| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | February 22–April 16, 2017 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| Runner-up | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Jan Kovář (25 points) |
← 2016 2018 → | |
The 2017 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on February 22, 2017, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, following the conclusion of the 2016–17 KHL regular season.[1]
Playoff seeds[]
After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Western Conference regular season winners and Continental Cup winners are CSKA Moscow with 137 points. Metallurg Magnitogorsk are the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 124 points.
Draw[]
The playoffs started on February 22, 2017, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on April 16, 2017.[2]
| Conference Quarter-Finals | Conference Semi-Finals | Conference Finals | Gagarin Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Metallurg Mg
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4 | 1 | Metallurg Mg
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| 8 |  Kunlun Red Star
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1 | 5 |  Barys
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0 |
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| 2 | Avangard
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4 | Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Admiral
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| 1 | Metallurg Mg
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4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ak Bars
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0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ak Bars
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4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Salavat Yulaev
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1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Traktor
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2 | 2 | Avangard
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2 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Barys
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4 | 3 | Ak Bars
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4 |
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| E1 | Metallurg Mg
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1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| W2 | SKA
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4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | CSKA
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4 | 1 | CSKA
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2 | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  Jokerit
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0 | 4 | Lokomotiv
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| 2 | SKA
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4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Vityaz
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0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Lokomotiv
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0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | SKA
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4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dynamo Msk
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4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Torpedo
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1 | Western Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Lokomotiv
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4 | 2 | SKA
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4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  Dinamo Mn
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1 | 3 | Dynamo Msk
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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[]
As of 16 Apr 2017
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Kovář | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 18 | 10 | 15 | 25 | +11 | 22 |
| Sergei Mozyakin | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 17 | 7 | 17 | 24 | +8 | 6 |
| Nikita Gusev | SKA Saint Petersburg | 18 | 7 | 16 | 23 | +2 | 2 |
| Danis Zaripov | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 18 | 15 | 7 | 22 | +12 | 18 |
| Chris Lee | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 18 | 1 | 20 | 21 | +16 | 22 |
| Vadim Shipachyov | SKA Saint Petersburg | 17 | 4 | 16 | 20 | +6 | 8 |
| Evgenii Dadonov | SKA Saint Petersburg | 18 | 9 | 10 | 19 | +6 | 2 |
| Patrik Hersley | SKA Saint Petersburg | 16 | 6 | 12 | 18 | +13 | 6 |
| Anton Belov | SKA Saint Petersburg | 18 | 3 | 11 | 14 | +4 | 10 |
| Brandon Kozun | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14 | –2 | 4 |
Source: KHL
Leading goaltenders[]
As of 16 Apr 2017
| Player | Team | GP | Min | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Koskinen | SKA Saint Petersburg | 15 | 912 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 1 | .938 | 1.64 |
| Mikhail Biryukov | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 3 | 213 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .948 | 1.69 |
| Niklas Svedberg | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 5 | 272 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .933 | 1.76 |
| Emil Garipov | Ak Bars Kazan | 15 | 941 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 2 | .933 | 1.85 |
| Dominik Furch | Avangard Omsk | 12 | 752 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 1 | .922 | 1.91 |
Source: KHL
References[]
- ↑ League confirms format for Stage Two (8 October 2015). Retrieved on 8 October 2015.
- ↑ League confirms format for Stage Two (8 October 2015). Retrieved on 8 October 2015.
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