Thus, CSKA suffered its sixth defeat in matches for this trophy and set a new KHL anti-record for this indicator. Previously, the army team lost in the seasons 2016/2017 (2:3 against Metallurg), 2017/2018 (2:4 against SKA), 2019/2020 (1:3 against Avangard), 2020/2021 (2:3 against extra time against Ak Bars), and 2021/2022 (0:4 against Avangard).
In total, CSKA Moscow took part in the opening Cup matches eight times. The team had victories in the 2015/2016 season, beating SKA 4:3 in extra time, and in the 2022/2023 season, beating Metallurg 6:2.
It should be noted that besides CSKA, only two teams have suffered more than one defeat in the opening Cup matches: Lokomotiv and Ak Bars, each of them has two defeats.
- “Ak Bars” repeated the KHL record for the number of Opening Cups won
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