Dynamo Moscow ended a losing run on Sunday by beating SKA 4-3 in overtime. A day earlier Severstal won 4-1 in Kazan. Monday’s KHL list has six games, including Ak Bars against Sochi.
Since opening on 5 September the KHL has played over a hundred games. SKA have their best start in five years, Ak Bars' Kevin Hayes has 7 points in 6 games, and reigning champions Lokomotiv sit outside the top three.
On 5 September at 13:00 Moscow time Yaroslavl’s Lokomotiv host Traktor. The league dropped a standalone Opening Cup: six games on day one, 22 clubs, 68 games each.
On 25 August 34-year-old Kevin Hayes signed a one-year deal with Ak Bars Kazan. He leaves the NHL with 805 games and 445 points. Victor Hedman separately said he is ready for an 18th season in Tampa.
Pavel Buchnevich has signed a four-year contract with Dynamo Moscow. The 31-year-old forward ends his NHL career and returns to the KHL after nine years.