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{{Infobox sports season
| title = 2023–24 KHL season
| league = [[Kontinental Hockey League]]
| sport = [[Ice hockey]]
| logo =
| pixels = 250px
| caption = 2023/2024 season logo
| duration = {{ubl|class=nowrap|1 September 2023 – 26 February 2024 <br>(regular season)}}
| no_of_games = 68
| no_of_teams = 23
| attendance = 
| TV = 
| season = Regular season
| season_champs = [[HC Dynamo Moscow]]
| season_champ_name = Continental Cup winner
| MVP = 
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| top_scorer_link = 
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| relegate = 
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| playoffs = Playoffs
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| playoffs_MVP = 
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| finals_link = 
| finals_champ = [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]
| finals_runner-up = [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]
| finals_MVP = 
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| seasonslist = KHL#Seasons overview
| seasonslistnames = KHL
| prevseason_link = 2022–23 KHL season
| prevseason_year = 2022–23
| nextseason_link = 2024–25 KHL season
| nextseason_year = 2024–25
}}
The '''2023–24 KHL season''' was the 16th season of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]]. There were 23 teams that competed in 68 regular season games, with a record-breaking 165 playing days, having begun on 1 September 2023 and ended on 26 February 2024.<ref name="New season">{{cite web | url = https://en.khl.ru/news/2023/06/27/514712.html | title = 2023-2024 KHL season's calendar: a record with 165 playing days | publisher = [[Kontinental Hockey League]] | date = 27 June 2023 | accessdate = 27 June 2023 }}</ref>

In the Finals, [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]] completed the series sweep against [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]] to win their third Gagarin Cup trophy.

==Season changes==
For the 2023–24 season, the competition welcomed the return of [[HC Lada Togliatti|Lada Togliatti]], marking their third stint in the KHL having last played in the league in 2018.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.khl.ru/news/2023/04/13/513250.html | title = HC "Lada" is included in the list of Fonbet participants of the KHL Championship season 2023-2024 | publisher = [[Kontinental Hockey League]] | date = April 13, 2023 | accessdate = April 13, 2023 | language = Russian}}</ref>

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 had just one break, from 8–18 December 2023 in which the 2023 All-Star Week took place.<ref name = "Schedule">{{cite web| url = https://en.khl.ru/news/2023/06/27/514712.html | title = 2023-2024 KHL schedule released | publisher = [[Kontinental Hockey League]] | date = 27 June 2023 | accessdate = 27 June 2023 }}</ref> For the first time the league changed the playoff format for the [[Gagarin Cup]] playoffs by introducing a cross playoff system in which teams participated in the Conference Quarterfinals before a cross conference switch and re-seeding took place from the second round.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.khl.ru/news/2023/05/18/514093.html | title = Season 2023/2024: 68 regular season games, cross playoffs | publisher = [[Kontinental Hockey League]] | date = 18 May 2023 | accessdate = 17 July 2023 | language = Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.khl.ru/news/2023/04/13/513263.html | title = "Most of the clubs voted for a cross playoff" - Alexei Morozov | publisher = [[Kontinental Hockey League]] | date =  April 13, 2023 | accessdate = June 17, 2023 | language = Russian}}</ref>

==Teams==
The 23 teams are split into four divisions: the [[Bobrov Division]] and the [[Tarasov Division]] as part of the [[Western Conference (KHL)|Western Conference]], with the [[Kharlamov Division]] and the [[Chernyshev Division]] as part of the [[Eastern Conference (KHL)|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.<ref name = "New season"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2"|[[Western Conference (KHL)|Western Conference]]
! colspan="2"|[[Eastern Conference (KHL)|Eastern Conference]]
|-
! [[Bobrov Division]]
! [[Tarasov Division]]
! [[Kharlamov Division]]
! [[Chernyshev Division]]
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[SKA Saint Petersburg]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ak Bars Kazan]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Admiral Vladivostok]]
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[HC Sochi]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[HC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Amur Khabarovsk]]
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[HC Lada Togliatti|Lada Togliatti]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Avangard Omsk]]
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[HC Kunlun Red Star|Kunlun Red Star]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Barys Astana]]
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[HC Vityaz|Vityaz Podolsk]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk|Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]]
|-
| 
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Severstal Cherepovets]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Traktor Chelyabinsk]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[HC Sibir Novosibirsk|Sibir Novosibirsk]]
|}

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).<ref name="Schedule"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.khl.ru/documents/KHL_calendar_2021-2022_playoff_en.pdf|title=Kontinental Hockey League Championship – Russian Men's Ice Hockey Championship 2023/2024. Stage 2 Guidelines|work=KHL.ru|publisher=[[Kontinental Hockey League]]|accessdate=4 September 2021|quote=In each Conference teams are seeded first to eighth depending on points scored and regardless of Division placing.}}</ref>
==Opening Cup==
The 2023-24 KHL season started on 1 September 2023 with the Opening cup. The 2023–24 Opening Cup was contested between CSKA Moscow the [[2022–23 KHL season|2022-23]] Gagarin Cup Champions and Ak Bars Kazan the 2022-23 Gagarin Cup runner up.

*9/1: '''Ak Bars Kazan''' - CSKA Moscow 5:2
==Standings==
===Western Conference===
{| class="wikitable"
!<abbr>Pos</abbr>
!Team
!<abbr>Pld</abbr>
!<abbr>W</abbr>
!<abbr>OTW</abbr>
!<abbr>OTL</abbr>
!<abbr>L</abbr>
!<abbr>GF</abbr>
!<abbr>GA</abbr>
!<abbr>GD</abbr>
!<abbr>Pts</abbr>
!
|-
|1
!Dynamo Moscow (Z, T)
|68
|31
|15
|6
|16
|215
|160
|<nowiki>+55</nowiki>
|98
| rowspan="1" |Conference winner and Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
|-
|2
!SKA Saint Petersburg (B)
|68
|40
|6
|3
|19
|220
|139
|<nowiki>+81</nowiki>
|95
| rowspan="3" |Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of  Gagarin Cup Playoffs
|-
|3
!Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
|68
|34
|10
|5
|19
|174
|139
|<nowiki>+35</nowiki>
|93
|-
|4
!Spartak Moscow
|68
|36
|4
|8
|20
|233
|189
|<nowiki>+44</nowiki>
|88
|-
|5
!Severstal Cherepovets
|68
|30
|6
|8
|24
|203
|185
|<nowiki>+18</nowiki>
|80
| rowspan="4" |Advance to  Gagarin Cup Playoffs
|-
|6
!CSKA Moscow
|68
|30
|4
|8
|26
|193
|166
|<nowiki>+27</nowiki>
|76
|-
|7
!Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
|68
|27
|7
|7
|27
|189
|180
|<nowiki>+9</nowiki>
|75
|-
|8
!Dinamo Minsk
|68
|26
|6
|5
|31
|180
|178
|<nowiki>+2</nowiki>
|69
|-
|9
!Kunlun Red Star
|68
|15
|10
|6
|37
|159
|222
|−63
|56
| rowspan="3" |
|-
|10
!HC Sochi
|68
|19
|4
|7
|38
|168
|254
|−86
|53
|-
|11
!Vityaz Podolsk
|68
|14
|6
|8
|40
|133
|224
|−91
|48
|}

(B) Won Bobrov Division; (T) Won Tarasov Division; (Z) Won Continental Cup

===Eastern Conference===
{| class="wikitable"
!<abbr>Pos</abbr>
!Team
!<abbr>Pld</abbr>
!<abbr>W</abbr>
!<abbr>OTW</abbr>
!<abbr>OTL</abbr>
!<abbr>L</abbr>
!<abbr>GF</abbr>
!<abbr>GA</abbr>
!<abbr>GD</abbr>
!<abbr>Pts</abbr>
!
|-
|1
!Metallurg Magnitogorsk (C, Y, K)
|68
|35
|9
|7
|17
|212
|167
|<nowiki>+45</nowiki>
|95
| rowspan="1" |Conference winner and Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of Gagarin Cup Playoffs
|-
|2
!Avangard Omsk (H)
|68
|31
|12
|6
|19
|211
|181
|<nowiki>+30</nowiki>
|92
| rowspan="3" |Home advantage in Conference Quarterfinals of  Gagarin Cup Playoffs
|-
|3
!Salavat Yulaev Ufa
|68
|36
|6
|6
|20
|196
|143
|<nowiki>+53</nowiki>
|90
|-
|4
!Ak Bars Kazan (O)
|68
|33
|8
|2
|25
|175
|140
|<nowiki>+35</nowiki>
|84
|-
|5
!Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
|68
|26
|11
|8
|23
|163
|157
|<nowiki>+6</nowiki>
|82
| rowspan="4" |Advance to  Gagarin Cup Playoffs
|-
|6
!Traktor Chelyabinsk
|68
|27
|10
|6
|25
|182
|167
|<nowiki>+15</nowiki>
|80
|-
|7
!Lada Togliatti
|68
|24
|8
|14
|22
|165
|170
|−5
|78
|-
|8
!Amur Khabarovsk
|68
|23
|6
|13
|26
|159
|178
|−19
|71
|-
|9
!Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
|68
|20
|7
|15
|26
|158
|200
|−42
|69
| rowspan="4" |
|-
|10
!Sibir Novosibirsk
|68
|20
|8
|11
|29
|148
|180
|−32
|67
|-
|11
!Admiral Vladivostok
|68
|14
|7
|12
|35
|148
|197
|−49
|54
|-
|12
|}

(C) 2023-24 Gagarin Cup Champions; (H) Won Chernyshev Division; (K) Won Kharlamov Division; (O) Won Opening Cup; (Y) Won Conference

===Continental Cup===
{| class="wikitable"
!<abbr>Pos</abbr>
!Team
!<abbr>Pld</abbr>
!<abbr>W</abbr>
!<abbr>OTW</abbr>
!<abbr>OTL</abbr>
!<abbr>L</abbr>
!<abbr>GF</abbr>
!<abbr>GA</abbr>
!<abbr>GD</abbr>
!<abbr>Pts</abbr>
!
|-
|1
!Dynamo Moscow (Z)
|68
|31
|15
|6
|16
|215
|160
|<nowiki>+55</nowiki>
|98
| rowspan="1" |Continental Cup winner and first overall seed in Gagarin Cup Playoffs
|-
|2
!SKA Saint Petersburg
|68
|40
|6
|3
|19
|220
|139
|<nowiki>+81</nowiki>
|95
| rowspan="1" |
|-
|3
!Metallurg Magnitogorsk (C)
|68
|35
|9
|7
|17
|212
|167
|<nowiki>+45</nowiki>
|95
| rowspan="1" |2023-24 Gagarin Cup Champions
|-
|4
!Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
|68
|34
|10
|5
|19
|174
|139
|<nowiki>+35</nowiki>
|93
| rowspan="4" |
|-
|5
!Avangard Omsk
|68
|31
|12
|6
|19
|211
|181
|<nowiki>+30</nowiki>
|92
|-
|6
!Salavat Yulaev Ufa
|68
|36
|6
|6
|20
|196
|143
|<nowiki>+53</nowiki>
|90
|-
|7
!Spartak Moscow
|68
|36
|4
|8
|20
|233
|189
|<nowiki>+44</nowiki>
|88
|-
|8
!Ak Bars Kazan (O)
|68
|33
|8
|2
|25
|175
|140
|<nowiki>+35</nowiki>
|84
| rowspan="1" |2023-24 Opening Cup winner
|-
|9
!Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
|68
|26
|11
|8
|23
|163
|157
|<nowiki>+6</nowiki>
|82
| rowspan="15" |
|-
|10
!Severstal Cherepovets
|68
|30
|6
|8
|24
|203
|185
|<nowiki>+18</nowiki>
|80
|-
|11
!Traktor Chelyabinsk
|68
|27
|10
|6
|25
|182
|167
|<nowiki>+15</nowiki>
|80
|-
|12
!Lada Togliatti
|68
|24
|8
|14
|22
|165
|170
|−5
|78
|-
|13
!CSKA Moscow
|68
|30
|4
|8
|26
|193
|166
|<nowiki>+27</nowiki>
|76
|-
|14
!Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
|68
|27
|7
|7
|27
|189
|180
|<nowiki>+9</nowiki>
|75
|-
|15
!Amur Khabarovsk
|68
|23
|6
|13
|26
|159
|178
|−19
|71
|-
|16
!Dinamo Minsk
|68
|26
|6
|5
|31
|180
|178
|<nowiki>+2</nowiki>
|69
|-
|17
!Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
|68
|20
|7
|15
|26
|158
|200
|−42
|69
|-
|18
!Sibir Novosibirsk
|68
|20
|8
|11
|29
|148
|180
|−32
|67
|-
|19
!Kunlun Red Star
|68
|15
|10
|6
|37
|159
|222
|−63
|56
|-
|20
!Admiral Vladivostok
|68
|14
|7
|12
|35
|148
|197
|−49
|54
|-
|21
!HC Sochi
|68
|19
|4
|7
|38
|168
|254
|−86
|53
|-
|22
!Barys Astana
|68
|12
|9
|8
|39
|137
|205
|−68
|50
|-
|23
!Vityaz Podolsk
|68
|14
|6
|8
|40
|133
|224
|−91
|48
|}

(C) 2023-24 Gagarin Cup Champions; (O) Won Opening Cup; (Z) Won Continental Cup

==Gagarin Cup playoffs==
The Gagarin Cup playoffs started on 29 February 2024. Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the Gagarin Cup on 4 April 2024 by sweeping the finals series.
===Bracket===                                                                              
{{16TeamBracket|RD1-RD2-path=0
| RD1=Conference Quarterfinals
| RD2= Round 2
| RD3=Semifinals
| RD4=Gagarin Cup Finals
|RD1-seed01  = E1
|RD1-team01  =  {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Metallurg Magnitogorsk|Metallurg Mg]]'''
|RD1-score01 = '''4'''
|RD1-seed02  = E8
|RD1-team02  = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Amur Khabarovsk|Amur]]
|RD1-score02 = 2
|RD1-seed03  = E2
|RD1-team03  = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Avangard Omsk|Avangard ]]'''
|RD1-score03 = '''4'''
|RD1-seed04  = E7
|RD1-team04  = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[HC Lada Togliatti|Lada]]
|RD1-score04 = 1
|RD1-seed05  = E3
|RD1-team05  = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa|Salavat Yulaev]]
|RD1-score05 = 2
|RD1-seed06  = E6
|RD1-team06  = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Traktor Chelyabinsk|Traktor]]'''
|RD1-score06 = '''4'''
|RD1-seed07  = E4
|RD1-team07  = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ak Bars Kazan|Ak Bars]]
|RD1-score07 = 1
|RD1-seed08  = E5
|RD1-team08  = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg|Avtomobilist]]'''
|RD1-score08 = '''4'''
|RD1-seed09  = W1
|RD1-team09  = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Msk]]'''
|RD1-score09 = '''4'''
|RD1-seed10  = W8
|RD1-team10  = {{flagicon|BLR}} [[HC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Mn]]
|RD1-score10 = 2
|RD1-seed11  = W2
|RD1-team11  = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[SKA Saint Petersburg|SKA]]'''
|RD1-score11= '''4'''
|RD1-seed12 = W7
|RD1-team12= {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod|Torpedo ]]
|RD1-score12= 1
|RD1-seed13  = W3
|RD1-team13  = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl|Lokomotiv ]]'''
|RD1-score13 ='''4'''
|RD1-seed14 = W6
|RD1-team14 = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]
|RD1-score14 = 1
|RD1-seed15  = W4
|RD1-team15  = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]]'''
|RD1-score15 = '''4'''
|RD1-seed16  = W5 
|RD1-team16  = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Severstal Cherepovets|Severstal]]
|RD1-score16 = 1
|RD2-seed01  = E1
|RD2-team01  = {{flagicon|RUS}}'''Metallurg Mg'''
|RD2-score01 = '''4'''
|RD2-seed02  = W4
|RD2-team02  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Spartak
|RD2-score02 = 2
|RD2-seed03  = W2
|RD2-team03  = {{flagicon|RUS}} SKA
|RD2-score03 = 1
|RD2-seed04  = E5
|RD2-team04  = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Avtomobilist'''
|RD2-score04 = '''4'''
|RD2-seed05 = W1
|RD2-team05  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Dynamo Msk
|RD2-score05 = 0
|RD2-seed06 = E6
|RD2-team06 = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Traktor'''
|RD2-score06 = '''4'''
|RD2-seed07 = E2
|RD2-team07 = {{flagicon|RUS}} Avangard
|RD2-score07 = 3
|RD2-seed08 = W3
|RD2-team08 = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Lokomotiv'''
|RD2-score08 = '''4'''
|RD3-seed01  =  E1
|RD3-team01  = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Metallurg Mg'''
|RD3-score01 = '''4'''
|RD3-seed02  = E5
|RD3-team02  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Avtomobilist
|RD3-score02 = 3
|RD3-seed03  = W3
|RD3-team03  = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Lokomotiv'''
|RD3-score03 ='''4'''
|RD3-seed04  = E6
|RD3-team04  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Traktor
|RD3-score04 = 0
|RD4-seed01  =E1
|RD4-team01  = {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Metallurg Mg'''
|RD4-score01 = '''4'''
|RD4-seed02  =W3
|RD4-team02  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv
|RD4-score02 = 0
}}

*After the Conference Quarterfinals a conference cross-over and re-seeding commenced
*During the Gagarin Cup Finals the team that finished with higher seed in their conference had home ice (if both teams finished with the same seed the team that earned most points during the regular season had home ice)
*source: [https://en.khl.ru/standings/ KHL]

==References==
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