The 2018 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on March 3, 2018, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, following the conclusion of the 2017–18 KHL regular season.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 3–April 22, 2018 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Ak Bars Kazan |
| Runner-up | CSKA Moscow |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Justin Azevedo (24 points) |
Playoff seeds
editAfter the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Western Conference regular season winners and Continental Cup winners are SKA Saint Petersburg with 138 points. Ak Bars Kazan are the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 100 points.
Draw
editThe playoffs started on March 3, 2018, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended on April 22, 2018.[2]
| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Gagarin Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Ak Bars
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Amur
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ak Bars
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Metallurg Mg
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Salavat Yulaev
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Avangard
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ak Bars
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Traktor
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Traktor
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Neftekhimik
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Salavat Yulaev
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Traktor
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Avtomobilist
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Metallurg Mg
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Ak Bars
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | CSKA
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | SKA
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Severstal
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | SKA
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Lokomotiv
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | CSKA
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Spartak
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | SKA
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | CSKA
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Jokerit
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sochi
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | CSKA
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jokerit
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Lokomotiv
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Torpedo
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Player statistics
editScoring leaders
editAs of 22 Apr 2018
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Azevedo | Ak Bars Kazan | 19 | 9 | 15 | 24 | +7 | 6 |
| Linus Omark | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 14 | 4 | 13 | 17 | +7 | 33 |
| Richard Gynge | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 16 | 8 | 8 | 16 | +7 | 6 |
| Stanislav Galiev | Ak Bars Kazan | 19 | 10 | 5 | 15 | +10 | 8 |
| Mikhail Grigorenko | CSKA Moscow | 21 | 9 | 4 | 13 | +7 | 28 |
| Anton Lander | Ak Bars Kazan | 19 | 8 | 5 | 13 | +7 | 4 |
| Alexei Kruchinin | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +4 | 2 |
| Jiří Sekáč | Ak Bars Kazan | 15 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +3 | 2 |
| Alexander Popov | CSKA Moscow | 21 | 2 | 11 | 13 | +5 | 0 |
| Nikita Gusev | SKA Saint Petersburg | 15 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +5 | 2 |
Source: KHL
Leading goaltenders
editAs of 22 Apr 2018
| Player | Team | GP | Min | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karri Rämö | Jokerit | 6 | 457 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .954 | 1.31 |
| Ilya Sorokin | CSKA Moscow | 18 | 1062 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 5 | .930 | 1.52 |
| Emil Garipov | Ak Bars Kazan | 19 | 1159 | 16 | 3 | 30 | 2 | .944 | 1.55 |
| Mikko Koskinen | SKA Saint Petersburg | 15 | 924 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 4 | .935 | 1.62 |
| Alexander Trushkov | Spartak Moscow | 3 | 105 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .942 | 1.71 |
Source: KHL
References
edit- ^ "League confirms format for Stage Two" (PDF). October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ "League confirms format for Stage Two" (PDF). October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.