2017–18 KHL season

2017–18 KHL season
League Kontinental Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 21 August 2017 – 22 April 2018
Number of games 56
Number of teams 27
Regular season
Continental Cup winner SKA Saint Petersburg
Top scorer Russia Ilya Kovalchuk
Western champions CSKA Moscow
  Western runners-up SKA Saint Petersburg
Eastern champions Ak Bars Kazan
  Eastern runners-up Traktor Chelyabinsk
Gagarin Cup
Champions Ak Bars Kazan
  Runners-up CSKA Moscow
Finals MVP Justin Azevedo

The 2017–18 KHL season was the tenth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 21 August 2017 and ended on 22 April 2018.

The league accommodated a 33 day Olympic break, to allow its players to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in February.

Team changes

Jokerit - SKA in Helsinki Ice Challenge with KHL record attendance (17,645).

The Croatian club Medveščak Zagreb relocated back to the Austrian Hockey League, and Russian club Metallurg Novokuznetsk was relegated to the Supreme Hockey League, to bring the total number of KHL teams to 27.

March 2018 KHL announced that two teams going to drop out after this season and next season have 25 teams. Yugra and Lada Togliatti are the teams that will not continue in KHL.

Divisions and regular season format

In this season, like in the 2016–17 season, each team will play every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 52 games (26 at home, 26 on the road), plus 4 additional games (2 at home, 2 on the road) played by each team against rival clubs from its own conference. Thus, each team played a total of 56 games in the regular season.[1]

How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.[2]

Western Conference Eastern Conference
Bobrov Division Tarasov Division Kharlamov Division Chernyshev Division
Belarus Dinamo Minsk Russia CSKA Moscow Russia Ak Bars Kazan Russia Admiral Vladivostok
Latvia Dinamo Riga Russia Dynamo Moscow Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Russia Amur Khabarovsk
Finland Jokerit Russia HC Sochi Russia Lada Togliatti Russia Avangard Omsk
Russia SKA Saint Petersburg Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk Kazakhstan Barys Astana
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava Russia Severstal Cherepovets Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk China HC Kunlun Red Star
Russia Spartak Moscow Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Russia Vityaz Podolsk Russia Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk Russia Sibir Novosibirsk

League standings

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SKA Saint Petersburg 56 40 7 4 5 227 97 +130 138 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
2 CSKA Moscow 56 35 9 1 11 175 89 +86 124
3 Jokerit 56 29 4 8 15 151 108 +43 103 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 56 26 9 3 18 148 129 +19 99
5 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 56 23 6 8 19 116 127 −11 89
6 HC Sochi 56 22 7 7 20 130 138 −8 87
7 Spartak Moscow 56 22 7 5 22 153 146 +7 85
8 Severstal Cherepovets 56 18 9 11 18 131 145 −14 83
9 Dynamo Moscow 56 19 9 5 23 134 139 −5 80
10 Dinamo Minsk 56 20 5 3 28 112 129 −17 73
11 Vityaz Podolsk 56 17 4 8 27 131 160 −29 67
12 Slovan Bratislava 56 15 3 7 31 119 187 −68 58
13 Dinamo Riga 56 9 7 9 31 105 153 −48 50
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2018. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Teams leading a division hold one of the first two places of their conference.

Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ak Bars Kazan 56 30 2 6 18 158 126 +32 100 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
2 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 56 26 5 5 20 151 139 +12 93
3 Traktor Chelyabinsk 56 26 7 4 19 129 121 +8 96 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 56 25 6 8 17 165 137 +28 95
5 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 56 24 8 7 17 150 135 +15 95
6 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 56 27 3 7 19 135 135 0 94
7 Avangard Omsk 56 22 7 8 19 146 116 +30 88
8 Amur Khabarovsk 56 21 8 9 18 132 141 −9 88
9 Sibir Novosibirsk 56 23 8 2 23 136 135 +1 87
10 Barys Astana 56 19 5 7 25 148 164 −16 74
11 Admiral Vladivostok 56 16 5 5 30 120 145 −25 63
12 Kunlun Red Star 56 15 4 8 29 103 146 −43 61
13 Lada Togliatti 56 12 4 6 34 105 149 −44 50
14 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 56 7 10 7 32 93 167 −74 48
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2018. Source: KHL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Teams leading a division hold one of the first two places of its conference.

Gagarin Cup playoffs

The playoffs started on March 3, 2018, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended on April 22, 2018.[3]

  Conference Quarter-Finals Conference Semi-Finals Conference Finals Gagarin Cup Finals
                                     
1 Russia Ak Bars 4     1 Russia Ak Bars 4  
8 Russia Amur 1     5 Russia Metallurg Mg 1  
2 Russia Salavat Yulaev 4 Eastern Conference
7 Russia Avangard 3  
    1 Russia Ak Bars 4  
  3 Russia Traktor 0  
3 Russia Traktor 4  
6 Russia Neftekhimik 1  
4 Russia Avtomobilist 2   2 Russia Salavat Yulaev 3
5 Russia Metallurg Mg 4     3 Russia Traktor 4  
  E1 Russia Ak Bars 4
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
  W2 Russia CSKA 1
1 Russia SKA 4     1 Russia SKA 4
8 Russia Severstal 0     4 Russia Lokomotiv 1  
2 Russia CSKA 4
7 Russia Spartak 0  
  1 Russia SKA 2
  2 Russia CSKA 4  
3 Finland Jokerit 4  
6 Russia Sochi 1   Western Conference
4 Russia Lokomotiv 4   2 Russia CSKA 4
5 Russia Torpedo 0     3 Finland Jokerit 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.

Final standings

RankTeam
1Russia Ak Bars Kazan
2Russia CSKA Moscow
3Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
4Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk
5Finland Jokerit
6Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
7Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk
8Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
9Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
10Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
11Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
12Russia Avangard Omsk
13Russia Amur Khabarovsk
14Russia HC Sochi
15Russia Spartak Moscow
16Russia Severstal Cherepovets
17Russia Sibir Novosibirsk
18Russia Dynamo Moscow
19Kazakhstan Barys Astana
20Belarus Dinamo Minsk
21Russia Vityaz Podolsk
22Russia Admiral Vladivostok
23China Kunlun Red Star
24Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
25Russia Lada Togliatti
26Latvia Dinamo Riga
27Russia Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

As of 1 March 2018

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Russia Ilya KovalchukSKA Saint Petersburg53313263+1226
Russia Nikita GusevSKA Saint Petersburg54224062+252
Kazakhstan Nigel DawesBarys Astana46352156+526
Sweden Linus OmarkSalavat Yulaev Ufa55163955+660
Canada Linden VeyBarys Astana50173552+164

Source: KHL

Leading goaltenders

As of 1 March 2018

Player Team GP Min W L SOP GA SO SV% GAA
Sweden Lars JohanssonCSKA Moscow211192:531540266.9381.31
Finland Mikko KoskinenSKA Saint Petersburg291718:122241455.9371.57
Russia Ilya SorokinCSKA Moscow372182:352584588.9311.59
Russia Igor ShestyorkinSKA Saint Petersburg281592:342044457.9331.70
United States Ryan ZapolskiJokerit392352:2624114699.9311.76

Source: KHL

Awards

Players of the Month

Best KHL players of each month.

Month Goaltender Defense Forward Rookie
September Russia Stanislav Galimov (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) Sweden Patrik Hersley (SKA Saint Petersburg) Kazakhstan Nigel Dawes (Barys Astana) Finland Eeli Tolvanen (Jokerit)
October[4] United States Ryan Zapolski (Jokerit) Russia Nikita Tryamkin (Avtomobilist Jekaterinburg) Kazakhstan Nigel Dawes (Barys Astana) Finland Eeli Tolvanen (Jokerit)
November[5] Russia Vasily Koshechkin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Russia Nikita Tryamkin (Avtomobilist Jekaterinburg) Canada Zach Boychuk (Slovan Bratislava) Russia Alexander Petunin (Dynamo Moscow)
December[6] Russia Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow) Russia Oleg Piganovich (Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) Sweden Alexander Bergström (Sibir Novosibirsk) Russia Alexander Petunin (Dynamo Moscow)
January[7] Czech Republic Pavel Francouz (Traktor Chelyabinsk) Denmark Philip Larsen (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) Russia Alexander Khokhlachev (Spartak Moscow) Russia Rafael Bikmullin (Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk)
March[8] Russia Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow) Belarus Nick Bailen (Traktor Chelyabinsk) Canada Justin Azevedo (Ak Bars Kazan) Russia Vitali Kravtsov (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
April[9] Sweden Lars Johansson (CSKA Moscow) Russia Vasili Tokranov (Ak Bars Kazan) Canada Justin Azevedo (Ak Bars Kazan) Russia Vitali Kravtsov (Traktor Chelyabinsk)

References

  1. ↑ "League confirms format for 2015–16 season". 17 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "KHL Teams, season 2017–18". 26 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "League confirms format for Stage Two" (PDF). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Players of the Month: Zapolski, Tryamkin, Dawes and Tolvanen". KHL.ru. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Players of the Month: Koshechkin, Tryamkin, Boychuk and Petunin". KHL.ru. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "December's finest: Sorokin, Piganovich, Bergstrom and Petunin". KHL.ru. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "January's finest: Francouz, Larsen, Khokhlachyov and Bikmullin". KHL.ru. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "March's finest: Sorokin, Bailen, Azevedo and Kravtsov". KHL.ru. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "April's finest: Johansson, Tokranov, Azevedo and Kravtsov". KHL.ru. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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