

2026-2027 KHL — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Alexander Trushkov (G)	5	0.91	.968
2.	Maxim Dorozhko (G)	14	1.63	.947
3.	Andrei Shutov (G)	11	1.96	.942
4.	Artyom Zagidulin (G)	7	1.41	.940
5.	Yegor Zavragin (G)	7	1.43	.938

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KHL Games

KHL — Games
date	home	visiting	score
10/27/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	HK Sochi	-
10/26/2026 04:30 PM UTC	Dynamo Moskva	Avangard Omsk	2 - 3 (OT 62:23)
10/26/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Barys Astana	4 - 1
10/26/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Sibir Novosibirsk	2 - 1
10/25/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Spartak Moskva	Shanghai Dragons	3 - 4 (SO)

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KHL Transactions

KHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/27/2026	Confirmed	Kristian Khenkel (D)	Dynamo Moskva	Dinamo Minsk	Details
10/26/2026	Confirmed	Andrei Kareyev (G)	Shanghai Dragons	HK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas	Details
10/26/2026	Confirmed	Fredrik Claesson (D)	Dynamo Moskva	EC Salzburg	Details
10/24/2026	Confirmed	Alexei Rykmanov (F)	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Lada Togliatti	Details
10/24/2026	Confirmed	Andrei Chivilyov (F)	Lada Togliatti	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Details

2026-2027 KHL Free Agents

2026-2027 KHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Stéphane Da Costa (F)
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Reid Boucher (F)
Spartak Moskva	Ivan Morozov (F)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Byron Froese (F)
Traktor Chelyabinsk	Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (F)

2027-2028 KHL Free Agents

2027-2028 KHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Barys Astana	Justin Bailey (F)
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Andrei Belozyorov (F)
Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Sheldon Rempal (F)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Alexander Radulov (F)
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Damir Zhafyarov (F)

KHL League Injury List

KHL — Injury List
Team	Player	Information
Admiral Vladivostok	Ivan Kulbakov (G)	Undisclosed Injury
Admiral Vladivostok	Artyom Pimenov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Ak Bars Kazan	Artyom Galimov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Amur Khabarovsk	Alexander Dergachyov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Amur Khabarovsk	Danila Galenyuk (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Amur Khabarovsk	Vasili Machulin (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Amur Khabarovsk	Yegor Rykov (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Avangard Omsk	Yegor Afanasyev (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Avangard Omsk	Maxime Lajoie (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Avangard Omsk	Cédric Paquette (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Avangard Omsk	Nikolai Prokhorkin (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Vladimir Galkin (G)	Undisclosed Injury
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Nikita Shashkov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Barys Astana	Madi Dikhanbek (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Dinamo Minsk	Sergei Kalinin (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Dinamo Minsk	Nicolas Meloche (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Dynamo Moskva	Yegor Rimashevsky (F)	Undisclosed Injury
HK Sochi	Pyotr Andreyanov (G)	Undisclosed Injury
HK Sochi	Cameron Lee (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Lada Togliatti	Ivan Romanov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Denis Alexeyev (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Maxim Beryozkin (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Danil Romantsev (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Andrei Krutov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Alexander Alexeyev (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Artyom Gorshkov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Severstal Cherepovets	Nikolai Burenov (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Severstal Cherepovets	Andrei Churkin (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Severstal Cherepovets	Alexander Samoilov (G)	Undisclosed Injury
Shanghai Dragons	Martin Frk (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Sibir Novosibirsk	Maxim Osipov (D)	Undisclosed Injury
SKA St. Petersburg	Zakhar Bardakov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
SKA St. Petersburg	Trevor Murphy (D)	Undisclosed Injury
SKA St. Petersburg	Linus Weissbach (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Spartak Moskva	Alexander Bryntsev (D)	Undisclosed Injury
Spartak Moskva	Demid Mansurov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Spartak Moskva	German Rubtsov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Toros Neftekamsk	Nikita Bogdanov (G)	Undisclosed Injury
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	Mikhail Vorobyov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Traktor Chelyabinsk	Vitali Kravtsov (F)	Undisclosed Injury
Traktor Chelyabinsk	Sergei Telegin (D)	Undisclosed Injury

KHL Team Comparison (Averages)

2026-2027 KHL — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Admiral Vladivostok	31	4 816	6'1"	190 lbs	26.13
2.	Ak Bars Kazan	32	7 291	6'0"	185 lbs	25.16
3.	Amur Khabarovsk	35	7 557	6'0"	187 lbs	25.86
4.	Avangard Omsk	31	5 988	6'1"	192 lbs	26.65
5.	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	29	7 945	6'0"	190 lbs	27.21
6.	Barys Astana	29	3 823	6'1"	187 lbs	26.41
7.	CSKA Moskva	26	5 641	6'0"	185 lbs	26.12
8.	Dinamo Minsk	32	4 892	6'0"	190 lbs	26.56
9.	Dynamo Moskva	31	7 178	6'0"	192 lbs	25.87
10.	HK Sochi	32	7 238	6'0"	185 lbs	26.97
11.	Lada Togliatti	36	6 323	6'1"	194 lbs	26.17
12.	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	27	9 102	6'1"	196 lbs	27.11
13.	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	28	6 802	6'0"	179 lbs	26.04
14.	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	29	5 939	6'0"	181 lbs	25.59
15.	SKA St. Petersburg	32	6 237	6'0"	194 lbs	26.50
16.	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	32	6 003	6'0"	185 lbs	26.03
17.	Severstal Cherepovets	35	4 940	6'0"	181 lbs	24.23
18.	Shanghai Dragons	29	4 667	6'1"	192 lbs	27.97
19.	Sibir Novosibirsk	30	6 588	6'0"	190 lbs	26.17
20.	Spartak Moskva	28	5 947	6'1"	192 lbs	26.32
21.	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	32	7 278	6'0"	185 lbs	25.75
22.	Traktor Chelyabinsk	28	5 224	6'0"	187 lbs	25.50

Team Comparison History

KHL Interesting Facts

KHL — Oldest
Oldest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Grigori Panin	40 yrs
2.	Alexander Radulov	40 yrs
3.	Vadim Shipachyov	39 yrs
4.	Vladimir Zharkov	38 yrs
5.	Andrei Stas	38 yrs

KHL — Tallest
Tallest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Stepan Falkovsky	6'8"
2.	Nikita Tryamkin	6'8"
3.	German Suzdorf	6'7"
4.	Ivan Fedotov	6'7"
5.	Lev Starikov	6'7"

KHL — Heaviest
Heaviest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Nikita Tryamkin	258 lbs
2.	Stepan Falkovsky	254 lbs
3.	Andrei Pedan	243 lbs
4.	Artyom Vilchinsky	243 lbs
5.	Valentin Zykov	231 lbs

KHL — Youngest
Youngest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Ilya Kolomytsev	17 yrs
2.	Ruslan Umerov	17 yrs
3.	Nazar Privalov	17 yrs
4.	Sergei Skvortsov	17 yrs
5.	Daniil Savin	17 yrs

KHL — Shortest
Shortest
Rank	Player	Height
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"

KHL — Lightest
Lightest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Ivan Fomin	137 lbs
2.	Amir Gizyatov	139 lbs
3.	Viktor Kobozev	146 lbs
4.	Dmitri Isayev	148 lbs
5.	Vasily Atanasov	152 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

KHL — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Stepan Sannikov (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	21	21	19	40	56
2.	Pavel Zhirnov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	23	18	14	32	8
3.	Deivids Sarkanis (F)	2026-2027	Kyiv Capitals	Latvia	12	13	18	31	4
4.	Vladislav Nikulin (F)	2026-2027	Saryarka Karaganda	Kazakhstan	24	11	18	29	10
5.	Timur Shingareyev (F)	2026-2027	Gornyak Rudny	Kazakhstan	20	15	13	28	4
6.	Artyom Likhotnikov (F)	2026-2027	Saryarka Karaganda	Kazakhstan	24	11	17	28	27
7.	Artur Gatiyatov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	23	4	24	28	12
8.	Dias Guseinov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	24	10	17	27	6
9.	Vyacheslav Litovchenko (F)	2026-2027	HK Almaty	Kazakhstan	24	8	19	27	6
10.	Danila Karaban (F)	2026-2027	Saryarka Karaganda	Kazakhstan	24	17	9	26	4

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KHL All-Time Points

KHL — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Vadim Shipachyov (F)	974	281	622	903
2.	Sergei Mozyakin (F)	685	351	405	756
3.	Alexander Radulov (F)	652	257	434	691
4.	Nikita Gusev (F)	669	221	417	638
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)	974	281	622	903
3.	Nigel Dawes (F)	543	267	238	505
4.	Alexander Radulov (F)	652	257	434	691
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)	974	281	622	903
2.	Alexander Radulov (F)	652	257	434	691
3.	Nikita Gusev (F)	669	221	417	638
4.	Sergei Mozyakin (F)	685	351	405	756
5.	Dmitri Kagarlitsky (F)	801	186	328	514

KHL All-Time Penalty Min.

KHL — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Grigori Panin (D)	817	36	150	1141
2.	Evgeny Artyukhin (F)	430	39	92	1088
3.	Alexander Radulov (F)	652	257	691	898
4.	Sergei Plotnikov (F)	873	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)	974	281	622	903
2.	Andrei Stas (F)	899	83	132	215
3.	Sergei Plotnikov (F)	873	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.	Daniel Sprong (F)	66	38	74	1.12

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

List of KHL Champions

KHL — Champions
Year	Team
2026	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
2025	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
2024	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2023	CSKA Moskva
2022	CSKA Moskva
2021	Avangard Omsk
2019	CSKA Moskva
2018	Ak Bars Kazan
2017	SKA St. Petersburg
2016	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2015	SKA St. Petersburg
2014	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2013	Dynamo Moskva
2012	Dynamo Moskva
2011	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
2010	Ak Bars Kazan
2009	Ak Bars Kazan