The 2024–25 KHL season was the 17th season of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

. 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 The Gagarin Cup () is the trophy presented to the winner of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) playoffs, and is named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. The Cup was supposedly named after Gagarin because the last po ...

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 The KHL's Bobrov Division was formed in 2008 as part of the league's inauguration and is part of the Western conference since the second season of KHL when the conferences were established. It is one of 4 divisions. It is named in honor of Vsev ...

and the Tarasov Division as part of the Western Conference, with the

Kharlamov Division The KHL's Kharlamov Division was formed in 2008 as part of the league's inauguration. It is one of four divisions and part of the Eastern Conference since the second season of the KHL when the conferences were established. It is named in honor of ...

and the Chernyshev Division as part of the Eastern Conference. 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

References

External links

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