2021–22 KHL season

The 2021–22 KHL season is the 14th season of the Kontinental Hockey League. There are 24 teams that are competing in 56 regular season games, beginning on 1 September 2021 and will finish on 1 March 2022.[1]

2021–22 KHL season
LeagueKontinental Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • 1 September 2021 – 1 March 2022 (regular season)
  • 4 March – 30 April 2022 (playoffs)
Number of games56
Number of teams24
Regular season
Playoffs

Season changes

For the 2021–22 season, the competition returned to 24 teams after Admiral Vladivostok returned from a season hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia affecting their financial status.[2]

There will be an additional break during the season due to the 2022 Winter Olympics, which will take place in February in Beijing, China.[1]

Teams

The 24 teams were 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.

Following Admiral Vladivostok's return to the league, Torpedo moved back to the Western Conference and joined the Bobrov Division, with Severstal moving into the Tarasov. Admiral was inserted back into the Chernyshev Division, with Kunlun Red Star moving into the Kharlamov Division.[1]

Western Conference Eastern Conference
Bobrov Division Tarasov Division Kharlamov Division Chernyshev Division
Jokerit CSKA Moscow Ak Bars Kazan Admiral Vladivostok
SKA Saint Petersburg Dinamo Minsk Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Amur Khabarovsk
HC Sochi Dinamo Riga Kunlun Red Star Avangard Omsk
Spartak Moscow Dynamo Moscow Metallurg Magnitogorsk Barys Nur-Sultan
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Vityaz Podolsk Severstal Cherepovets Traktor Chelyabinsk Sibir Novosibirsk

League standings

Each team plays 56 games: playing every other team home-and-away (46 games), plus additional home-and-away games against five intra-conference teams (10 games).[1][3]

Points are awarded for each game, where two points awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it is 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. At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points will be crowned the Continental Cup winner.

In the 2021–22 season, the second seed in each conference will not be guaranteed to a divisional winner.[4]

Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dynamo Moscow 39 22 4 2 11 130 92 +38 54 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 SKA Saint Petersburg 39 19 5 6 9 119 82 +37 54
3 Jokerit 40 18 6 6 10 121 98 +23 54
4 CSKA Moscow 39 15 10 3 11 96 85 +11 53
5 Severstal Cherepovets 39 15 8 5 11 96 86 +10 51
6 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 40 17 4 7 12 98 86 +12 49
7 Spartak Moscow 40 16 5 3 16 100 99 +1 45
8 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 39 18 1 5 15 101 91 +10 43
9 Dinamo Minsk 39 14 4 7 14 113 122 −9 43
10 HC Sochi 39 12 4 4 19 91 108 −17 36
11 Vityaz Podolsk 39 8 3 10 18 96 120 −24 32
12 Dinamo Riga 38 9 2 8 19 74 115 −41 30
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. 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 Qualification
1 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 39 24 6 1 8 138 94 +44 61 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Traktor Chelyabinsk 41 17 11 3 10 120 99 +21 59
3 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 39 21 3 3 12 108 76 +32 51
4 Ak Bars Kazan 39 16 7 5 11 94 89 +5 51
5 Avangard Omsk 39 20 2 2 15 111 89 +22 46
6 Sibir Novosibirsk 40 17 4 4 15 88 84 +4 46
7 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 39 14 3 5 17 116 106 +10 39
8 Barys Nur-Sultan 39 11 6 4 18 102 119 −17 38
9 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 39 12 4 5 18 93 115 −22 37
10 Amur Khabarovsk 40 10 6 5 19 76 99 −23 37
11 Kunlun Red Star 39 7 2 5 25 87 154 −67 23
12 Admiral Vladivostok 39 6 3 5 25 65 125 −60 23
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. 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.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 12 December 2021.[5] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Vadim Shipachyov Dynamo Moscow 39 21 36 57 +5 43
Andrei Kuzmenko SKA Saint Petersburg 36 16 26 42 +19 10
Corban Knight Avangard Omsk 39 16 23 39 +5 17
Brian O'Neill Jokerit 39 8 31 39 +11 24
Niko Ojamäki Vityaz Podolsk 39 26 12 38 0 6
Nikita Mikhailis Barys Nur-Sultan 39 15 23 38 +1 10
Curtis Valk Barys Nur-Sultan 39 11 26 37 +1 14
Nick Bailen Traktor Chelyabinsk 40 6 31 37 +11 45
Stanislav Galiev Dynamo Moscow 39 20 16 36 +4 6
Damir Zhafyarov Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 39 15 20 35 +7 10

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, at the conclusion of matches played on 12 December 2021.[6]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Lars Johansson SKA Saint Petersburg 29 1617:01 16 8 43 8 93.35% 1.60
Juha Metsola Salavat Yulaev Ufa 27 1550:36 16 9 44 5 93.70% 1.70
Ivan Fedotov CSKA Moscow 21 1281:48 11 8 39 2 92.66% 1.83
Harri Säteri Sibir Novosibirsk 30 1679:31 11 12 54 5 93.04% 1.93
Alexander Yeryomenko Dynamo Moscow 13 682:54 8 3 22 1 92.52% 1.93
Edward Pasquale Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 34 2055:43 18 13 67 1 91.89% 1.96
Timur Bilyalov Ak Bars Kazan 26 1514:51 13 9 50 2 91.88% 1.98
Vasily Koshechkin Metallurg Magnitogorsk 14 746:41 10 3 25 2 93.42% 2.01
Pyotr Kochetkov Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 17 991:50 9 5 34 2 92.99% 2.06
Konstantin Shostak Severstal Cherepovets 13 665:53 6 4 23 2 92.26% 2.07

References
  1. "KHL announces new structure for 2021-22 season". Kontinental Hockey League. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. Ellis, Steven (1 April 2020). "Admiral Vladivostok announces withdrawal from KHL's 2020-21 season due to coronavirus". TheHockeyNews. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  3. "The 2021-22 schedule". Kontinental Hockey League. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. "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.
  5. "Leaders: Points (G+A)". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. "Leaders: Goaltenders (GAA)". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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