2015–16 KHL season
| 2015–2016 KHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Kontinental Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | August 24, 2015 – April 19, 2016 |
| Number of games | 60 |
| Number of teams | 28 |
| Regular season | |
| Continental Cup winner |
 CSKA Moscow
|
| Top scorer |
Sergei Mozyakin
|
| Playoffs | |
| Western champions |
CSKA Moscow
|
| Western runners-up | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| Eastern champions |
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
|
| Eastern runners-up | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
| Gagarin Cup | |
| Champions |
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
|
| Runners-up | CSKA Moscow |
The 2015–16 KHL season was the eighth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 24 August 2015 with the Opening Cup between defending champions SKA Saint Petersburg and last year's Continental Cup winners CSKA Moscow, replacing Ak Bars Kazan, the previous season's Gagarin Cup finalists.
Spartak Moscow returned to the league prior to this season. It was also announced by KHL President Dmitry Chernyshenko that Atlant Moscow Oblast would not participate in the league this season due to financial problems.
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.
The playoffs started on February 21, 2016, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on April 19, 2016.
As of 18 February 2016
Source: KHL
As of 18 February 2016
Source: KHL
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