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.
On Friday, September 2, at the Signal Iduna Park stadium, a duel between Borussia Dortmund and Hoffeheim will take place as part of the 5th round of the German Bundesliga.