The former coach of Lokomotiv brought CSKA to the first line of the KHL regulars

CSKA team, whose coach from the season 2025/26 was Igor Nikitin, defeated Dynamo Moscow in the capital derby in the regular championship of the KHL. This is the 10th consecutive victory match of the capital army. As a result, the horses scored the highest number of points in the regular championship. And rose to the 1st line of the conference table "West".

Igor Nikitin, who left Lokomotiv despite the contract, was able to build the same well-coordinated team-machine in CSKA as Lokomotiv. We can expect that the obstacles on the way to the Gagarin Cup will not be so much.

However, in the autumn months, the leaders in the table change often and quite unexpectedly.