2021–22 KHL season

For the 2021–22 season, the competition returned to 24 teams after Admiral Vladivostok returned from a season's hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia affecting their financial status. There was an additional break during the season due to the 2022 Winter Olympics, held in February in Beijing, China. ==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. ==League standings==

Each team was scheduled to play 56 games: playing every other team home-and-away (46 games), plus additional home-and-away games against five intra-conference teams (10 games). Two points were awarded for victory in each game, 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. In the 2021–22 season, the second seed in each conference would not be guaranteed to a divisional winner. With the discontinuation of the regular season, it was proposed that teams were to be ranked by points percentage, with the top eight from each conference scheduled to qualify for the Gagarin Cup playoffs. This was subject to approval by the KHL Board of Directors and the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. This was confirmed on 16 February. Western Conference Eastern Conference ==Gagarin Cup playoffs==

Following the curtailment of the regular season, the playoffs were brought forward to start from 1 March. Their first round opponents Spartak Moscow were given four forfeit victories and progressed to the second round of the playoffs. Dinamo Riga subsequently also withdrew from the league for the same reason. ==Statistics==

Scoring leaders The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Leading goaltenders The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, at the conclusion of the regular season. ==References==