2022–23 KHL season
| 2022–23 KHL season | |
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 KHL's 15th anniversary logo for 2022-23 season. | |
| League | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration |
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| Number of games | 68 |
| Number of teams | 22 |
| TV partner(s) |
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| Regular season | |
| Playoffs | |
The 2022–23 KHL season is the 15th season of the Kontinental Hockey League. There are 22 teams that will compete in the 68 regular season games, beginning on 1 September 2022 and is scheduled to finish on 26 February 2023.[1]
Season changes
For the 2022–23 season, the competition was reduced to 22 teams after Latvian club, Dinamo Riga, and Finnish club, Jokerit, withdrew from the competition during the previous 2021–22 playoffs due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]
The regular season was expanded to feature 748 games scheduled for 164 gamedays, with each club to play a record-breaking 68 regular season engagements. The regular season will have just one international break, from 12-18 December 2022. That pause will be preceded by the 2022 All-Star Week in Chelyabinsk on 10 and 11 of December.[3]
Teams
The 22 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.
Kunlun Red Star were the only team to be realigned, moving from the Kharalamov Division in the Eastern Conference to the Tarasov Division in the Western Conference.[1]
League standings
Each team is scheduled to play 68 games: playing every other team home-and-away (42 games), plus an additional 20 intra-conference games (10 home and 10 away games). The remaining 6 games are slated against opposition selected with a view to increasing the number of high-profile match-ups (3 home, 3 on the road).[3] Points are 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 is awarded for losing in overtime or game-winning shots, and zero points for losing in regulation time.[4]
Western Conference
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 2 | Dinamo Minsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Kunlun Red Star | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 | HC Sochi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 7 | Severstal Cherepovets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 8 | SKA Saint Petersburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 9 | Spartak Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 10 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 11 | Vityaz Podolsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) points percentage; 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 | PCT | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admiral Vladivostok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 2 | Ak Bars Kazan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Amur Khabarovsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Avangard Omsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 5 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 | Barys Nur-Sultan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 7 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 8 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 9 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 10 | Sibir Novosibirsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 11 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) points percentage; 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
- ^ a b "The 2022-2023 KHL season will start on Sept 1". Kontinental Hockey League. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Jokerit, Riga won't return to KHL for 2022-23 season - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ a b "2022-2023 KHL schedule released". Kontinental Hockey League. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Kontinental Hockey League Championship – Russian Men's Ice Hockey Championship 2021/2022. 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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