The 2015–16 KHL season was the eighth season of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

. The season started on 24 August 2015 with the

Opening Cup The Opening Cup (russian: Кубок Открытия, Kubok Otkrytiya), is the trophy awarded to the winner of the first game of every regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). This match is played between the previous season's playo ...

between defending champions

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and last year's Continental Cup winners

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, replacing

Ak Bars Kazan Hockey Club Ak Bars (russian: Ак Барс, tt-Cyrl, Ак Барс, en, Snow Leopard), also known as Ak Bars Kazan, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Kazan. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey ...

, the previous season's

Gagarin Cup The Gagarin Cup (russian: Кубок Гагарина, Kubok Gagarina) is the trophy presented to the winner of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) playoffs, and is named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. The Cup was ...

finalists.

Team changes

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returned to the league prior to this season. It was also announced by KHL President

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that

Atlant Moscow Oblast Hockey Club Atlant Moscow Oblast (russian: ХК Атлант Московская область, en, Atlas Hockey Club Moscow Region) was a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast. They were members of the Bobrov ...

would not participate in the league this season due to financial problems.

Divisions and regular season format

In this season, each team played every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 54 games (27 at home, 27 on the road), plus 6 additional games (3 at home, 3 on the road) played by each team against rival clubs from its own conference. Thus, each team played a total of 60 games in the regular season. How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.

League standings

Western Conference

Eastern Conference

Gagarin Cup Playoffs

The playoffs started on 21 February 2016 with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, and ended with the last game of the

final on 19 April 2016.

Final standings

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

''As of 18 February 2016'' ''Source
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Leading goaltenders

''As of 18 February 2016'' ''Source
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Awards

Players of the Month

Best KHL players of each month.

Milestones

References

External links

Season schedule 2015–16Season regulations 2015–16
{{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 KHL season Kontinental Hockey League seasons 2015–16 in European ice hockey leagues

KHL The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs b ...