2019–20 KHL season | |
League | Kontinental Hockey League |
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Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | 1 September 2019 – 12 March 2020 |
Number of games | 62 |
Number of teams | 24 |
Regular season | |
Continental Cup winner | CSKA Moscow |
Top scorer | Vadim Shipachyov (Dynamo Moscow) 65 points |
The 2019–20 KHL season was the twelfth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. There were 24 teams that competed in 62 regular season games.[1] The season began with the Opening Cup on 1 September 2019, and the regular championship ran until 27 February 2020. The playoffs were scheduled to take place from 1 March through until 30 April.[2] The All-Star Weekend took place over 18–19 January 2020.
Due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe, the season was prematurely ended on 25 March 2020, midway through the playoffs.[3][4]
The Russian Hockey Federation declared CSKA Moscow the Russian champions, SKA Saint Petersburg and Ak Bars Kazan silver medalists, and Dinamo Moscow bronze medalists based on regular season standings.[5]
Season changes[]
For the 2019–20 season, the KHL originally announced that all 25 teams from the 2018–19 would return and continue without any changes to Divisions realignments.[2] However the competition was reduced to 24 teams after Slovak based, HC Slovan Bratislava, announced that they would be withdrawing from the KHL to return to the Slovak Extraliga due to financial restrictions on 27 May 2019.[6] With Slovan Bratislava's exit, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod were moved from the Eastern Conference,[1] to the Western Conference, reversing the move of the previous season.[7] As a result, both Conferences consisted of 12 teams.
KHL World Games[]
The KHL announced the World Games project would continue for a second consecutive season with more information to be announced in July 2019.[2] With the release of the season's schedule, new destinations of Davos, Shenzhen and Almaty were scheduled to host games.[1]
Smart pucks[]
Smart puck technology, backed up with chips in players' jerseys, was used in all KHL games in the coming season. The new technology was trialled in the All-Star Game in Kazan last season and was also used in regular season games in Helsinki. Every arena in the league installed sensors capable of collecting information from the chips 100 times a second. That information was available to various users and coaches in real time, giving-up-to-the-second details of the players’ speed, the distance covered in each shift, the speed and location of each shot and much more.[8]
The KHL is the first league in the world to implement this technology across the board.[8]
Teams[]
The 24 teams were split into four divisions: the Bobrov Division and the Tarasov Division as part of the Western Conference, with the Kharlamov Division and the Chernyshev Division as part of the Eastern Conference.[9]
League standings[]
Each team played 62 games, playing their divisional opponents four times, non-divisional conference rivals three times, and non-conference opponents twice.
Points were awarded for each game, where two points were awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it was in regulation time, in overtime or after game-winning shots. One point was awarded for losing in overtime or game-winning shots, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the Continental Cup winner.
Western Conference[]
Pos. | Team | GP | W | OW | OL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. | Qualification |
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1 | CSKA Moscow | 62 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 202 | 99 | +103 | 94 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
2 | SKA Saint Petersburg | 62 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 179 | 118 | +61 | 93 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
3 | Jokerit | 62 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 184 | 164 | +20 | 84 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
4 | Dynamo Moscow | 62 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 182 | 144 | +38 | 82 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
5 | Spartak Moscow | 62 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 173 | 143 | +3 | 77 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
6 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 62 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 170 | 151 | +19 | 73 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
7 | Vityaz Podolsk | 62 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 137 | 166 | -29 | 65 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
8 | Torpedo Nizhny Novogorod | 62 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 165 | 167 | -2 | 64 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
9 | HC Sochi | 62 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 124 | 164 | -40 | 59 | |
10 | Severstal Cherepovets | 62 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 126 | 171 | -45 | 58 | |
11 | Dinamo Riga | 62 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 103 | 187 | -84 | 41 | |
12 | Dinamo Minsk | 62 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 135 | 232 | -97 | 39 |
Eastern Conference[]
Pos. | Team | GP | W | OW | OL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. | Qualification |
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1 | Ak Bars Kazan | 62 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 178 | 121 | +57 | 93 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
2 | Barys Nur-Sultan | 62 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 156 | 137 | +19 | 84 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
3 | Avangard Omsk | 62 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 163 | 120 | +43 | 83 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
4 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 62 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 168 | 151 | +17 | 78 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
5 | Sibir Novosibirsk | 62 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 139 | 143 | -4 | 74 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
6 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 62 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 153 | 144 | +9 | 68 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
7 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 62 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 138 | 145 | -7 | 65 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
8 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 62 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 162 | 158 | +4 | 64 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
9 | Amur Khabarovsk | 62 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 132 | 145 | -13 | 62 | |
10 | Kunlun Red Star | 62 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 139 | 158 | -19 | 60 | |
11 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 62 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 132 | 161 | -29 | 56 | |
12 | Admiral Vladivostok | 62 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 126 | 177 | -51 | 56 |
Gagarin Cup playoffs[]
Ak Bars Kazan were the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 93 points. It was determined following a 5–3 victory over closest challengers Avangard Omsk at TatNeft Arena.[10] CSKA Moscow were the Western Conference regular season winners, and winners of the Continental Cup with 94 points. It was determined following a 6–0 victory over HC Sochi at CSKA Arena.[11]
The 2020 Gagarin Cup playoffs started on 1 March 2020, and were scheduled to finish no later than 25 April 2020.[12] The top eight teams from each of the twelve-team conferences qualified for the playoffs.
On 25 March 2020, the remaining scheduled games were cancelled.[13] The bracket below shows the position of each team at the time of the cancellation of the playoffs.
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- 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.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Potts, Andy. "Season 12 Schedule: back to Europe, more derbies and a visit to Shenzhen", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 11 July 2019. Retrieved on 1 September 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The KHL board approves structure for 2019-20 season (Russian). Kontinental Hockey League (27 March 2019). Retrieved on 27 March 2019.
- ↑ "KHL has cancelled the remainder of the 2019-20 season", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 25 March 2020. Retrieved on 25 March 2020.
- ↑ "Europe's biggest ice hockey league KHL prematurely ends season due to coronavirus pandemic", RT, ANO "TV-Novosti", 25 March 2020. Retrieved on 25 March 2020.
- ↑ https://fhr.ru/news/item/71968/
- ↑ Slovan has not entered into an agreement with KHL (Slovak). HC Slovan Bratislava (27 May 2019). Retrieved on 27 May 2019.
- ↑ "2018/2019 season calendar: start in September and comfortable playoffs", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 5 July 2018. Retrieved on 4 October 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dmitry Chernyshenko reviews the season with KHL club directors (Russian). Kontinental Hockey League (28 May 2019). Retrieved on 28 May 2019.
- ↑ League confirms structure for the new season (Russian). Kontinental Hockey League (7 May 2019). Retrieved on 7 May 2019.
- ↑ Potts, Andy. "Ak Bars tops the East. February 18 round-up", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 18 February 2020. Retrieved on 18 February 2020.
- ↑ Potts, Andy. "CSKA tops the regular season table. February 27 round-up", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 27 February 2020. Retrieved on 27 February 2020.
- ↑ Seren Rosso, Alessandro. "League unveils 2019-20 playoffs logos", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 30 January 2020. Retrieved on 25 February 2020. “The postseason starts on March 1st, and the potential 7th game of the Gagarin Cup finals is scheduled for April 25th.”
- ↑ "KHL has cancelled the remainder of the 2019-20 season", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 25 March 2020. Retrieved on 25 March 2020.
- ↑ "KHL working on new playoff format after two teams drop out", Sportsnet, Rogers Media, 16 March 2020. Retrieved on 16 March 2020.
- ↑ Clinton, Jared. "KHL's Jokerit voluntarily withdraws from Gagarin Cup playoffs ahead of second-round series", The Hockey News, Roustan Media Ltd, 14 March 2020. Retrieved on 15 March 2020.
Final standings[]
Following the announcement that the season was prematurely ended on 25 March 2020, a decision of the final league standings was announced to be made at a later date.[1] On 7 May 2020, it was announced that the eight teams that had qualified for the second round of the playoffs would be ranked ex aequo.[2]
At the same time, the Russian Hockey Federation declared CSKA Moscow the Russian champions, SKA Saint Petersburg and Ak Bars Kazan silver medalists, and Dinamo Moscow bronze medalists based on regular season standings.[3]
Statistics[]
Scoring leaders[]
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[4] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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Dynamo Moscow | 61 | 17 | 48 | 65 | +34 | 28 |
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Dynamo Moscow | 58 | 31 | 32 | 63 | +34 | 75 |
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CSKA Moscow | 57 | 33 | 29 | 62 | +32 | 10 |
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Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 59 | 12 | 42 | 54 | –1 | 36 |
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Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 59 | 20 | 30 | 50 | –5 | 13 |
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Jokerit | 60 | 17 | 32 | 49 | +26 | 20 |
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Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 58 | 27 | 21 | 48 | –2 | 28 |
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Jokerit | 56 | 19 | 29 | 48 | +17 | 18 |
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CSKA Moscow | 52 | 13 | 35 | 48 | +22 | 47 |
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Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 61 | 24 | 22 | 46 | -3 | 22 |
Leading goaltenders[]
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, at the conclusion of the regular season.[5]
Player | Team(s) | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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CSKA Moscow | 23 | 1370:30 | 17 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 93.25% | 1.40 |
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Ak Bars Kazan | 32 | 1652:14 | 19 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 94.34% | 1.45 |
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CSKA Moscow | 40 | 2364:49 | 26 | 10 | 59 | 9 | 93.50% | 1.50 |
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25 | 1428:32 | 19 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 94.66% | 1.51 | |
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SKA Saint Petersburg | 26 | 1443:15 | 14 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 92.65% | 1.70 |
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Avangard Omsk | 48 | 2815:51 | 25 | 16 | 81 | 5 | 93.24% | 1.73 |
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Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 49 | 2687:12 | 18 | 20 | 87 | 6 | 93.31% | 1.94 |
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Dynamo Moscow | 49 | 2638:43 | 26 | 13 | 87 | 6 | 93.47% | 1.98 |
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Sibir Novosibirsk | 30 | 1403:56 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 2 | 93.52% | 2.01 |
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Amur Khabarovsk | 40 | 2246:36 | 15 | 13 | 76 | 7 | 93.65% | 2.03 |
Awards[]
Players of the Month[]
Best KHL players of each month.
Month | Goaltender | Defence | Forward | Rookie |
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March | Not awarded | |||
April | Not awarded |
References[]
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- ↑ "KHL announces the final team placements for the 2019-20 season", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 7 May 2020. Retrieved on 7 May 2020.
- ↑ https://fhr.ru/news/item/71968/
- ↑ Leaders: Points (G+A). KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved on 27 February 2020.
- ↑ Leaders: Goaltenders (GAA). KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved on 27 February 2020.
- ↑ Seren Rosso, Alexander (1 October 2019). Players of the Month: Melnichuk, Wikstrand, Zhafyarov, and Zhuravlyov. KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved on 10 January 2020.
- ↑ Seren Rosso, Alexander (1 November 2019). Players of the Month: Sateri, Yarullin, Shipachyov, and Galimov. KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved on 10 January 2020.
- ↑ Seren Rosso, Alexander (3 December 2019). Players of the Month: Bilyalov, Lehtonen, Jaskin, and Marchenko. KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved on 10 January 2020.
- ↑ Seren Rosso, Alexander (31 December 2019). Players of the Month: Kovar, Lehtonen, Starchenko, and Trishin. KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved on 10 January 2020.
- ↑ Seren Rosso, Alexander. "Players of the Month: Sorokin, Lehtonen, Slepyshev, and Morozov", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 1 February 2020. Retrieved on 1 February 2020.
- ↑ Seren Rosso, Alexander. "Players of the Month: Fedotov, Tokranov, Kaprizov, and Voronkov", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 29 February 2020. Retrieved on 1 March 2020.
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