2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs
The 2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on February 27, 2015, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, after the conclusion of the 2014–15 KHL regular season.
Playoff seeds
After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The CSKA Moscow became the Western Conference regular season champions and Continental Cup winners with 139 points. The Ak Bars Kazan were the Eastern Conference regular season champions, finishing the season with 120 points. New addition Jokerit made the playoffs in its first season in the KHL.
Draw
The playoffs will begin on February 27, 2015, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences., and will end with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final.[1]
| Conference Quarter-Finals | Conference Semi-Finals | Conference Finals | Gagarin Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Ak Bars |
4 | 1 | Ak Bars |
4 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Avtomobilist |
1 | 4 | Avangard |
1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Sibir |
4 | Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Traktor |
2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ak Bars |
4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sibir |
1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Metallurg Mg |
4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Salavat Yulaev |
1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Avangard |
4 | 2 | Sibir |
4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  Barys |
3 | 3 | Metallurg Mg |
1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Ak Bars |
1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | SKA |
4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | CSKA |
4 | 1 | CSKA |
4 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | HC Sochi |
0 | 4 |  Jokerit |
1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | SKA |
4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Torpedo |
1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | CSKA |
3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | SKA |
4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dynamo Msk |
4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Lokomotiv |
2 | Western Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jokerit |
4 | 2 | SKA |
4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  Dinamo Mn |
1 | 3 | Dynamo Msk |
1 | |||||||||||||
- During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
- As of 19 Apr 2015
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vadim Shipachyov |
SKA Saint Petersburg | 22 | 6 | 16 | 22 | +11 | 2 |
| Alexander Radulov |
CSKA Moscow | 16 | 8 | 13 | 21 | +7 | 20 |
| Evgenii Dadonov |
SKA Saint Petersburg | 22 | 15 | 5 | 20 | +12 | 8 |
| Igor Grigorenko |
CSKA Moscow | 14 | 10 | 9 | 19 | +6 | 8 |
| Ilya Kovalchuk |
SKA Saint Petersburg | 22 | 8 | 11 | 19 | +6 | 12 |
Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOP = Shootouts played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
- As of 15 Apr 2015
| Player | Team | GP | Min | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Anders Nilsson | Ak Bars Kazan | 18 | 1124:39 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 6 | .947 | 1.23 |
 Alexander Salák | Sibir Novosibirsk | 14 | 803:14 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 1 | .943 | 1.57 |
| Mikko Koskinen | SKA Saint Petersburg | 20 | 1256:41 | 14 | 6 | 34 | 3 | .935 | 1.62 |
| Alexander Lazushin | Dynamo Moscow | 10 | 587:23 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 2 | .937 | 1.63 |
| Stanislav Galimov | CSKA Moscow | 8 | 394:55 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 2 | .933 | 1.67 |
| Kevin Lalande | CSKA Moscow | 11 | 611:42 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 2 | .929 | 1.67 |
References
- ↑ "All Set for Quarter-Finals". khl.ru. 2015-02-25.
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