2016 Gagarin Cup playoffs

2016 Gagarin Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 21–April 19, 2016
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsMetallurg Magnitogorsk
Runners-upCSKA Moscow
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg) (25 points)
Awards
MVPSergei Mozyakin (Metallurg)

The 2016 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on February 21, 2016, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, following the conclusion of the 2015–16 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 127 points. Avangard Omsk are the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 106 points.

Draw

The playoffs started on February 21, 2016, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on April 19, 2016.[2]

Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Gagarin Cup Finals
            
1 Avangard 4
8 Neftekhimik 0
1 Avangard 3
4 Salavat Yulaev 4
2 Metallurg Mg 4
7 Avtomobilist 2
4 Salavat Yulaev 1
Eastern Conference
2 Metallurg Mg 4
3 Sibir 4
6 Admiral 1
2 Metallurg Mg 4
3 Sibir 1
4 Salavat Yulaev 4
5 Ak Bars 3
2 Metallurg Mg 4
1 CSKA 3
1 CSKA 4
8 Slovan 0
1 CSKA 4
7 Torpedo 1
2 Jokerit 2
7 Torpedo 4
1 CSKA 4
Western Conference
6 SKA 0
3 Lokomotiv 1
6 SKA 4
5 Dynamo Msk 2
6 SKA 4
4 HC Sochi 0
5 Dynamo Msk 4

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Avangard Omsk vs. (8) HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

February 22 Avangard Omsk 2 – 1 HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk G-Drive Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
04:12 – Artur Lauta (1)
15:00 – Alexander Perezhogin (1)
Second period Nikita Shchitov (1) – 09:31
No scoring Third period No scoring
Dominik Furch 30 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Alexander Sudnitsin 32 saves / 34 shots
February 24 Avangard Omsk 4 – 2 HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk G-Drive Arena  
04:52 – Yury Petrov (1) First period No scoring
09:53 – Ilya Zubov (1)
10:59 – ppMartin Erat (1)
Second period Andrei Sergeyev (1) – pp – 10:59
19:56 – ppenNikolai Lemtyugov (1) Third period Jeff Taffe (1) – pp – 04:12
Dominik Furch 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Alexander Sudnitsin 31 saves / 34 shots
February 26 HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 1 – 2 Avangard Omsk Neftekhimik Ice Palace  
No scoring First period Anton Burdasov (1) – 19:00
No scoring Second period Yuri Alexandrov (1) – 01:22
09:50 – Bogdan Yakimov (1) Third period No scoring
Alexander Sudnitsin 20 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Dominik Furch 46 saves / 47 shots
February 28 HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2 – 3 3OT Avangard Omsk Neftekhimik Ice Palace  
02:14 – Andrei Sergeyev (2)
16:39 – Evgeny Grigorenko (1)
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Yuri Alexandrov (2) – 14:59
No scoring Third period Alexander Perezhogin (2) – 06:59
No scoring Third overtime period Denis Parshin (1) – 02:39
Alexander Sudnitsin 46 saves / 49 shots Goalie stats Dominik Furch 51 saves / 53 shots
Omsk wins series 4 – 0

(2) Metallurg Magnitogorsk vs. (7) Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

February 22 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2 – 1 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Arena Metallurg  
02:08 – ppAlexander Semin (1) First period Alexander Pankov (1) – 05:05
No scoring Second period Alexander Pankov (2) – 05:54
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ilya Samsonov 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Jakub Kovář 27 saves / 28 shots
February 24 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2 – 0 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Arena Metallurg  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
03:17 – Oskar Osala (1)
19:58 – enJan Kovář (1)
Third period No scoring
Vasily Koshechkin 20 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Igor Ustinsky 36 saves / 37 shots
February 26 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 0 – 6 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KRK Uralets  
No scoring First period Alexander Semin (2) – 12:23
Yaroslav Kosov (1) – 13:01
Oskar Osala (2) – 13:01
Oskar Osala (3) – 15:17
No scoring Second period Yaroslav Kosov (2) – 00:47
Denis Platonov (1) – 19:47
No scoring Third period Oskar Osala (4) – shen – 19:32
Jakub Kovář 12 saves / 15 shots
Igor Ustinsky 24 saves / 26 shots
Goalie stats Vasily Koshechkin 29 saves / 29 shots
February 28 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 3 – 1 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KRK Uralets  
No scoring First period No scoring
05:59 – ppAlexei Vasilevsky (1)
09:57 – ppArtyom Gareyev (1)
16:53 – pp – Alexei Vasilevsky (2)
Second period 02:01 – ppAlexander Semin (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Igor Ustinsky 33 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Ilya Samsonov 25 saves / 28 shots
March 1 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4 – 2 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Arena Metallurg  
19:01 – ppViktor Antipin (1) First period Yegor Zhuravlyov (1) – 05:39
11:07 – Sergei Mozyakin (1) Second period No scoring
08:46 – Danis Zaripov (1)
19:59 – enDenis Platonov (2)
Third period Alexei Vasilevsky (3) – pp – 11:57
Ilya Samsonov 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Igor Ustinsky 25 saves / 28 shots
March 3 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2 – 5 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KRK Uralets  
12:00 – ppAnatoli Golyshev (1)
17:06 – Sergei Yemelin (1)
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Sergei Tereschenko (1) – 10:40
No scoring Third period Bogdan Potekhin (2) – 02:17
Jan Kovář (2) – pp – 06:57
Tomáš Filippi (1) – 13:28
Tomáš Filippi (2) – en – 18:13
Igor Ustinsky 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Ilya Samsonov 20 saves / 22 shots
Magnitogorsk wins series 4 – 2

(3) HC Sibir Novosibirsk vs. (6) Admiral Vladivostok

February 22 HC Sibir Novosibirsk 4 – 2 Admiral Vladivostok Ice Sports Palace Sibir  
18:02 – Ivan Vereshchagin (1) First period No scoring
01:22 – Viktor Bobrov (1)
06:19 – ppStepan Sannikov (1)
Second period Alexander Kuznetsov (1) – 03:20
Konstantin Makarov (1) – pp – 09:11
00:30 – pp'Konstantin Alexeev (1) Third period No scoring
Alexander Salák 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Ivan Nalimov 28 saves / 32 shots
February 24 HC Sibir Novosibirsk 4 – 0 Admiral Vladivostok Ice Sports Palace Sibir  
08:19 – Viktor Bobrov (2) First period No scoring
06:14 – Calle Ridderwall (1)
08:38 – ppSergei Shumakov (1)
Second period No scoring
17:26 – enMaxim Shalunov (1) Third period No scoring
Alexander Salák 36 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Ivan Nalimov 34 saves / 37 shots
February 26 Admiral Vladivostok 1 – 3 HC Sibir Novosibirsk Fetisov Arena  
14:14 – ppKonstantin Makarov (2) First period Konstantin Okulov (1) – 13:20
No scoring Second period Sergei Shumakov (2) – 11:39
Vladislav Naumov (1) – 18:00
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ivan Nalimov 20 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Alexander Salák 21 saves / 22 shots
February 28 Admiral Vladivostok 2 – 0 HC Sibir Novosibirsk Fetisov Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
05:07 – ppKonstantin Makarov (3) Second period No scoring
19:06 – enEgor Dugin (1) Third period No scoring
Ivan Nalimov 22 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Alexander Salák 15 saves / 16 shots
March 1 HC Sibir Novosibirsk 4 – 0 Admiral Vladivostok Ice Sports Palace Sibir  
No scoring First period No scoring
01:05 – Damir Zhafyarov (1)
04:41 – Sergei Shumakov (3)
05:21 – Artyom Voroshilo (1)
Second period No scoring
15:02 – Konstantin Okulov (2) Third period No scoring
Alexander Salák 52 saves / 52 shots Goalie stats Igor Bobkov 25 saves / 29 shots
Novosibirsk wins series 4 – 1

(4) Salavat Yulaev Ufa vs. (5) Ak Bars Kazan

February 22 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 4 – 1 Ak Bars Kazan Ufa Arena  
14:14 – Igor Grigorenko (1) First period No scoring
18:22 – pp – Igor Grigorenko (2) Second period No scoring
19:00 – enTeemu Hartikainen (1)
19:34 – Denis Khlystov (1)
Third period Dmitri Obukhov (1) – 19:52
Niklas Svedberg 22 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Stanislav Galimov 26 saves / 29 shots
February 24 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 5 – 2 Ak Bars Kazan Ufa Arena  
12:11 – ppAlexander Loginov (1)
13:47 – Denis Bodrov (1)
First period No scoring
05:53 – Oleg Saprykin (1)
13:22 – Nikolai Prokhorkin (1)
Second period Artyom Lukoyanov (1) – 00:47
Ryan Wilson (1) – 11:14
12:22 – Denis Khlystov (2) Third period No scoring
Niklas Svedberg 31 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Stanislav Galimov 26 saves / 31 shots
February 26 Ak Bars Kazan 3 – 0 Salavat Yulaev Ufa TatNeft Arena  
17:22 – Vladimir Tkachyov (1) First period No scoring
02:42 – Dmitry Arkhipov (1)
13:07 – Artyom Lukoyanov (2)
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Stanislav Galimov 34 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Niklas Svedberg 22 saves / 25 shots
February 28 Ak Bars Kazan 1 – 4 Salavat Yulaev Ufa TatNeft Arena  
No scoring First period Linus Omark (1) – pp – 01:37
Sergei Soin (1) – 10:26
No scoring Second period Andreas Engqvist (1) – pp – 19:12
10:21 – ppAlbert Yarullin (1) Third period Anton Lazarev (1) – en – 19:05
Stanislav Galimov 21 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Niklas Svedberg 32 saves / 33 shots
March 1 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 4 – 3 Ak Bars Kazan Ufa Arena  
03:56 – Linus Omark (2) First period Denis Golubev (1) – 15:15
Albert Yarullin (2) – pp – 16:01
05:23 – pp – Linus Omark (3)
15:14 – ppJustin Azevedo (1)
Second period No scoring
09:36 – Anton Lazarev (2) Third period Vladimir Tkachyov (2) – 09:36
Niklas Svedberg 23 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Emil Garipov 23 saves / 26 shots
March 3 Ak Bars Kazan 8 – 0 Salavat Yulaev Ufa TatNeft Arena  
15:01 – Vladimir Tkachyov (3) First period No scoring
04:27 – Vladimir Tkachyov (4)
05:38 – Artyom Lukoyanov (3)
11:13 – ppRyan Wilson (2)
Second period No scoring
04:29 – pp – Vladimir Tkachyov (5)
17:38 – Denis Golubev (2)
18:03 – Fyodor Malykhin (1)
Third period No scoring
Emil Garipov 25 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Niklas Svedberg 16 saves / 20 shots
Vladimir Sokhatsky 16 saves / 20 shots
March 5 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 3 – 2 Ak Bars Kazan Ufa Arena  
01:05 – Enver Lisin (1)
15:09 – Maxim Goncharov (1)
First period Dmitry Arkhipov (2) – 00:38
No scoring Second period Dmitry Arkhipov (3) – 18:43
17:57 – Dmitri Obukhov (2) Third period No scoring
Niklas Svedberg 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Emil Garipov 23 saves / 26 shots
Ufa wins series 4 – 3

Western conference

(1) HC CSKA Moscow vs. (8) HC CSKA Moscow

February 21 HC CSKA Moscow 2 – 0 HC Slovan Bratislava CSKA Ice Palace  
11:47 – Kirill Petrov (1)
14:16 – ppGeoff Platt (1)
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ilya Sorokin 24 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Barry Brust 25 saves / 27 shots
February 23 HC CSKA Moscow 3 – 2 OT HC Slovan Bratislava CSKA Ice Palace  
No scoring First period Václav Nedorost (1) – pp – 13:20
No scoring Second period Tomáš Starosta (1) – 19:33
04:08 – Kirill Petrov (2)
11:23 – Stéphane Da Costa (1)
Third period No scoring
02:31 – Antti Pihlström (1) First overtime period No scoring
Ilya Sorokin 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Barry Brust 30 saves / 33 shots
February 25 HC Slovan Bratislava 1 – 2 HC CSKA Moscow Tipos aréna  
12:58 – Marek Viedenský (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Kirill Petrov (3) – 15:40
Stéphane Da Costa (2) – pp – 19:15
Barry Brust 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Ilya Sorokin 25 saves / 26 shots
February 27 HC Slovan Bratislava 1 – 3 HC CSKA Moscow Tipos aréna  
12:49 – Tomáš Surový (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Alexander Radulov (1) – 02:52
Stéphane Da Costa (3) – 05:52
Nikita Zaitsev (1) – en – 19:41
Barry Brust 35 saves / 37 shot Goalie stats Ilya Sorokin 16 saves / 17 shots
Moscow wins series 4 – 0

(2) Jokerit vs. (7) Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

February 21 Jokerit 4 – 6 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Helsinki Ice Hall  
No scoring First period Nikolai Zherdev (1) – 14:50
Nikolai Zherdev (2) – 16:56
01:20 – Jesse Joensuu (1)
05:08 – Niklas Hagman (1)
12:28 – Jesse Joensuu (2)
Second period Kaspars Daugaviņš (1) – 04:51
13:07 – Peter Regin (1) Third period Alexander Frolov (1) – 09:10
Alexei Sopin (1) – 12:51
Vyacheslav Kulyomin (1) – ppen – 19:56
Henrik Karlsson 26 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Ilya Proskuryakov 26 saves / 30 shots
February 23 Jokerit 4 – 3 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Helsinki Ice Hall  
13:07 – Niko Kapanen (1) First period Sergei Kostitsyn (1) – 12:46
No scoring Second period Nikolai Zherdev (3) – 01:05
06:50 – ppPhilip Larsen (1)
07:40 – ppVille Lajunen (1)
18:56 – enBrandon Kozun (1)
Third period Alexei Potapov (1) – 19:50
Henrik Karlsson 13 saves / 16 shots Goalie stats Ilya Proskuryakov 31 saves / 34 shots
February 25 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 1 – 0 Jokerit Trade Union Sport Palace  
08:57 – ppArtyom Alyayev (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ilya Proskuryakov 31 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Henrik Karlsson 24 saves / 25 shots
February 27 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 3 – 2 OT Jokerit Trade Union Sport Palace  
No scoring First period No scoring
15:54 – ppEvgeny Mozer (1) Second period Philip Larsen (2) – 01:58
Philip Larsen (3) – pp – 09:34
03:43 – ppDmitri Semin (1) Third period No scoring
03:41 – ppKaspars Daugaviņš (2) First overtime period No scoring
Ilya Proskuryakov 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Henrik Karlsson 28 saves / 31 shots
February 29 Jokerit 3 – 2 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Helsinki Ice Hall  
10:15 – ppPeter Regin (2) First period No scoring
10:51 – ppBrandon Kozun (2) Second period Vladimir Galuzin (1) – 06:20
06:22 – Niklas Hagman (2) Third period Alexei Potapov (2) – 19:08
Henrik Karlsson 29 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Ilya Proskuryakov 21 saves / 24 shots
March 2 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 3 – 2 Jokerit Trade Union Sport Palace  
No scoring First period No scoring
12:35 – Maxim Osipov (1) Second period No scoring
10:14 – ppAlexei Potapov (3)
15:53 – Vyacheslav Kulyomin (2)
Third period Jesper Jensen Aabo (1) – 11:06
Brandon Kozun (3) – pp – 13:22
Ilya Proskuryakov 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Henrik Karlsson 23 saves / 26 shots
Nizhny Novgorod wins series 4 – 2

(3) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl vs. (6) SKA Saint Petersburg

February 21 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 3 – 2 OT SKA Saint Petersburg Arena 2000  
No scoring First period Vadim Shipachyov (1) – pp – 15:19
04:57 – Denis Mosalyov (1)
19:19 – Vladislav Gavrikov (1)
Second period Jarno Koskiranta (1) – pp – 10:48
No scoring Third period No scoring
14:56 – Jiří Novotný (1) First overtime period No scoring
Alexei Murygin 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Mikko Koskinen 35 saves / 38 shots
February 23 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2 – 3 SKA Saint Petersburg Arena 2000  
No scoring First period Alexander Barabanov (1) – 14:39
No scoring Second period Sergei Shirokov (1) – 07:20
Jarno Koskiranta (2) – 16:49
00:31 – Daniil Apalkov (1)
05:14 – ppStaffan Kronwall (1)
Third period No scoring
Alexei Murygin 18 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Mikko Koskinen 39 saves / 41 shots
February 25 SKA Saint Petersburg 3 – 0 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Ice Palace  
14:17 – Sergei Shirokov (2) First period No scoring
05:56 – ppVadim Shipachyov (2) Second period No scoring
06:59 – Maxim Chudinov (1) Third period No scoring
Mikko Koskinen 29 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Alexei Murygin 28 saves / 31 shots
February 27 SKA Saint Petersburg 1 – 0 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Ice Palace  
No scoring First period No scoring
03:38 – ppNikita Gusev (1) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mikko Koskinen 25 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Alexei Murygin 24 saves / 25 shots
April 26 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 0 – 2 SKA Saint Petersburg Arena 2000  
No scoring First period Vadim Shipachyov (3) – pp – 15:04
No scoring Second period Pavel Buchnevich (1) – 16:04
No scoring Third period No scoring
Alexei Murygin 21 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Mikko Koskinen 21 saves / 21 shots
Saint Petersburg wins series 4 – 1

Sibir vs Metallurg Game 4 controversy

In the fourth game of Sibir — Metallurg series, on 37th minute a scored goal was confirmed after the episode when a player of Sibir, while leaving the ice during substitution, made physical contact with a player of Metallurg when the substituting player of Sibir was already on the ice (violation of clause (b) of rule 411 of the Hockey Game Rules for 2015/2016).[3][4]

In the overtime the game-winning goal scored by Metallurg was confirmed after the episode when Metallurg started their substitution in violation of clause (a) item 1 of rule 411 of the Hockey Game Rules for 2015/2016 (the player to be substituted is on the ice outside the substitution area), however the league's Officiating Department chose to explain the officials action by another clause of rule 411 (player involved in a substitution being hit by the puck), leaving the violation of clause (a) unexplained.[4][5]

In response to an appeal filed by Sibir demanding the cancellation of the game result, according to Sibir GM Kirill Fastovsky, the KHL noted "there was no refereeing error".[6]

According to the KHL, this demand of Sibir about the cancellation of the game result "could not be considered as an appeal" because "the appeal procedure was not strictly followed" by Sibir (mandatory note in the official game sheet by the club representative after the end of the game about their intention to appeal against the game result, followed by filing the appeal within 24 hours along with required supporting evidence). The message from the KHL also referenced Clause 77 of the KHL Sports Regulations and noted the impossibility to accept for consideration appeals based on complaints to refereeing.[7]

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

As of 19 Apr 2016

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Sergei Mozyakin Metallurg Magnitogorsk 23 11 14 25 +14 2
Jan Kovář Metallurg Magnitogorsk 23 8 15 23 +13 10
Vadim Shipachyov SKA Saint Petersburg 15 7 9 16 –2 12
Linus Omark Salavat Yulaev Ufa 19 5 11 16 +6 20
Alexander Radulov CSKA Moscow 20 4 12 16 +5 26
Alexander Semin Metallurg Magnitogorsk 23 7 8 15 +9 20
Danis Zaripov Metallurg Magnitogorsk 23 6 9 15 +12 14
Nikita Gusev SKA Saint Petersburg 15 5 9 14 –2 0
Sami Lepistö Salavat Yulaev Ufa 19 6 7 13 +6 16
Nikita Zaitsev CSKA Moscow 20 4 9 13 +7 10

Source: KHL

Leading goaltenders

As of 19 Apr 2016

Player Team GP Min W L GA SO SV% GAA
Ilya Sorokin CSKA Moscow 20 1270 15 5 28 3 .945 1.32
Mikko Koskinen SKA Saint Petersburg 15 980 8 7 24 5 .949 1.47
Vasily Koshechkin Metallurg Magnitogorsk 19 1182 14 5 31 3 .948 1.57
Alexander Yeryomenko Dynamo Moscow 10 646 6 4 19 3 .940 1.76
Alexander Salák Sibir Novosibirsk 9 523 5 4 16 2 .942 1.83

Source: KHL

References

  1. ^ "League confirms format for Stage Two" (PDF). October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "League confirms format for Stage Two" (PDF). October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  3. ^ Metallurg Mg-Sibir Game 4, Video
  4. ^ a b Hockey Game Rules for 2015/2016 (in Russian)
  5. ^ Mozyakin scores GWG as Sibir rebelling against Ref's decision; video
  6. ^ HC Sibir: KHL rejected the appeal against the result of the game with Metallurg (in Russian)
  7. ^ KHL commented on the reasons for rejection of Sibir appeal against the result of the game with Metallurg (in Russian)