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

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. The season started on 24 August 2015 with the Opening Cup between defending champions

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and last year's Continental Cup winners

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, replacing

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, the previous season's

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finalists.

Team changes

Spartak Moscow 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 (, ) was a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast. They were members of the Bobrov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League in the 2014–15 season, but have not been active si ...

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.

Bracket

Final standings

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

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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; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...