2022–23 KHL season

The 2022–23 KHL season was the 15th season of the Kontinental Hockey League. There were 22 teams that competed in the record-breaking 68 regular season games, beginning on 1 September 2022 and ending on 26 February 2023. 
==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.
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 was have just one international break, from 12-18 December 2022. That pause was preceded by the 2022 All-Star Week in Chelyabinsk on 10 and 11 of December. 
==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.
Western Conference 	Western Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference
Bobrov Division 	Tarasov Division 	Kharlamov Division 	Chernyshev Division
SKA Saint Petersburg 	CSKA Moscow 	Ak Bars Kazan 	Admiral Vladivostok
HC Sochi 	Dinamo Minsk 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Amur Khabarovsk
Spartak Moscow 	Dynamo Moscow 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk 	Avangard Omsk
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	Kunlun Red Star 	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 	Barys Astana
Vityaz Podolsk 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	Traktor Chelyabinsk 	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
 	Severstal Cherepovets	 	Sibir Novosibirsk
==Standings==
Each team played 68 games: played 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 were slated against opposition selected with a view to increasing the number of high-profile match-ups (3 home, 3 on the road). 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.
=== Western Conference ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	
1 	SKA Saint Petersburg (L)	68 	40	10 	5 	13	243	150	+93 	105	Conference winner and home ice advantage in conference finals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 	CSKA Moscow 	68 	33	10 	8 	17	214	162	+52 	94 	Home ice advantage in conference semi-finals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
3 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	68 	35	6 	10 	17	164	122	+42 	92 	Home ice advantage in conference quarter-finals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 	68 	31	11 	6 	20	204	172	+32 	90 	Home ice advantage in conference quarter-finals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
5 	Dynamo Moscow 	68 	29	9 	11 	19	174	147	+27 	87 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
6 	Vityaz Podolsk 	68 	24	10 	8 	26	169	170	−1 	76 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
7 	Severstal Cherepovets 	68 	20	11 	13 	24	182	187	−5 	75 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
8 	Dinamo Minsk 	68 	21	6 	14 	27	175	201	−26 	68 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
9 	Spartak Moscow 	68 	21	7 	8 	32	154	192	−38 	64 	
10 	Kunlun Red Star 	68 	15	6 	7 	40	152	226	−74 	49 	
11 	HC Sochi 	68 	9 	2 	10 	47	142	254	−112	32 	
=== Eastern Conference ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	
1 	Ak Bars Kazan (Z) 	68 	27	14 	9 	18	187	158	+29	91 	Conference winner and home ice advantage in conference finals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 	Salavat Yulaev Ufa 	68 	28	10 	10 	20	174	141	+33	86 	Home ice advantage in conference semi-finals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
3 	Avangard Omsk 	68 	27	12 	8 	21	188	164	+24	86 	Home ice advantage in conference quarter-finals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	68 	30	7 	9 	22	188	172	+16	83 	Home ice advantage in conference quarter-finals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
5 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk 	68 	30	5 	13 	20	189	175	+14	83 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
6 	Sibir Novosibirsk 	68 	21	17 	7 	23	172	161	+11	83 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
7 	Admiral Vladivostok 	68 	21	12 	9 	26	131	139	−8 	75 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
8 	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 	68 	25	8 	6 	29	173	193	−20	72 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
9 	Traktor Chelyabinsk 	68 	23	8 	10 	27	169	190	−21	72 	
10 	Amur Khabarovsk 	68 	21	9 	9 	29	141	168	−27	69 	
11 	Barys Astana 	68 	20	7 	7 	34	153	194	−41	61 	
=== Continental Cup ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	
1 	SKA Saint Petersburg (L) 	68 	40	10 	5 	13	243	150	+93 	105	Continental cup winner and first overall seed in Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 	CSKA Moscow 	68 	33	10 	8 	17	214	162	+52 	94 	
3 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	68 	35	6 	10 	17	164	122	+42 	92 	
4 	Ak Bars Kazan 	68 	27	14 	9 	18	187	158	+29 	91 	
5 	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 	68 	31	11 	6 	20	204	172	+32 	90 	
6 	Dynamo Moscow 	68 	29	9 	11 	19	174	147	+27 	87 	
7 	Salavat Yulaev Ufa 	68 	28	10 	10 	20	174	141	+33 	86 	
8 	Avangard Omsk 	68 	27	12 	8 	21	188	164	+24 	86 	
9 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	68 	30	7 	9 	22	188	172	+16 	83 	
10 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk 	68 	30	5 	13 	20	189	175	+14 	83 	
11 	Sibir Novosibirsk 	68 	21	17 	7 	23	172	161	+11 	83 	
12 	Vityaz Podolsk 	68 	24	10 	8 	26	169	170	−1 	76 	
13 	Admiral Vladivostok 	68 	21	12 	9 	26	131	139	−8 	75 	
14 	Severstal Cherepovets 	68 	20	11 	13 	24	182	187	−5 	75 	
15 	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 	68 	25	8 	6 	29	173	193	−20 	72 	
16 	Traktor Chelyabinsk 	68 	23	8 	10 	27	169	190	−21 	72 	
17 	Amur Khabarovsk 	68 	21	9 	9 	29	141	168	−27 	69 	
18 	Dinamo Minsk 	68 	21	6 	14 	27	175	201	−26 	68 	
19 	Spartak Moscow 	68 	21	7 	8 	32	154	192	−38 	64 	
20 	Barys Astana 	68 	20	7 	7 	34	153	194	−41 	61 	
21 	Kunlun Red Star 	68 	15	6 	7 	40	152	226	−74 	49 	
22 	HC Sochi 	68 	9 	2 	10 	47	142	254	−112	32 	
==Gagarin Cup playoffs==
The Gagarin Cup playoffs started on 1 March 2023.CSKA won the Gagarin Cup on April 29 in game 7 of the Gagarin Cup Finals with a score of 2-3
===Bracket=== 
*Pairings within the conferences are re-seeded after the conference quarterfinals
*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==
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