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
Playoffs
Gagarin Cup

The 2015–16 KHL season is 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.[1][2]

Team changes

Spartak Moscow returned to the league prior to this season.[3][4] 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.[5]

Divisions and regular season format

In this season, each team will play 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) to be played by each team against rival clubs from its own conference. Thus, each team will play a total of 60 games in the regular season.[6]

How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.[2][7]

Western Conference Eastern Conference
Bobrov Division Tarasov Division Kharlamov Division Chernyshev Division
Belarus Dinamo Minsk Russia CSKA Moscow Russia Ak Bars Kazan Russia Admiral Vladivostok
Latvia Dinamo Riga Russia Dynamo Moscow Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Russia Amur Khabarovsk
Finland Jokerit Russia HC Sochi Russia Lada Togliatti Russia Avangard Omsk
Croatia Medveščak Zagreb Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk Kazakhstan Barys Astana
Russia SKA Saint Petersburg Russia Severstal Cherepovets Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Russia Spartak Moscow Russia Vityaz Podolsk Russia Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk Russia Sibir Novosibirsk

League standings

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CSKA Moscow 58 38 5 3 12 160 80 +80 127 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
2 Jokerit 58 30 5 5 18 162 135 +27 105
3 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 58 35 6 2 15 146 91 +55 119 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 HC Sochi 58 28 4 10 16 164 143 +21 102
5 Dynamo Moscow 58 26 8 8 16 164 124 +40 102
6 SKA Saint Petersburg 58 27 6 7 18 173 142 +31 100
7 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 58 23 10 9 16 157 129 +28 98
8 Slovan Bratislava 58 21 11 4 22 151 138 +13 89
9 Dinamo Minsk 58 20 6 9 23 142 161 −19 81
10 Medveščak Zagreb 58 19 6 9 24 138 162 −24 78
11 Spartak Moscow 58 18 5 7 28 130 168 −38 71
12 Dinamo Riga 58 15 8 8 27 124 149 −25 69
13 Vityaz Podolsk 58 15 8 3 32 121 162 −41 64
14 Severstal Cherepovets 58 12 7 6 33 117 159 −42 56
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2016. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Two winners of divisions hold the first two places in the conference

Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Avangard Omsk 58 27 6 11 14 152 114 +38 104 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
2 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 58 25 12 2 19 177 135 +42 101
3 Sibir Novosibirsk 58 23 11 9 15 149 131 +18 100 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 58 28 5 4 21 172 150 +22 98
5 Admiral Vladivostok 58 24 8 4 22 153 159 −6 92
6 Ak Bars Kazan 58 23 6 9 20 135 124 +11 90
7 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 58 20 9 10 19 140 155 −15 88
8 Barys Astana 58 21 7 6 24 162 177 −15 83
9 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 58 19 7 12 20 122 128 −6 83
10 Traktor Chelyabinsk 58 15 12 8 23 124 147 −23 77
11 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 58 19 6 3 30 116 168 −52 72
12 Lada Togliatti 58 17 5 8 28 116 144 −28 69
13 Amur Khabarovsk 58 16 6 6 30 108 139 −31 66
14 Metallurg Novokuznetsk 58 12 1 14 31 124 185 −61 52
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2016. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Two winners of divisions hold the first two places in the conference

Gagarin Cup Playoffs

Gagarin Cup

The playoffs will begin on February 21, 2016, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and will end with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final.[8]

  Conference Quarter-Finals Conference Semi-Finals Conference Finals Gagarin Cup Finals
                                     
1          
8          
2   Eastern Conference
7    
       
     
3    
6    
4      
5          
   
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
   
1        
8          
2  
7    
   
     
3    
6     Western Conference
4      
5          

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

As of 8 February 2016

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Russia Sergei Mozyakin Metallurg Magnitogorsk 55 32 35 67 +12 0
Russia Alexander Radulov CSKA Moscow 51 22 41 63 +28 54
United States Brandon Bochenski Barys Astana 58 19 40 59 +19 48
Russia Vadim Shipachyov SKA Saint Petersburg 52 16 43 59 –6 63
Sweden Linus Omark Salavat Yulaev Ufa 58 18 37 55 +12 40
Canada Matt Ellison Dinamo Minsk 52 25 28 53 –10 52
Russia Danis Zaripov Metallurg Magnitogorsk 58 22 31 53 +11 26
Canada Nigel Dawes Barys Astana 53 31 20 51 +17 16
Czech Republic Jan Kovář Metallurg Magnitogorsk 56 19 32 51 +9 55
Canada Justin Azevedo Ak Bars Kazan 57 16 35 51 +6 24

Source: KHL

Leading goaltenders

As of 7 February 2016

Player Team GP Min W L SOP GA SO SV% GAA
Russia Ilya Sorokin CSKA Moscow 27 1579:39 17 6 4 26 10 .956 0.99
Russia Alexei Murygin Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 33 1902:29 21 8 3 36 13 .953 1.14
Russia Stanislav Galimov CSKA/Ak Bars 26 1549:11 16 6 1 39 7 .937 1.51
Russia Mikhail Biryukov Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 22 1228:36 9 7 1 35 3 .929 1.71
Czech Republic Dominik Furch Avangard Omsk 48 2909:35 23 14 4 86 8 .932 1.77

Source: KHL

Awards

Players of the Month

Best KHL players of each month.

Month Goaltender Defense Forward Rookie
September[9] Russia Alexei Murygin (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Canada Mat Robinson (Dynamo Moscow) Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Russia Roman Manukhov (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
October[10] Czech Republic Alexander Salák (Sibir Novosibirsk) Russia Mikhail Pashnin (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Canada Nigel Dawes (Barys Astana) Russia Artyom Zub (Amur Khabarovsk)
November[11] Canada Danny Taylor (Medveščak Zagreb) Sweden Staffan Kronwall (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Russia Anatoly Golyshev (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg) Russia Alexander Polunin (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
December[12] Czech Republic Dominik Furch (Avangard Omsk) Canada Kazakhstan Kevin Dallman (Barys Astana) Russia Danis Zaripov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Russia Vladislav Gavrikov (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
January[13] Russia Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow) Canada Mat Robinson (Dynamo Moscow) Russia Vadim Shipachyov (SKA St. Petersburg) Russia Igor Ustinsky (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg)
February
March
April

References

  1. ↑ "VIII KHL Season – Only 152 Days to Go". 25 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 "KHL 2015-16 Schedule Announced". 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  3. ↑ "Ромбик снова в моде: "Спартак" возвращается!". 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015. (in Russian)
  4. ↑ "Moskovan Spartak palaa KHL:ään". 16 February 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015., www.Iltalehti.fi, (in Finnish)
  5. ↑ "ХК "Атлант" пропустит следующий сезон КХЛ". 20 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015., www.championat.com, (in Russian)
  6. ↑ "League confirms format for 2015-16 season". 17 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "League confirms format for 2015-16 season". 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  8. ↑ "League confirms format for Stage Two" (PDF). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "September's finest: Murygin, Robinson, Mozyakin and Manukhov". khl.ru. 2015-10-01.
  10. ↑ "October's finest: Salak, Pashnin, Dawes and Zub". khl.ru. 2015-11-02.
  11. ↑ "November's finest: Taylor, Kronwall, Golyshev and Polunin". khl.ru. 2015-12-01.
  12. ↑ "December’s finest: Furch, Dallman, Zaripov and Gavrikov". khl.ru. 2016-01-03.
  13. ↑ "January’s finest: Sorokin, Robinson, Shipachyov and Ustinsky". khl.ru. 2016-02-03.

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