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

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]

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 48 28 4 4 12 125 94 +31 68 Conference winner and Home advantage in Round 1 of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Dynamo Moscow 49 23 9 4 13 151 116 +35 68 Home advantage in Round 1 of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
3 Spartak Moscow 50 27 3 7 13 176 138 +38 67
4 SKA Saint Petersburg 49 27 5 2 15 152 102 +50 66
5 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 48 23 5 3 17 138 119 +19 59 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
6 CSKA Moscow 48 23 3 4 18 140 109 +31 56
7 Severstal Cherepovets 48 20 3 7 18 148 139 +9 53
8 Dinamo Minsk 47 16 5 5 21 126 128 −2 47
9 Kunlun Red Star 50 8 8 6 28 111 170 −59 38
10 Vityaz Podolsk 49 10 5 6 28 105 175 −70 36
11 HC Sochi 50 11 3 6 30 123 194 −71 34
Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2024. 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 50 24 8 6 12 153 124 +29 70 Conference winner and Home advantage in Round 1 of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Avangard Omsk 48 20 12 3 13 142 124 +18 67 Home advantage in Round 1 of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
3 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 48 26 4 3 15 142 102 +40 63
4 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 51 19 9 5 18 123 115 +8 61
5 Traktor Chelyabinsk 50 21 6 5 18 135 119 +16 59 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
6 Ak Bars Kazan 48 21 7 2 18 123 105 +18 58
7 Lada Togliatti 50 20 4 10 16 125 125 0 58
8 Sibir Novosibirsk 50 15 7 9 19 116 135 −19 53
9 Amur Khabarovsk 48 17 4 8 19 110 121 −11 50
10 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 50 15 5 9 21 118 157 −39 49
11 Barys Astana 49 8 8 8 25 118 152 −34 40
12 Admiral Vladivostok 48 8 6 11 23 98 135 −37 39
Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2024. 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 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 50 24 8 6 12 153 124 +29 70 Continental Cup and first overall seed in Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 48 28 4 4 12 125 94 +31 68
3 Dynamo Moscow 49 23 9 4 13 151 116 +35 68
4 Spartak Moscow 50 27 3 7 13 176 138 +38 67
5 Avangard Omsk 48 20 12 3 13 142 124 +18 67
6 SKA Saint Petersburg 49 27 5 2 15 152 102 +50 66
7 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 48 26 4 3 15 142 102 +40 63
8 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 51 19 9 5 18 123 115 +8 61
9 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 48 23 5 3 17 138 119 +19 59
10 Traktor Chelyabinsk 50 21 6 5 18 135 119 +16 59
11 Ak Bars Kazan 48 21 7 2 18 123 105 +18 58
12 Lada Togliatti 50 20 4 10 16 125 125 0 58
13 CSKA Moscow 48 23 3 4 18 140 109 +31 56
14 Severstal Cherepovets 48 20 3 7 18 148 139 +9 53
15 Sibir Novosibirsk 50 15 7 9 19 116 135 −19 53
16 Amur Khabarovsk 48 17 4 8 19 110 121 −11 50
17 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 50 15 5 9 21 118 157 −39 49
18 Dinamo Minsk 47 16 5 5 21 126 128 −2 47
19 Barys Astana 49 8 8 8 25 118 152 −34 40
20 Admiral Vladivostok 48 8 6 11 23 98 135 −37 39
21 Kunlun Red Star 50 8 8 6 28 111 170 −59 38
22 Vityaz Podolsk 49 10 5 6 28 105 175 −70 36
23 HC Sochi 50 11 3 6 30 123 194 −71 34
Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2024. 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.

Gagarin Cup playoffs

The Gagarin Cup playoffs start on 29 February 2024.

Bracket

Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Gagarin Cup Finals
            
E1  
E8  
E  
W  
E2  
E7  
 
 
E3  
E6  
W  
E  
E4  
E5  
 
 
W1  
W8  
W  
E  
W2  
W7  
 
 
W3  
W6  
E  
W  
W4  
W5  
  • After the Round 1 a conference cross-over and re-seeding will commence
  • During the Gagarin Cup Finals the team that finished with higher seed in their conference has home ice (if both teams finished with the same seed the team that earned most points during the regular season has home ice)
  • source: KHL


References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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