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 Spartak Moscow 35 21 2 3 9 127 93 +34 49 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Dynamo Moscow 34 18 5 3 8 102 76 +26 49
3 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 33 19 2 2 10 84 66 +18 44
4 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 34 18 2 2 12 100 79 +21 42
5 SKA Saint Petersburg 33 18 2 0 13 97 74 +23 40
6 CSKA Moscow 34 16 3 2 13 101 74 +27 40
7 Dinamo Minsk 33 10 5 4 14 86 85 +1 34
8 Severstal Cherepovets 34 12 2 5 15 111 110 +1 33
9 Kunlun Red Star 37 5 7 5 20 79 124 −45 29
10 HC Sochi 35 10 3 2 20 87 127 −40 28
11 Vityaz Podolsk 34 8 4 4 18 70 116 −46 28
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 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 35 19 4 4 8 113 86 +27 50 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Avangard Omsk 34 13 9 3 9 100 91 +9 47
3 Lada Togliatti 35 16 3 7 9 90 85 +5 45
4 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 34 19 1 1 13 92 68 +24 41
5 Ak Bars Kazan 34 14 5 2 13 93 80 +13 40
6 Traktor Chelyabinsk 34 13 5 4 12 89 78 +11 40
7 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 35 13 5 4 13 80 78 +2 40
8 Sibir Novosibirsk 34 9 6 5 14 79 98 −19 35
9 Amur Khabarovsk 34 13 1 6 14 76 88 −12 34
10 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 34 11 3 6 14 80 106 −26 34
11 Barys Astana 35 5 5 7 18 78 106 −28 27
12 Admiral Vladivostok 32 6 3 6 17 65 91 −26 24
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 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 33 19 2 2 10 84 66 +18 44 Continental cup winner and first overall seed in Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 35 19 4 4 8 113 86 +27 50
3 Spartak Moscow 35 21 2 3 9 127 93 +34 49
4 Ak Bars Kazan 34 14 5 2 13 93 80 +13 40
5 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 35 13 5 4 13 80 78 +2 40
6 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 34 18 2 2 12 100 79 +21 42
7 Dynamo Moscow 34 18 5 3 8 102 76 +26 49
8 HC Sochi 35 10 3 2 20 87 127 −40 28
9 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 34 19 1 1 13 92 68 +24 41
10 Lada Togliatti 35 16 3 7 9 90 85 +5 45
11 Avangard Omsk 34 13 9 3 9 100 91 +9 47
12 CSKA Moscow 34 16 3 2 13 101 74 +27 40
13 SKA Saint Petersburg 33 18 2 0 13 97 74 +23 40
14 Traktor Chelyabinsk 34 13 5 4 12 89 78 +11 40
15 Severstal Cherepovets 34 12 2 5 15 111 110 +1 33
16 Dinamo Minsk 33 10 5 4 14 86 85 +1 34
17 Sibir Novosibirsk 34 9 6 5 14 79 98 −19 35
18 Amur Khabarovsk 34 13 1 6 14 76 88 −12 34
19 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 34 11 3 6 14 80 106 −26 34
20 Barys Astana 35 5 5 7 18 78 106 −28 27
21 Kunlun Red Star 37 5 7 5 20 79 124 −45 29
22 Admiral Vladivostok 32 6 3 6 17 65 91 −26 24
23 Vityaz Podolsk 34 8 4 4 18 70 116 −46 28
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 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. 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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