2023–24 KHL season

The 2023–24 KHL season is the 16th season of the Kontinental Hockey League. There are 23 teams that will compete in 68 regular season games, with a record 165 playing days, beginning on 1 September 2023 and ending on 26 February 2024.[1]

2023–24 KHL season
LeagueKontinental Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • 1 September 2023 – 26 February 2024
    (regular season)
Number of games68
Number of teams23
TV partner(s)
Regular season
Playoffs

Season changes

For the 2023–24 season, the competition welcomed the return of Lada Togliatti, marking their third stint in the KHL having last played in the league in 2018.[2]

The regular season was expanded to feature 782 games scheduled for a record breaking 165 gamedays, with each club to play 68 regular season engagements. The regular season will have just one break, from 8–18 December 2023 in which the 2023 All-Star Week will take place.[3] For the first time the league will change the playoff format for the Gagarin Cup playoffs by introducing a cross playoff system in which teams will participate in the Conference Quarterfinals before a cross conference switch and re-seeding will take place from the second round.[4][5]

Teams

The 23 teams are split into four divisions: the Bobrov Division and the Tarasov Division as part of the Western Conference, with the Kharlamov Division and the Chernyshev Division as part of the Eastern Conference.

Lada Togliatti was assigned to play in the Kharlamov Division in the Eastern Conference with every other participant remaining in their previous season allotment.[1]

Western Conference Eastern Conference
Bobrov Division Tarasov Division Kharlamov Division Chernyshev Division
Russia SKA Saint Petersburg Russia CSKA Moscow Russia Ak Bars Kazan Russia Admiral Vladivostok
Russia HC Sochi Belarus Dinamo Minsk Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Russia Amur Khabarovsk
Russia Spartak Moscow Russia Dynamo Moscow Russia Lada Togliatti Russia Avangard Omsk
Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod China Kunlun Red Star Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk Kazakhstan Barys Astana
Russia Vityaz Podolsk Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Russia Severstal Cherepovets Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk Russia Sibir Novosibirsk

League standings

Each team plays 68 games: in the Western Conference team play every other team home-and-away (44 games), plus an additional 20 intra-conference games (10 home and 10 away games). The remaining 4 games were slated against opposition selected with a view to increasing the number of high-profile match-ups (2 home, 2 on the road). In the Eastern Conference team play every other team home-and-away (44 games), plus an additional 22 intra-conference games (11 home and 11 away games). The remaining 2 games were slated against opposition selected with a view to increasing the number of high-profile match-ups (1 home, 1 on the road).[3] Points were awarded for each game, where two points were awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it was in regulation time, in overtime or after game-winning shots. One point was awarded for losing in overtime or game-winning shots, and zero points for losing in regulation time.[6]

Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 19 13 1 1 4 55 34 +21 29 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Spartak Moscow 20 12 1 2 5 75 57 +18 28
3 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 19 11 1 1 6 58 44 +14 25
4 Dynamo Moscow 19 9 3 1 6 54 45 +9 25
5 HC Sochi 19 9 2 1 7 56 66 −10 23
6 CSKA Moscow 19 8 2 1 8 61 41 +20 21
7 SKA Saint Petersburg 18 10 0 0 8 50 36 +14 20
8 Severstal Cherepovets 17 7 1 2 7 60 52 +8 18
9 Dinamo Minsk 17 6 2 2 7 51 44 +7 18
10 Kunlun Red Star 22 3 3 2 14 41 75 −34 14
11 Vityaz Podolsk 19 1 3 2 13 29 72 −43 10
Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2023. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won in regulation time; 3) games won in overtime; 4) games won in shootouts; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) drawing of lots.

Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 20 10 3 3 4 63 54 +9 29 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Ak Bars Kazan 18 9 4 1 4 60 42 +18 27
3 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 19 8 4 2 5 46 33 +13 26
4 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 18 10 1 0 7 56 36 +20 22
5 Lada Togliatti 20 8 1 4 7 39 41 −2 22
6 Avangard Omsk 17 7 3 2 5 45 44 +1 22
7 Traktor Chelyabinsk 19 5 4 2 8 41 46 −5 20
8 Sibir Novosibirsk 18 5 2 3 8 36 52 −16 17
9 Amur Khabarovsk 17 5 1 5 6 36 45 −9 17
10 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 18 3 3 4 8 43 65 −22 16
11 Barys Astana 19 3 2 6 8 46 63 −17 16
12 Admiral Vladivostok 17 3 2 2 10 34 48 −14 12
Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2023. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won in regulation time; 3) games won in overtime; 4) games won in shootouts; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) drawing of lots.

Continental Cup
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 19 13 1 1 4 55 34 +21 29 Continental cup winner and first overall seed in Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 20 10 3 3 4 63 54 +9 29
3 Spartak Moscow 20 12 1 2 5 75 57 +18 28
4 Ak Bars Kazan 18 9 4 1 4 60 42 +18 27
5 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 19 8 4 2 5 46 33 +13 26
6 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 19 11 1 1 6 58 44 +14 25
7 Dynamo Moscow 19 9 3 1 6 54 45 +9 25
8 HC Sochi 19 9 2 1 7 56 66 −10 23
9 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 18 10 1 0 7 56 36 +20 22
10 Lada Togliatti 20 8 1 4 7 39 41 −2 22
11 Avangard Omsk 17 7 3 2 5 45 44 +1 22
12 CSKA Moscow 19 8 2 1 8 61 41 +20 21
13 SKA Saint Petersburg 18 10 0 0 8 50 36 +14 20
14 Traktor Chelyabinsk 19 5 4 2 8 41 46 −5 20
15 Severstal Cherepovets 17 7 1 2 7 60 52 +8 18
16 Dinamo Minsk 17 6 2 2 7 51 44 +7 18
17 Sibir Novosibirsk 18 5 2 3 8 36 52 −16 17
18 Amur Khabarovsk 17 5 1 5 6 36 45 −9 17
19 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 18 3 3 4 8 43 65 −22 16
20 Barys Astana 19 3 2 6 8 46 63 −17 16
21 Kunlun Red Star 22 3 3 2 14 41 75 −34 14
22 Admiral Vladivostok 17 3 2 2 10 34 48 −14 12
23 Vityaz Podolsk 19 1 3 2 13 29 72 −43 10
Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2023. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won in regulation time; 3) games won in overtime; 4) games won in shootouts; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) drawing of lots.


References
  1. "2023-2024 KHL season's calendar: a record with 165 playing days". Kontinental Hockey League. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. "HC "Lada" is included in the list of Fonbet participants of the KHL Championship season 2023-2024" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. "2023-2024 KHL schedule released". Kontinental Hockey League. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. "Season 2023/2024: 68 regular season games, cross playoffs" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  5. ""Most of the clubs voted for a cross playoff" - Alexei Morozov" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  6. "Kontinental Hockey League Championship – Russian Men's Ice Hockey Championship 2023/2024. Stage 2 Guidelines" (PDF). KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 4 September 2021. In each Conference teams are seeded first to eighth depending on points scored and regardless of Division placing.
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