The next game week of the KHL regular championship ends with the oldest metropolitan derby, in which Dynamo and CSKA hockey players come face to face. The meeting of irreconcilable rivals will be held on February 12 on the ice of the capital's VTB Arena.
Traditionally, the new season in the KHL opens with a match between the two best teams of the past season. This time, the Opening Cup 2022 will be played by the winner of the Gagarin Cup, CSKA Moscow, and the best team in the League according to the results of the regular season, Metallurg Magnitogorsk. The opening game of the championship will be held on September 1 in Moscow, on the ice of the CSKA Arena.