2021–22 KHL season
There were 24 teams that competed in 56 regular season games, beginning on 1 September 2021 and was scheduled to finish on 1 March 2022.[5] There was an additional break during the season due to the 2022 Winter Olympics, held in February in Beijing, China.[7] 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.[1] On 25 February 2022, Jokerit announced their withdrawal from the league for the remainder of the season, including the playoffs, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.