2019 Gagarin Cup playoffsTournament details |
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Dates | 25 February – 19 April 2019 |
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Teams | 16 |
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Final positions |
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Champions | CSKA Moscow |
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Runner-up | Avangard Omsk |
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Tournament statistics |
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Scoring leader(s) | Mikhail Grigorenko (CSKA Moscow)[a] (21) |
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The 2019 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on 25 February 2019, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, following the conclusion of the 2018–19 KHL regular season.[2] The playoffs ended on 19 April 2019, when Continental Cup winners CSKA Moscow became the first team to win the Gagarin Cup finals in a series sweep,[3] defeating Avangard Omsk in four games to win their first Gagarin Cup,[4] after two previous Finals defeats.
Playoff seeds
After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs.
Western Conference
The regular season winners and Continental Cup winners were CSKA Moscow with 106 points.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
1 | CSKA Moscow (Y, Z) | 62 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 191 | 75 | +116 | 106 |
2 | SKA Saint Petersburg (X) | 62 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 209 | 80 | +129 | 103 |
3 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 62 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 159 | 118 | +41 | 86 |
4 | Jokerit | 62 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 197 | 164 | +33 | 80 |
5 | Dynamo Moscow | 62 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 153 | 139 | +14 | 72 |
6 | HC Sochi | 62 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 145 | 155 | −10 | 66 |
7 | Spartak Moscow | 62 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 156 | 158 | −2 | 64 |
8 | Vityaz Podolsk | 62 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 134 | 169 | −35 | 63 |
Source: KHL
(X) Won division; (Y) Won conference; (Z) Won Continental Cup
Eastern Conference
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg were the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 95 points.
Source: KHL
(X) Won division; (Y) Won conference
Playoff bracket
In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage. In the Gagarin Cup Finals, home ice is determined based on regular season points. Each best-of-seven series follows a 2–2–1–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team plays at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the lower-seeded team is at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary).
The 2019 Gagarin Cup playoffs started on 25 February 2019, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, and finished on 19 April 2019.[5]
First round
Eastern Conference first round
(1) Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg vs. (8) Traktor Chelyabinsk
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg finished first in the Eastern Conference earning 95 points. Traktor Chelyabinsk finished as the Eastern Conference's eighth seed, earning 58 points, and averaging 1.64 goals per game, the lowest recorded tally for any playoff-qualifying team. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams; Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg won all four games in this year's regular season series.[6]
2 March | Traktor Chelyabinsk | | 1–2 | OT | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | Traktor Ice Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
Christian Thomas (1) – 00:22 | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | 02:15 – Andrei Obidin (2) |
No scoring | First overtime period | 00:54 – Vyacheslav Litovchenko (1) |
Alexander Sudnitsin (35 shots / 33 saves) | Goalie stats | Jakub Kovář (32 shots / 31 saves) |
4 March | Traktor Chelyabinsk | | 3–4 | | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | Traktor Ice Arena | Recap | |
| First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | |
Alexander Sharov (1) – 01:00 | Third period | |
Vasily Demchenko (44 shots / 40 saves) | Goalie stats | Jakub Kovář (25 shots / 22 saves) |
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg win 4–0 | |
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(2) Barys Astana vs. (7) Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Barys Astana finished second in the Eastern Conference earning 86 points. Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod finished as the Eastern Conference's seventh seed, earning 64 points. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams, and they split their two-game regular season series.[6]
28 February | Barys Astana | | 5–4 | OT | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | Barys Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | |
| Second period | |
| Third period | No scoring |
Roman Starchenko (1) – 01:40 | First overtime period | No scoring |
| Goalie stats | Barry Brust (55 shots / 50 saves) |
Metallurg Magnitogorsk finished third in the Eastern Conference earning 84 points. Salavat Yulaev Ufa finished as the Eastern Conference's sixth seed, earning 72 points. This was the fifth playoff meeting between the two teams, with the previous four series having been shared; Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the most recent series during the 2016 Gagarin Cup playoffs. This year's two-game regular season series was also shared.[7]
27 February | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | | 1–4 | | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | Arena Metallurg | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | |
No scoring | Second period | |
Michal Bulíř (1; PPG) – 12:55 | Third period | No scoring |
| Goalie stats | Juha Metsola (25 shots / 24 saves) |
1 March | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | | 5–1 | | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | Ufa Arena | Recap | |
| First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | 17:23 – Dmitry Zaitsev (1) |
Juha Metsola (39 shots / 38 saves) | Goalie stats | |
3 March | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | | 1–2 | OT | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | Ufa Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | 04:49 – Dennis Rasmussen (1) |
Vladimir Zharkov (1) – 14:35 | Third period | No scoring |
No scoring | First overtime period | 07:58 – Matt Ellison (1; PPG) |
Juha Metsola (34 shots / 32 saves) | Goalie stats | Artyom Zagidulin (33 shots / 32 saves) |
5 March | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | | 1–2 | OT | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | Arena Metallurg | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
Matt Ellison (2) – 13:48 | Second period | 11:36 – Dmitri Kugryshev (1; PPG) |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
No scoring | First overtime period | 01:36 – Vladimir Tkachev (1) |
Artyom Zagidulin (18 shots / 16 saves) | Goalie stats | Juha Metsola (19 shots / 18 saves) |
Salavat Yulaev Ufa win 4–2 | |
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(4) Avangard Omsk vs. (5) Ak Bars Kazan
Avangard Omsk finished fourth in the Eastern Conference earning 83 points. Ak Bars Kazan, the reigning Gagarin Cup champions, finished as the Eastern Conference's fifth seed, one point behind Avangard Omsk. This was the fourth playoff meeting between the two teams with Ak Bars Kazan winning all three previous series, the most recent of which was during the 2017 Gagarin Cup playoffs. This year's two-game regular season series was shared, with both games going to overtime.[7]
In the opening game, a two-goal performance by Sergei Shumakov and a 21-save shutout at home by goaltender Igor Bobkov led Avangard Omsk to a 6–0 win.[8] In the second game, another strong offensive performance coupled with the play of Bobkov gained them a two-game lead, with a 6–3 victory.[9] Despite an early showing by Ak Bars Kazan, Avangard Omsk took a stranglehold in game three on the road on Denis Zernov's second period game-winner, ultimately winning 4–1.[10] Finally, in game four, Shumakov scored all three goals – his first playoffs hat-trick – on the night, as Avangard Omsk swept Ak Bars Kazan in four successive games, marking the first time that the defending champions were beaten in such a manner in the first round of the playoffs.[11]
25 February | Avangard Omsk | | 6–0 | | Ak Bars Kazan | Balashikha Arena | Recap | |
| First period | No scoring |
| Second period | No scoring |
| Third period | No scoring |
Igor Bobkov (21 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | |
1 March | Ak Bars Kazan | | 1–4 | | Avangard Omsk | TatNeft Arena | Recap | |
Rob Klinkhammer (1) – 15:59 | First period | 19:19 – Denis Zernov (2; PPG) |
No scoring | Second period | 15:16 – Denis Zernov (3) |
No scoring | Third period | |
Vladislav Podyapolsky (29 shots / 25 saves) | Goalie stats | Igor Bobkov (23 shots / 22 saves) |
Western Conference first round
(1) CSKA Moscow vs. (8) Vityaz Podolsk
CSKA Moscow finished first in the Western Conference earning 106 points. Vityaz Podolsk finished as the Western Conference's eighth seed, earning 63 points. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams; CSKA Moscow won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.[6]
26 February | CSKA Moscow | | 4–0 | | Vityaz Podolsk | VTB Ice Palace | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
| Second period | No scoring |
| Third period | No scoring |
Ilya Sorokin (10 shots / 10 saves) | Goalie stats | Joni Ortio (39 shots / 35 saves) |
4 March | Vityaz Podolsk | | 1–3 | | CSKA Moscow | Vityaz Ice Palace | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | |
Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi (1; PPG) – 04:35 | Second period | 19:18 – Mikhail Grigorenko (5) |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
- Alexander Samonov (3 shots / 1 save)
- Joni Ortio (30 shots / 29 saves)
| Goalie stats | Ilya Sorokin (24 shots / 23 saves) |
(2) SKA Saint Petersburg vs. (7) Spartak Moscow
SKA Saint Petersburg finished second in the Western Conference earning 103 points. Spartak Moscow finished as the Western Conference's seventh seed, earning 64 points. This was the third playoff meeting between the two teams, with the previous two series having been shared; SKA Saint Petersburg swept the most recent series during the 2011 Gagarin Cup playoffs. SKA Saint Petersburg won all four games in this year's regular season series.[6]
26 February | SKA Saint Petersburg | | 0–2 | | Spartak Moscow | Ice Palace | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
Igor Shestyorkin (16 shots / 14 saves) | Goalie stats | Július Hudáček (30 shots / 30 saves) |
28 February | SKA Saint Petersburg | | 2–3 | | Spartak Moscow | Ice Palace | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
| Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | |
Igor Shestyorkin (18 shots / 15 saves) | Goalie stats | Július Hudáček (34 shots / 32 saves) |
6 March | SKA Saint Petersburg | | 2–1 | | Spartak Moscow | Ice Palace | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | 04:04 – Anton Zlobin (2) |
| Third period | No scoring |
Magnus Hellberg (20 shots / 19 saves) | Goalie stats | Július Hudáček (29 shots / 27 saves) |
SKA Saint Petersburg win 4–2 | |
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(3) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl vs. (6) HC Sochi
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl finished second in the Western Conference earning 86 points. HC Sochi finished as the Western Conference's sixth seed, earning 66 points. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams, and they split their four-game regular season series.[7]
25 February | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | | 4–3 | OT | HC Sochi | Arena 2000 | Recap | |
Staffan Kronwall (1) – 15:09 | First period | |
| Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | 00:51 – Kirill Kapustin (2; PPG) |
Georgy Ivanov (1) – 03:17 | First overtime period | No scoring |
Ilya Konovalov (28 shots / 25 saves) | Goalie stats | Konstantin Barulin (25 shots / 21 saves) |
27 February | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | | 3–0 | | HC Sochi | Arena 2000 | Recap | |
Georgy Ivanov (2) – 02:24 | First period | No scoring |
| Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
Ilya Konovalov (22 shots / 22 saves) | Goalie stats | |
5 March | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | | 3–0 | | HC Sochi | Arena 2000 | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
| Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
Alexander Salák (17 shots / 17 saves) | Goalie stats | |
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl win 4–2 | |
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(4) Jokerit vs. (5) Dynamo Moscow
Jokerit finished fourth in the Western Conference earning 80 points. Ak Bars Kazan finished as the Western Conference's fifth seed, earning 72 points. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams; Dynamo Moscow won all four games in this year's regular season series,[7] extending a winning streak, stretching back to 17 September 2015, to eleven games over Jokerit. Dynamo Moscow extended the streak to thirteen, before Jokerit won Game 3.
25 February | Jokerit | | 2–4 | | Dynamo Moscow | Hartwall Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
John Norman (1) – 13:50 | Second period | 09:29 – Daniil Tarasov (1; PPG) |
Kristian Vesalainen (1) – 11:04 | Third period | |
Jānis Kalniņš (20 shots / 17 saves) | Goalie stats | Alexander Yeryomenko (34 shots / 32 saves) |
1 March | Dynamo Moscow | | 2–3 | OT | Jokerit | VTB Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
- Vladimir Bryukvin (1) – 09:19
- Ivan Igumnov (1; SHG) – 15:45
| Second period | 12:11 – Pekka Jormakka (1) |
No scoring | Third period | 15:51 – Sakari Manninen (1) |
No scoring | First overtime period | 04:48 – Sakari Manninen (2) |
Ivan Bocharov (35 shots / 32 saves) | Goalie stats | Jānis Kalniņš (27 shots / 25 saves) |
3 March | Dynamo Moscow | | 3–0 | | Jokerit | VTB Arena | Recap | |
Vladimir Bryukvin (2) – 16:09 | First period | No scoring |
Patrik Zackrisson (2; SHG) – 15:55 | Second period | No scoring |
Andrei Mironov (1; ENG) – 18:31 | Third period | No scoring |
Alexander Yeryomenko (43 shots / 43 saves) | Goalie stats | Jānis Kalniņš (23 shots / 21 saves) |
Conference Semi-Finals
Eastern Conference Semi-Finals
(1) Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg vs. (6) Salavat Yulaev Ufa
This was the second playoff meeting between these teams, with Salavat Yulaev winning the series played in 2010.
14 March | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | | 0–1 | | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KRK Uralets | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | 02:55 – Joonas Kemppainen (4; PPG) |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
Jakub Kovář (24 shots / 23 saves) | Goalie stats | Juha Metsola (34 shots / 34 saves) |
18 March | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | | 2–1 | OT | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | Ufa Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
Vladimir Tkachev (2) – 09:48 | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | 04:43 – Alexander Kucheryavenko (2; SHG) |
Joonas Kemppainen (5; PPG) – 11:08 | First overtime period | No scoring |
Juha Metsola (42 shots / 41 saves) | Goalie stats | Jakub Kovář (43 shots / 41 saves) |
Salavat Yulaev Ufa win 4–1 | |
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(2) Barys Astana vs. (4) Avangard Omsk
This was the second playoff meeting between these teams, with Avangard winning the series played in 2015.
16 March | Barys Astana | | 4–2 | | Avangard Omsk | Barys Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
| Second period | No scoring |
| Third period | |
Henrik Karlsson (38 shots / 36 saves) | Goalie stats | Igor Bobkov (35 shots / 31 saves) |
18 March | Avangard Omsk | | 5–0 | | Barys Astana | Balashikha Arena | Recap | |
Andrei Stas (1; PPG) – 13:12 | First period | No scoring |
| Second period | No scoring |
| Third period | No scoring |
Igor Bobkov (20 shots / 20 saves) | Goalie stats | |
20 March | Avangard Omsk | | 3–1 | | Barys Astana | Balashikha Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
Alexander Yaremchuk (1) – 07:36 | Second period | 08:40 – Matt Frattin (7; PPG) |
| Third period | No scoring |
Igor Bobkov (20 shots / 19 saves) | Goalie stats | Henrik Karlsson (26 shots / 23 saves) |
Western Conference Semi-Finals
(1) CSKA Moscow vs. (5) Dynamo Moscow
This was the third playoff meeting between these teams, with Dynamo having won both previous series.
15 March | CSKA Moscow | | 0–1 | OT | Dynamo Moscow | VTB Ice Palace | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
No scoring | First overtime period | 00:35 – Vladimir Bryukvin (4) |
Ilya Sorokin (21 shots / 20 saves) | Goalie stats | Ivan Bocharov (22 shots / 22 saves) |
(2) SKA Saint Petersburg vs. (3) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these teams, with SKA winning the three past seasons and Lokomotiv winning in 2014.
13 March | SKA Saint Petersburg | | 1–0 | | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | Ice Palace | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
David Rundblad (3; PPG) – 06:16 | Third period | No scoring |
Magnus Hellberg (23 shots / 23 saves) | Goalie stats | Alexander Salák (27 shots / 26 saves) |
15 March | SKA Saint Petersburg | | 6–1 | | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | Ice Palace | Recap | |
Mikhail Maltsev (1) – 13:44 | First period | 15:59 – Artur Kayumov (2; PPG) |
| Second period | No scoring |
| Third period | No scoring |
Magnus Hellberg (22 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | |
17 March | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | | 3–1 | | SKA Saint Petersburg | Arena 2000 | Recap | |
Maxim Osipov (1) – 07:07 | First period | No scoring |
Georgy Ivanov (3) – 16:31 | Second period | No scoring |
Maxim Osipov (2) – 16:04 | Third period | 00:55 – Nail Yakupov (2) |
Ilya Konovalov (31 shots / 30 saves) | Goalie stats | Magnus Hellberg (29 shots / 26 saves) |
21 March | SKA Saint Petersburg | | 5–4 | OT | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | Ice Palace | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | 04:15 – Denis Alexeyev (1) |
| Second period | 10:59 – Stepan Sannikov (2) |
No scoring | Third period | |
Dinar Khafizullin (1; PPG) – 06:45 | First overtime period | No scoring |
| Goalie stats | |
SKA Saint Petersburg win 4–1 | |
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Conference finals
Eastern Conference finals
(4) Avangard Omsk vs. (6) Salavat Yulaev Ufa
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these teams, with Avangard Omsk winning the series played in 2009 and Salavat Yulaev Ufa winning in 2016 and 2018. This represents the lowest-seeded Conference Final match-up in KHL history, with the winners becoming the lowest seed to play in a Gagarin Cup final series.
In Game 3, Joonas Kemppainen's eventual game-winning goal – his ninth goal of the playoffs – set the record for most playoff goals by a Salavat Yulaev Ufa player in one season, breaking the record set by Alexander Radulov in 2010. In Game 6, the longest game in Conference Finals history, Salavat Yulaev Ufa goaltender Juha Metsola made 69 saves, a record in the KHL.[12]
31 March | Avangard Omsk | | 4–1 | | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | Balashikha Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
Sergei Shirokov (6; PPG) – 13:11 | Second period | No scoring |
| Third period | 03:32 – Vladimir Tkachev (4; PPG) |
Igor Bobkov (17 shots / 16 saves) | Goalie stats | Juha Metsola (40 shots / 37 saves) |
2 April | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | | 5–1 | | Avangard Omsk | Ufa Arena | Recap | |
| First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | 17:08 – Denis Zernov (4; PPG) |
| Third period | No scoring |
Juha Metsola (30 shots / 29 saves) | Goalie stats | |
4 April | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | | 2–4 | | Avangard Omsk | Ufa Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
| Second period | - 01:25 – Sergei Shumakov (9)
- 03:53 – Ilya Mikheyev (3; PPG)
- 17:06 – Ilya Mikheyev (4)
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No scoring | Third period | 18:49 – Denis Zernov (5) |
Juha Metsola (36 shots / 32 saves) | Goalie stats | Igor Bobkov (25 shots / 23 saves) |
8 April | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | | 0–1 | 3OT | Avangard Omsk | Ufa Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third overtime period | 09:18 – Alexei Bondarev (1) |
Juha Metsola (70 shots / 69 saves) | Goalie stats | Igor Bobkov (36 shots / 36 saves) |
Western Conference finals
(1) CSKA Moscow vs. (2) SKA Saint Petersburg
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these teams, with SKA winning the first three playoff series and CSKA winning the two most recent series.
Gagarin Cup Finals
This is the first playoff meeting between these teams, and CSKA's third and Avangard's second appearance in the Gagarin Cup Finals.
(W1) CSKA Moscow vs. (E4) Avangard Omsk
In the opening game of the series, CSKA Moscow's Mikhail Grigorenko scored the first hat-trick in the Gagarin Cup Finals,[13] including the game-winning goal.
15 April | CSKA Moscow | | 3–0 | | Avangard Omsk | VTB Ice Palace | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
| Third period | No scoring |
Ilya Sorokin (27 shots / 27 saves) | Goalie stats | Igor Bobkov (21 shots / 20 saves) |
17 April | Avangard Omsk | | 0–2 | | CSKA Moscow | Balashikha Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | |
Igor Bobkov (29 shots / 28 saves) | Goalie stats | Ilya Sorokin (16 shots / 16 saves) |
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the playoffs.[14] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, at the conclusion of the playoffs.[15]
Notes
- ^ Grigorenko and
Teemu Hartikainen (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) finished tied on 21 points; Grigorenko's tally of 13 goals and 8 assists compared to Hartikainen's 8 goals and 13 assists gave him the tie-break per Article 74.1 (c) of the KHL's Sporting Regulations.[1]
References
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в) приз «Лучшему бомбардиру» – самому результативному Игроку Регулярного Чемпионата по системе «гол + пас» [c) the prize to the "Best Scorer" - the most effective Player of the Regular Championship in the "goal + pass" system]
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- ^ Potts, Andy (19 April 2019). "CSKA lifts the Gagarin Cup". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
Along the way, Igor Nikitin's team also recorded the first ever grand final sweep after clawing back a 0-2 deficit to win game four in overtime.
- ^ "ЦСКА впервые в истории завоевал Кубок Гагарина" [CSKA won the Gagarin Cup for the first time in history]. Sportbox.ru (in Russian). National Sports Channel LLC. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ Seren Rosso, Alessandro (25 January 2019). "2018/2019 Playoffs Logo Unveiled". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
The 11th season's playoffs stage begins on February 25 with four games involving teams from both conferences. The potential 7th game of the Gagarin Cup finals is scheduled for April 25.
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- ^ Potts, Andy (25 February 2019). "Jokerit slips at home, Shore pots a 100th-minute winner. February 25". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Defending champ humbled in Balashikha. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
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That's the first time a Gagarin Cup holder has lost out at this stage since 2014, and the first time ever that a reigning champ has been swept in the opening match-up.
- ^ Potts, Andy (8 April 2019). "East: Avangard goes to the Gagarin Cup final. April 8 round-up". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
Avangard, in particular, stepped up its offense and Metsola's 63rd save of the night set a new individual record for a goalie in the KHL.
- ^ Yerykalov, Dmitry; Seren Rosso, Alessandro (16 April 2019). "Grigorenko writes history posting first-ever Gagarin Cup finals hat-trick". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
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- ^ "Leaders: Goaltenders (GAA)". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
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