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2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs
Tournament details
Dates February 27–April 19, 2015
Teams 16
Final positions
Champions SKA Saint Petersburg
Runner-up Ak Bars Kazan
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s) Vadim Shipachyov (SKA)
(22 points)
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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 began on February 27, 2015, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences., and ended with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final.[1]

  Conference Quarter-Finals Conference Semi-Finals Conference Finals Gagarin Cup Finals
                                     
1  Flag of Russia Ak Bars 4     1  Flag of Russia Ak Bars 4  
8  Flag of Russia Avtomobilist 1     4  Flag of Russia Avangard 1  


2  Flag of Russia Sibir 4 Eastern Conference
7  Flag of Russia Traktor 2  
    1  Flag of Russia Ak Bars 4  
  2  Flag of Russia Sibir 1  
3  Flag of Russia Metallurg Mg 4  
6  Flag of Russia Salavat Yulaev 1  
4  Flag of Russia Avangard 4   2  Flag of Russia Sibir 4
5  Flag of Kazakhstan Barys 3     3  Flag of Russia Metallurg Mg 1  


  1  Flag of Russia Ak Bars 1
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
  2  Flag of Russia SKA 4
1  Flag of Russia CSKA 4     1  Flag of Russia CSKA 4
8  Flag of Russia HC Sochi 0     4  Flag of Finland Jokerit 1  
2  Flag of Russia SKA 4
7  Flag of Russia Torpedo 1  
  1  Flag of Russia CSKA 3
  2  Flag of Russia SKA 4  
3  Flag of Russia Dynamo Msk 4  
6  Flag of Russia Lokomotiv 2   Western Conference
4  Flag of Finland Jokerit 4   2  Flag of Russia SKA 4
5  Flag of Belarus Dinamo Mn 1     3  Flag of Russia 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
Flag of Russia Vadim Shipachyov SKA Saint Petersburg 22 6 16 22 +11 2
Flag of Russia Alexander Radulov CSKA Moscow 16 8 13 21 +7 20
Flag of Russia Evgenii Dadonov SKA Saint Petersburg 22 15 5 20 +12 8
Flag of Russia Igor Grigorenko CSKA Moscow 14 10 9 19 +6 8
Flag of Russia 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
Flag of Sweden Anders Nilsson Ak Bars Kazan 18 1124:39 13 5 23 6 .947 1.23
Flag of the Czech Republic Alexander Salák Sibir Novosibirsk 14 803:14 8 5 21 1 .943 1.57
Flag of Finland Mikko Koskinen SKA Saint Petersburg 20 1256:41 14 6 34 3 .935 1.62
Flag of Russia Alexander Lazushin Dynamo Moscow 10 587:23 5 5 16 2 .937 1.63
Flag of Russia Stanislav Galimov CSKA Moscow 8 394:55 5 1 11 2 .933 1.67
Flag of Belarus Kevin Lalande CSKA Moscow 11 611:42 6 4 17 2 .929 1.67

References[]

  1. All Set for Quarter-Finals. khl.ru (2015-02-25).
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