| 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) |
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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]
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 SKA Saint Petersburg with 138 points. Ak Bars Kazan are the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 100 points.
Draw[]
The playoffs started on March 3, 2018, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended on April 22, 2018.[2]
| Conference Quarter-Finals | Conference Semi-Finals | Conference Finals | Gagarin Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Ak Bars
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4 | 1 | Ak Bars
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| 8 | Amur
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1 | 5 | Metallurg Mg
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| 2 | Salavat Yulaev
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4 | Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Avangard
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| 1 | Ak Bars
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| 3 | Traktor
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0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Traktor
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4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Neftekhimik
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1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Avtomobilist
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2 | 2 | Salavat Yulaev
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3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Metallurg Mg
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4 | 3 | Traktor
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4 |
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| E1 | Ak Bars
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| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | CSKA
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| 1 | SKA
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4 | 1 | SKA
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| 8 | Severstal
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0 | 4 | Lokomotiv
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1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | CSKA
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4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Spartak
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0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | SKA
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| 2 | CSKA
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4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Jokerit
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4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sochi
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1 | Western Conference | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Lokomotiv
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4 | 2 | CSKA
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4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Torpedo
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0 | 3 | Jokerit
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2 | |||||||||||||
- 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 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[]
As 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[]
- ↑ 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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