According to the results of the matches completed in the first round of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) play-offs, all teams that will play in the quarter-finals of this season’s tournament have been determined.
Group A; The series starts on March 16:
“Dynamo” Moscow (1) – “Tractor” (6),
“Avangard” (2) – “Lokomotiv” (3).
Group B; The series starts on March 17:
“Metallurgy” (1) – “Spartak” (4),
SKA (2) – Avtomobilist (5).
Let us remind you that in the 2023/24 season, crossover play-offs, in which teams from different conferences play against each other, come into play in the second round stage.
For the first time in the history of the Kontinental Hockey League, both of the last Gagarin Cup finalists failed to advance past the first round of the following season.
CSKA lost to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the 1/8 final. The fifth match of the series ended with the score of 6:3 for the Yaroslavl team. CSKA is the current owner of the Gagarin Cup. Lost to Ekaterinburg Avtomobilist in the Ak Bars series. The series ended with a score of 1:4. In the fifth match, the club from the capital of Tatarstan was defeated with a score of 1:2.
Former Minnesota hockey player named Kaprizov as an unpaid taxi driver.