2023–24 KHL season
| 2023–24 KHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration |
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| Number of games | 68 |
| Number of teams | 23 |
| TV partner(s) |
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| 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]
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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- 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
- ^ a b "2023-2024 KHL season's calendar: a record with 165 playing days". Kontinental Hockey League. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "2023-2024 KHL schedule released". Kontinental Hockey League. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Season 2023/2024: 68 regular season games, cross playoffs" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ ""Most of the clubs voted for a cross playoff" - Alexei Morozov" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "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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