2017–18 KHL season

The 2017–18 KHL season is the tenth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 21 August 2017 and ended on 22 April 2018.
The league accommodated a 33 day Olympic break, to allow its players to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in February.
==Team changes==
The Croatian club Medveščak Zagreb relocated back to the Austrian Hockey League, and Russian club Metallurg Novokuznetsk was relegated to the Supreme Hockey League, to bring the total number of KHL teams to 27.
March 2018 KHL announced that two teams going to drop out after this season and next season have 25 teams. Yugra and Lada Togliatti are the teams that will not continue in KHL.
==Divisions and regular season format==
In this season, like in the 2016–17 season, each team will play every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 52 games (26 at home, 26 on the road), plus 4 additional games (2 at home, 2 on the road) played by each team against rival clubs from its own conference. Thus, each team played a total of 56 games in the regular season.
==League standings==
===Western Conference===
Tarasov Division 	GP	W 	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
HC CSKA Moscow (2) 	56	35	5 	4 	0 	1 	11	175:89 	124
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (4) 	56	26	6 	3 	1 	2 	18	148:129	99
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (5)	56	23	4 	2 	6 	2 	19	116:127	89
HC Sochi (6) 	56	22	4 	3 	3 	4 	20	130:138	87
Severstal Cherepovets (8) 	56	18	7 	2 	5 	6 	18	131:145	83
HC Dynamo Moscow (9) 	56	19	1 	8 	3 	2 	23	134:139	80
HC Vityaz (11) 	56	17	2 	2 	3 	5 	27	131:160	67
Bobrov Division 	GP	W 	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
SKA Saint Petersburg (1) 	56	40	3 	4 	1 	3 	5 	227:97 	138
Jokerit Helsinki (3) 	56	29	2 	2 	3 	5 	15	151:108	103
HC Spartak Moscow (7) 	56	22	4 	3 	1 	4 	22	153:146	85
HC Dinamo Minsk (10) 	56	20	1 	4 	1 	2 	28	112:129	73
HC Slovan Bratislava (12)	56	15	1 	2 	2 	5 	31	119:187	58
Dinamo Riga (13) 	56	9 	5 	2 	5 	4 	31	105:153	50
===Eastern Conference===
Chernyshev Division 	GP	W 	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
Salavat Yulaev Ufa (2) 	56	26	4 	1 	3 	2 	20	151:139	93
Avangard Omsk (7) 	56	22	4 	3 	3 	5 	19	146:116	88
Amur Khabarovsk (8) 	56	21	8 	0 	7 	2 	18	132:141	88
HC Sibir Novosibirsk (9)	56	23	4 	4 	1 	1 	23	136:135	87
Barys Astana (10) 	56	19	5 	0 	4 	3 	25	148:164	74
Admiral Vladivostok (11)	56	16	1 	4 	1 	4 	30	120:145	63
HC Kunlun Red Star (12) 	56	15	3 	1 	5 	3 	29	103:146	61
Kharlamov Division 	GP	W 	OTW	SOW	SOL	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
Ak Bars Kazan (1) 	56	30	2 	0 	3 	3 	18	158:126	100
Traktor Chelyabinsk (3) 	56	26	2 	5 	2 	2 	19	129:121	96
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (4)	56	25	2 	4 	4 	4 	17	165:137	95
Metallurg Magnitogorsk (5) 	56	24	3 	5 	2 	5 	17	150:135	95
HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (6)	56	27	2 	1 	4 	3 	19	135:135	94
HC Lada Togliatti (13) 	56	12	3 	1 	3 	3 	34	105:149	50
HC Yugra (14) 	56	7 	4 	6 	0 	7 	32	93:167 	48
==Playoffs==
The playoffs started on March 3, 2018, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended on April 22, 2018.
==Final standings==
Rank	Team
1 	Ak Bars Kazan
2 	CSKA Moscow
3 	SKA Saint Petersburg
4 	Traktor Chelyabinsk
5 	Jokerit
6 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
7 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
8 	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
9 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
10 	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
11 	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
12 	Avangard Omsk
13 	Amur Khabarovsk
14 	HC Sochi
15 	Spartak Moscow
16 	Severstal Cherepovets
17 	Sibir Novosibirsk
18 	Dynamo Moscow
19 	Barys Astana
20 	Dinamo Minsk
21 	Vityaz Podolsk
22 	Admiral Vladivostok
23 	HC Kunlun Red Star
24 	Slovan Bratislava
25 	Lada Togliatti
26 	Dinamo Riga
27 	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
==References==
Category:2017 in ice hockey
Category:2018 in ice hockey