2020 Gagarin Cup playoffs

2020 Gagarin Cup playoffs
Tournament details
Dates	1 March – 25 April 2020 (scheduled); 1–12 March 2020 (actual);
Teams	16
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Linus Omark (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) (12 points)
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The 2020 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on 1 March 2020, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, following the conclusion of the 2019–20 KHL regular season.^[1] The playoffs were scheduled to finish no later than 25 April 2020.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the second round of the playoffs were initially delayed,^[2] but on 25 March 2020, the playoffs were called off.^[3]

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 94 points.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CSKA Moscow (Y, Z)	62	40	5	4	13	202	99	+103	94
2	SKA Saint Petersburg (X)	62	30	14	5	13	179	118	+61	93
3	Jokerit	62	28	10	8	16	184	164	+20	84
4	Dynamo Moscow	62	29	8	8	17	182	144	+38	82
5	Spartak Moscow	62	26	8	9	19	173	143	+30	77
6	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	62	25	9	5	23	170	151	+19	73
7	Vityaz Podolsk	62	19	8	11	24	137	166	−29	65
8	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	62	22	7	6	27	165	167	−2	64

Source: KHL
(X) Won division; (Y) Won conference; (Z) Won Continental Cup

Eastern Conference

Ak Bars Kazan were the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 93 points.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ak Bars Kazan (Y)	62	38	6	5	13	178	121	+57	93
2	Barys Nur-Sultan (X)	62	31	7	8	16	156	137	+19	84
3	Avangard Omsk	62	30	7	9	16	163	120	+43	83
4	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	62	24	11	8	19	168	151	+17	78
5	Sibir Novosibirsk	62	27	7	6	22	139	143	−4	74
6	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	62	23	6	10	23	153	144	+9	68
7	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	62	20	8	9	25	138	145	−7	65
8	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	62	21	7	8	26	162	158	+4	64

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 2020 Gagarin Cup playoffs started on 1 March 2020, and were scheduled to finish no later than 25 April 2020.^[4] 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.^[5] The bracket below shows the position of each team at the time of the cancellation of the playoffs.

Conference Quarterfinals			Conference Semifinals			Conference Finals		Gagarin Cup Finals

1	Ak Bars	4

8	Neftekhimik	0
			1	Ak Bars

			6	Salavat Yulaev
2	Barys	4

7	Metallurg	1

Eastern Conference
						5	Sibir
3	Avangard	2

6	Salavat Yulaev	4
			2	Barys^[a]

			5	Sibir	w/o
4	Avtomobilist	1

5	Sibir	4
								E

								W
1	CSKA	4

8	Torpedo	0
			1	CSKA

			4	Dynamo
2	SKA	4

7	Vityaz	0

Western Conference
						2	SKA
3	Jokerit	4

6	Lokomotiv	2
			2	SKA	w/o

			3	Jokerit^[b]
4	Dynamo	4

5	Spartak	2

^ On 16 March 2020, Barys voluntarily withdrew from the playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]
^ On 14 March 2020, Jokerit voluntarily withdrew from the playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

First round

Eastern Conference first round

(1) Ak Bars Kazan vs. (8) Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

Ak Bars Kazan finished first in the Eastern Conference earning 93 points, winning their second Eastern Conference title in three years. Their opponents and Kharlamov Division rivals Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk finished as the Eastern Conference's eighth seed, earning 64 points. The teams had met once previously in the playoffs with Ak Bars Kazan sweeping the first round series in 2013 – having finished as the number 1 and 8 seeds respectively in the 2012–13 season. Having played four times during the season, both teams won two games each.^[8]

2 March	Ak Bars Kazan		4–1	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	TatNeft Arena	Recap
Matt Frattin (1) – 07:07 Emil Galimov (1) – 12:47		First period		14:08 – Marat Khairullin (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Mikhail Glukhov (1) – 01:28 Matt Frattin (2; PPG) – 14:06		Third period		No scoring
Timur Bilyalov (32 shots / 31 saves)		Goalie stats		Konstantin Barulin (29 shots / 25 saves)

4 March	Ak Bars Kazan		5–1	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	TatNeft Arena	Recap
Artyom Lukoyanov (1) – 06:00 Dmitri Voronkov (1) – 11:34 Matt Frattin (3) – 12:58		First period		01:31 – Pavel Kulikov (1)
Stanislav Galiev (1) – 09:36 Justin Azevedo (1) – 13:59		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Timur Bilyalov (32 shots / 31 saves)		Goalie stats		Alexander Sharychenkov (29 shots / 24 saves) Konstantin Barulin (9 shots / 9 saves)

6 March	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk		1–2	OT	Ak Bars Kazan	Neftekhimik Ice Palace	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Ildar Shiksatdarov (1) – 16:48		Third period			03:52 – Emil Galimov (2)
No scoring		First overtime period			12:13 – Emil Galimov (3)
Konstantin Barulin (50 shots / 48 saves)		Goalie stats			Timur Bilyalov (35 shots / 34 saves)

8 March	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk		0–1	Ak Bars Kazan	Neftekhimik Ice Palace	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		06:30 – Stanislav Galiev (2)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Konstantin Barulin (27 shots / 26 saves)		Goalie stats		Timur Bilyalov (21 shots / 21 saves)

Ak Bars Kazan win 4–0

(2) Barys Nur-Sultan vs. (7) Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Barys Nur-Sultan finished second in the Eastern Conference earning 84 points, winning their second consecutive Chernyshev Division title. Their opponents Metallurg Magnitogorsk finished as the Eastern Conference's seventh seed, earning 65 points. The teams had met twice previously in the playoffs with Metallurg Magnitogorsk winning both previous series – a game 7 decider in the first round in 2012, and a second round sweep in 2017. Barys Nur-Sultan won three out of the four games to be held between the teams during the 2019–20 season.^[9]

1 March	Barys Nur-Sultan		4–0	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Barys Arena	Recap
Curtis Valk (1; PPG) – 13:37		First period		No scoring
Atte Ohtamaa (1) – 18:53		Second period		No scoring
Iiro Pakarinen (1; ENG) – 17:48 Darren Dietz (1; PPG) – 19:12		Third period		No scoring
Edward Pasquale (34 shots / 34 saves)		Goalie stats		Vasily Koshechkin (35 shots / 32 saves)

3 March	Barys Nur-Sultan		0–3	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Barys Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		04:40 – Andrej Nestrašil (1) 07:19 – Sergei Mozyakin (1) 16:52 – Andrej Nestrašil (2; PPG)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Edward Pasquale (27 shots / 24 saves) Henrik Karlsson (7 shots / 7 saves)		Goalie stats		Vasily Koshechkin (35 shots / 35 saves)

5 March	Metallurg Magnitogorsk		1–2	OT	Barys Nur-Sultan	Arena Metallurg	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Sergei Mozyakin (2) – 06:12		Third period			08:47 – Darren Dietz (2; PPG)
No scoring		First overtime period			00:31 – Linus Videll (1)
Vasily Koshechkin (37 shots / 35 saves)		Goalie stats			Edward Pasquale (32 shots / 31 saves)

7 March	Metallurg Magnitogorsk		0–2	Barys Nur-Sultan	Arena Metallurg	Recap
No scoring		First period		19:33 – Anton Sagadeyev (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		15:22 – Dustin Boyd (1)
Vasily Koshechkin (25 shots / 23 saves)		Goalie stats		Edward Pasquale (39 shots / 39 saves)

9 March	Barys Nur-Sultan		5–2	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Barys Arena	Recap
Anton Sagadeyev (2) – 03:08 Darren Dietz (3) – 05:47 Anton Sagadeyev (3) – 14:24		First period		05:16 – Nikolay Kulemin (1)
Pavel Akolzin (1) – 05:31		Second period		08:01 – Artyom Minulin (1)
Pavel Akolzin (2; ENG) – 19:40		Third period		No scoring
Edward Pasquale (19 shots / 17 saves)		Goalie stats		Vasily Koshechkin (27 shots / 23 saves)

Barys Nur-Sultan win 4–1

(3) Avangard Omsk vs. (6) Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Avangard Omsk finished third in the Eastern Conference earning 83 points. Their opponents and Chernyshev Division rivals Salavat Yulaev Ufa finished as the Eastern Conference's sixth seed, earning 68 points. The teams had met four times previously in the playoffs – two wins apiece – with this meeting being the third consecutive year in which the teams had met one another. Avangard Omsk won all four games to be held between the teams during the 2019–20 season.^[9]

1 March	Avangard Omsk		5–2	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Balashikha Arena	Recap
Sergei Shumakov (1; PPG) – 16:34		First period		14:31 – Linus Omark (1)
Kirill Semyonov (1) – 03:56 Andrei Stas (1) – 09:01 Kirill Semyonov (2) – 18:07 Valentin Pyanov (1; PPG) – 19:28		Second period		17:30 – Teemu Hartikainen (1)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Igor Bobkov (28 shots / 26 saves)		Goalie stats		Juha Metsola (37 shots / 32 saves) Andrei Kareyev (8 shots / 8 saves)

3 March	Avangard Omsk		2–3	OT	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Balashikha Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Semyon Koshelev (1) – 11:08		Second period			10:42 – Grigori Panin (1)
Pavel Dedunov (1) – 11:12		Third period			19:54 – Sakari Manninen (1; EA)
No scoring		First overtime period			07:20 – Dmitri Kugryshev (1)
Igor Bobkov (39 shots / 36 saves)		Goalie stats			Juha Metsola (25 shots / 23 saves)

5 March	Salavat Yulaev Ufa		6–3	Avangard Omsk	Ufa Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		01:23 – Sergei Shumakov (2) 16:20 – Alexei Emelin (1)
Alexander Burmistrov (1) – 04:43 Pyotr Khokhryakov (1) – 08:43		Second period		No scoring
Sakari Manninen (2) – 00:50 Teemu Hartikainen (2) – 06:20 Teemu Hartikainen (3) – 08:10 Vladimir Zharkov (1; ENG) – 18:12		Third period		14:05 – Brandon McMillan (1; PPG)
Juha Metsola (35 shots / 32 saves)		Goalie stats		Igor Bobkov (28 shots / 23 saves) Emil Garipov (7 shots / 7 saves)

7 March	Salavat Yulaev Ufa		1–5	Avangard Omsk	Ufa Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		03:01 – Alexei Potapov (1) 06:08 – Kirill Semyonov (3) 18:11 – Cody Franson (1; PPG)
No scoring		Second period		10:12 – Alexei Emelin (2) 17:13 – Kirill Semyonov (4)
Teemu Hartikainen (4) – 06:26		Third period		No scoring
Juha Metsola (15 shots / 11 saves) Andrei Kareyev (6 shots / 5 saves)		Goalie stats		Igor Bobkov (37 shots / 36 saves)

9 March	Avangard Omsk		3–6	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Balashikha Arena	Recap
Pavel Dedunov (2; SHG) – 05:22		First period		06:16 – Pyotr Khokhryakov (2; PPG)
Ville Pokka (1) – 02:33		Second period		10:15 – Philip Larsen (1; PPG) 14:42 – Vladimir Zharkov (2)
Sergei Shumakov (3) – 17:28		Third period		05:22 – Sakari Manninen (3) 08:00 – Vladislav Kartayev (1; SHG) 15:20 – Pyotr Khokhryakov (3)
Igor Bobkov (22 shots / 16 saves)		Goalie stats		Juha Metsola (41 shots / 38 saves)

11 March	Salavat Yulaev Ufa		4–1	Avangard Omsk	Ufa Arena	Recap
Sakari Manninen (4) – 15:09 Teemu Hartikainen (5; PPG) – 17:01		First period		No scoring
Dmitri Kugryshev (2) – 10:57		Second period		03:20 – Alexander Yaremchuk (1)
Eduard Gimatov (1; SHG/ENG) – 18:57		Third period		No scoring
Juha Metsola (42 shots / 41 saves)		Goalie stats		Igor Bobkov (16 shots / 13 saves) Emil Garipov (5 shots / 5 saves)

Salavat Yulaev Ufa win 4–2

(4) Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg vs. (5) Sibir Novosibirsk

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg finished fourth in the Eastern Conference earning 78 points. Their opponents and Kharlamov Division rivals Sibir Novosibirsk finished as the Eastern Conference's fifth seed, earning 74 points. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams, and Sibir Novosibirsk made the playoffs for the first time since 2016. Sibir Novosibirsk won three out of the four games to be held between the teams during the 2019–20 season, two of which came in overtime.^[8]

2 March	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg		0–2	Sibir Novosibirsk	KRK Uralets	Recap
No scoring		First period		17:26 – Juuso Puustinen (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		19:05 – Evgeny Chesalin (1; ENG)
Jakub Kovář (19 shots / 18 saves)		Goalie stats		Harri Säteri (37 shots / 37 saves)

4 March	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg		0–1	OT	Sibir Novosibirsk	KRK Uralets	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			13:01 – Mikael Ruohomaa (1)
Jakub Kovář (32 shots / 31 saves)		Goalie stats			Harri Säteri (48 shots / 48 saves)

6 March	Sibir Novosibirsk		4–3	OT	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Ice Sports Palace Sibir	Recap
Juuso Puustinen (2) – 07:47 Juuso Puustinen (3; EA) – 11:37		First period			09:24 – Maxim Berezin (1; PPG)
No scoring		Second period			08:59 – Peter Holland (1)
Juuso Puustinen (4) – 05:48		Third period			15:46 – Geoff Platt (1; SHG)
Nikita Shashkov (1) – 09:41		First overtime period			No scoring
Harri Säteri (40 shots / 37 saves)		Goalie stats			Jakub Kovář (39 shots / 35 saves)

8 March	Sibir Novosibirsk		1–5	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Ice Sports Palace Sibir	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Danil Romantsev (1; PPG) – 16:46		Second period		00:57 – Georgi Belousov (1) 06:07 – Pavel Datsyuk (1) 06:45 – Peter Holland (2; PPG)
No scoring		Third period		00:30 – Dan Sexton (1) 15:02 – Maxim Berezin (2)
Harri Säteri (18 shots / 15 saves) Alexei Krasikov (12 shots / 10 saves)		Goalie stats		Jakub Kovář (33 shots / 32 saves)

10 March	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg		1–2	Sibir Novosibirsk	KRK Uralets	Recap
No scoring		First period		16:22 – Dmitri Sayustov (1; PPG)
No scoring		Second period		04:16 – Evgeny Chesalin (2)
Pavel Datsyuk (2; PPG) – 00:44		Third period		No scoring
Jakub Kovář (16 shots / 14 saves)		Goalie stats		Harri Säteri (37 shots / 36 saves)

Sibir Novosibirsk win 4–1

Western Conference first round

(1) CSKA Moscow vs. (8) Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

CSKA Moscow finished first in the Western Conference earning 94 points, winning their second consecutive Western Conference title. Their opponents and Tarasov Division rivals Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod finished as the Western Conference's eighth seed, earning 64 points. The teams had met once previously in the playoffs with CSKA Moscow winning the second round series, 4–1, in 2016. CSKA Moscow won three out of the four games to be held between the teams during the 2019–20 season, with Torpedo's lone success coming in an overtime game.^[8]

2 March	CSKA Moscow		3–0	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	CSKA Arena	Recap
Anton Slepyshev (1) – 04:04 Mario Kempe (1) – 07:05		First period		No scoring
Linden Vey (1) – 03:05		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Ilya Sorokin (16 shots / 16 saves)		Goalie stats		Anders Lindbäck (29 shots / 26 saves)

4 March	CSKA Moscow		3–0	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	CSKA Arena	Recap
Pavel Karnaukhov (1) – 07:56 Mikhail Grigorenko (1; PPG) – 14:07		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Kirill Kaprizov (1; ENG) – 19:57		Third period		No scoring
Ilya Sorokin (19 shots / 19 saves)		Goalie stats		Andrei Tikhomirov (24 shots / 22 saves)

6 March	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod		1–2	OT	CSKA Moscow	Trade Union Sport Palace	Recap
Andrei Belevich (1) – 18:15		First period			08:10 – Maxim Mamin (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			04:24 – Anton Slepyshev (2)
Andrei Tikhomirov (39 shots / 37 saves)		Goalie stats			Ilya Sorokin (31 shots / 30 saves)

8 March	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod		2–3	OT	CSKA Moscow	Trade Union Sport Palace	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Chay Genoway (1) – 18:37		Second period			No scoring
Jordan Schroeder (1; PPG) – 02:12		Third period			06:08 – Mat Robinson (1) 17:15 – Maxim Shalunov (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			02:02 – Kirill Kaprizov (2; PPG)
Andrei Tikhomirov (30 shots / 27 saves)		Goalie stats			Ilya Sorokin (23 shots / 21 saves)

CSKA Moscow win 4–0

(2) SKA Saint Petersburg vs. (7) Vityaz Podolsk

SKA Saint Petersburg finished second in the Western Conference earning 93 points, winning their fourth consecutive Bobrov Division title. Their opponents Vityaz Podolsk finished as the Western Conference's seventh seed, earning 65 points. The teams had met once previously in the playoffs with SKA Saint Petersburg sweeping the first round series in 2017 – having finished as the number 2 and 7 seeds respectively in the 2016–17 season. In their two meetings during the 2019–20 season, SKA Saint Petersburg recorded an overtime victory and Vityaz Podolsk won the other game 4–2.^[9]

1 March	SKA Saint Petersburg		6–1	Vityaz Podolsk	Ice Palace	Recap
Andrei Kuzmenko (1) – 08:32		First period		13:21 – Pavel Chernov (1)
Joonas Kemppainen (1; PPG) – 01:19 Kirill Marchenko (1) – 06:57 Kirill Marchenko (2; PPG) – 10:05 Andrei Kuzmenko (2; PPG) – 10:42		Second period		No scoring
Andrei Kuzmenko (3) – 09:44		Third period		No scoring
Alexander Samonov (18 shots / 17 saves)		Goalie stats		Ilya Ezhov (18 shots / 13 saves) Igor Saprykin (16 shots / 15 saves)

3 March	SKA Saint Petersburg		4–3	Vityaz Podolsk	Ice Palace	Recap
No scoring		First period		12:29 – Quinton Howden (1)
Sergei Plotnikov (1; PPG) – 02:07 Evgeny Ketov (1) – 09:35 Vasily Podkolzin (1) – 11:49 Joonas Kemppainen (2; PPG) – 15:54		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		10:03 – Quinton Howden (2) 13:35 – Alexei Makeyev (1)
Alexander Samonov (34 shots / 31 saves)		Goalie stats		Ilya Ezhov (19 shots / 16 saves) Igor Saprykin (13 shots / 12 saves)

5 March	Vityaz Podolsk		0–6	SKA Saint Petersburg	Vityaz Ice Palace	Recap
No scoring		First period		09:17 – Danila Galenyuk (1) 09:50 – Ivan Morozov (1) 13:51 – Vladimir Tkachev (1; PPG) 19:55 – Anton Burdasov (1; PPG)
No scoring		Second period		09:06 – Kirill Marchenko (3; PPG)
No scoring		Third period		13:36 – Alexander Barabanov (1)
Ilya Ezhov (26 shots / 22 saves) Igor Saprykin (5 shots / 3 saves)		Goalie stats		Magnus Hellberg (31 shots / 31 saves)

7 March	Vityaz Podolsk		2–3	3OT	SKA Saint Petersburg	Vityaz Ice Palace	Recap
Ville Lajunen (1; PPG) – 18:11		First period			00:48 – Anton Belov (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Alexei Makeyev (2) – 03:53		Third period			13:12 – Sergei Plotnikov (2)
No scoring		Third overtime period			13:27 – Lukas Bengtsson (1; PPG)
Ilya Ezhov (70 shots / 67 saves)		Goalie stats			Magnus Hellberg (56 shots / 54 saves)

SKA Saint Petersburg win 4–0

(3) Jokerit vs. (6) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Jokerit finished third in the Western Conference earning 84 points. Their opponents Lokomotiv Yaroslavl finished as the Western Conference's sixth seed, earning 73 points. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams; the teams played each other six times during the 2019–20 season, with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl winning four of the games.^[9]

1 March	Jokerit		6–0	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Hartwall Arena	Recap
Veli-Matti Savinainen (1; PPG) – 18:39		First period		No scoring
Peter Regin (1) – 00:38 Nicklas Jensen (1) – 10:44 Petri Kontiola (1; PPG) – 14:17 Veli-Matti Savinainen (2; SHG) – 19:18		Second period		No scoring
Mikko Lehtonen (1; PPG) – 13:25		Third period		No scoring
Antti Niemi (17 shots / 17 saves)		Goalie stats		Aleksandr Lazushin (25 shots / 20 saves) Ilya Konovalov (4 shots / 3 saves)

3 March	Jokerit		5–1	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Hartwall Arena	Recap
Marko Anttila (1) – 01:57 David Sklenička (1) – 10:28 Sami Lepistö (1; PPG) – 15:28		First period		No scoring
Saku Mäenalanen (1) – 04:23		Second period		06:19 – Magnus Pääjärvi (1; PPG)
Antti Pihlström (1; SHG/ENG) – 19:22		Third period		No scoring
Jānis Kalniņš (17 shots / 16 saves)		Goalie stats		Ilya Konovalov (11 shots / 8 saves) Aleksandr Lazushin (14 shots / 13 saves)

5 March	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl		0–3	Jokerit	Arena 2000	Recap
No scoring		First period		00:57 – Viktor Lööv (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		04:28 – Saku Mäenalanen (2; PPG) 10:36 – Nicklas Jensen (2)
Aleksandr Lazushin (27 shots / 24 saves)		Goalie stats		Jānis Kalniņš (35 shots / 35 saves)

7 March	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl		4–3	Jokerit	Arena 2000	Recap
No scoring		First period		19:48 – Marko Anttila (2)
Nikita Cherepanov (1) – 08:45 Artur Kayumov (1) – 10:22		Second period		No scoring
Egor Averin (1) – 01:34 Stéphane Da Costa (1; PPG) – 15:51		Third period		13:38 – Peter Regin (2) 19:34 – Henrik Haapala (1; EA)
Ilya Konovalov (40 shots / 37 saves)		Goalie stats		Jānis Kalniņš (37 shots / 33 saves)

9 March	Jokerit		2–4	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Hartwall Arena	Recap
Antti Pihlström (2) – 15:28 Jesse Joensuu (1) – 17:29		First period		09:09 – Pavel Kudryavtsev (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		02:54 – Grigori Denisenko (1) 06:36 – Stéphane Da Costa (2) 16:32 – Artur Kayumov (2)
Jānis Kalniņš (25 shots / 21 saves)		Goalie stats		Ilya Konovalov (28 shots / 26 saves)

11 March	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl		1–5	Jokerit	Arena 2000	Recap
Stéphane Da Costa (3; PPG) – 03:12		First period		01:27 – Henrik Haapala (2) 18:05 – Veli-Matti Savinainen (3)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		08:37 – Antti Pihlström (3) 12:44 – Nicklas Jensen (3) 16:52 – Oliver Lauridsen (1; ENG)
Ilya Konovalov (33 shots / 29 saves)		Goalie stats		Jānis Kalniņš (24 shots / 23 saves)

Jokerit win 4–2

(4) Dynamo Moscow vs. (5) Spartak Moscow

Dynamo Moscow finished fourth in the Western Conference earning 82 points. Their cross-city opponents and Bobrov Division rivals Spartak Moscow finished as the Western Conference's fifth seed, earning 77 points. The teams had met once previously in the playoffs with Spartak Moscow winning their first round series in 2010. Dynamo Moscow won all four games to be held between the teams during the 2019–20 season.^[8]

2 March	Dynamo Moscow		5–1	Spartak Moscow	VTB Arena	Recap
Dmitrij Jaškin (1) – 02:44		First period		No scoring
André Petersson (1) – 13:42 André Petersson (2) – 17:40		Second period		No scoring
Michal Čajkovský (1; PPG) – 01:53 Vladimir Bryukvin (1) – 19:02		Third period		16:38 – Anatoli Nikontsev (1)
Alexander Yeryomenko (32 shots / 31 saves)		Goalie stats		Július Hudáček (23 shots / 20 saves) Pavel Khomchenko (11 shots / 9 saves)

4 March	Dynamo Moscow		4–3	Spartak Moscow	VTB Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		04:52 – Ansel Galimov (1)
Vadim Shipachyov (1; PPG) – 07:46		Second period		No scoring
Vadim Shipachyov (2; PPG) – 16:35 André Petersson (3) – 18:52 Mikhail Grigoryev (1; ENG) – 19:23		Third period		00:56 – Patrik Hersley (1) 19:54 – Robin Hanzl (1; EA/PPG)
Alexander Yeryomenko (29 shots / 26 saves)		Goalie stats		Július Hudáček (32 shots / 29 saves)

6 March	Spartak Moscow		5–4	OT	Dynamo Moscow	CSKA Arena	Recap
Ilya Zubov (1) – 06:28 Artyom Fyodorov (1) – 19:54		First period			00:53 – Igor Polygalov (1) 03:12 – Kirill Lyamin (1; PPG) 04:34 – Ivan Muranov (1)
Alexander Khokhlachev (1) – 13:14		Second period			14:39 – Michal Čajkovský (2)
Patrik Hersley (2; PPG) – 17:16		Third period			No scoring
Mikhail Kotlyarevsky (1) – 15:27		First overtime period			No scoring
Július Hudáček (4 shots / 2 saves) Nikita Bespalov (36 shots / 34 saves)		Goalie stats			Ivan Bocharov (49 shots / 44 saves)

8 March	Spartak Moscow		3–2	Dynamo Moscow	CSKA Arena	Recap
Artyom Fyodorov (2; PPG) – 10:33 Ilya Zubov (2) – 12:20		First period		No scoring
Kaspars Daugaviņš (1; PPG) – 14:23		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		03:03 – Vadim Shipachyov (3; PPG) 19:41 – André Petersson (4; EA)
Nikita Bespalov (38 shots / 36 saves)		Goalie stats		Alexander Yeryomenko (25 shots / 22 saves)

10 March	Dynamo Moscow		4–1	Spartak Moscow	VTB Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Vadim Shipachyov (4) – 18:00		Second period		No scoring
Maxim Afinogenov (2) – 07:38 Igor Polygalov (2; SHG/ENG) – 17:47 Dmitrij Jaškin (2; ENG) – 19:21		Third period		17:03 – Patrik Hersley (3; EA/PPG)
Alexander Yeryomenko (36 shots / 35 saves)		Goalie stats		Nikita Bespalov (28 shots / 26 saves)

12 March	Spartak Moscow		2–3	OT	Dynamo Moscow	CSKA Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:05 – Vladimir Bryukvin (2)
Robin Hanzl (2) – 13:40 Alexander Khokhlachev (2) – 19:16		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			06:46 – André Petersson (5; PPG)
No scoring		First overtime period			03:16 – Dmitrij Jaškin (3)
Július Hudáček (31 shots / 28 saves)		Goalie stats			Alexander Yeryomenko (34 shots / 32 saves)

Dynamo Moscow win 4–2

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points, at the cancellation of the season on 25 March 2020.^[10] 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
Linus Omark	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	6	1	11	12	+7	0
Vadim Shipachyov	Dynamo Moscow	6	4	4	8	+8	20
Nicklas Jensen	Jokerit	6	3	4	7	+5	2
Sergei Shumakov	Avangard Omsk	6	3	4	7	+4	4
Teemu Hartikainen	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	6	5	1	6	+5	0
André Petersson	Dynamo Moscow	6	5	1	6	+8	4
Sakari Manninen	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	6	4	2	6	+6	6
Kirill Semyonov	Avangard Omsk	6	4	2	6	+5	4
Dmitrij Jaškin	Dynamo Moscow	6	3	3	6	+6	6
Vladimir Tkachev	SKA Saint Petersburg	4	1	5	6	+1	2

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, at the cancellation of the season on 25 March 2020.^[11]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Magnus Hellberg	SKA Saint Petersburg	2	173:27	2	0	2	1	97.70%	0.69
Timur Bilyalov	Ak Bars Kazan	4	251:59	4	0	3	1	97.50%	0.71
Ilya Sorokin	CSKA Moscow	4	246:04	4	0	3	2	96.63%	0.73
Edward Pasquale	Barys Nur-Sultan	5	280:31	4	1	6	2	96.03%	1.28
Harri Säteri	Sibir Novosibirsk	5	289:18	4	1	7	2	96.11%	1.45

References

^ "League confirms format for Stage Two" (PDF). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
^ "KHL playoffs suspended until April 10". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ "КХЛ приняла решение о досрочном завершении сезона 2019/2020". www.khl.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-02-21.
^ Seren Rosso, Alessandro (30 January 2020). "League unveils 2019-20 playoffs logos". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 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 25 March 2020.
^ "KHL working on new playoff format after two teams drop out". Sportsnet. Rogers Media. Associated Press. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ Clinton, Jared (14 March 2020). "KHL's Jokerit voluntarily withdraws from Gagarin Cup playoffs ahead of second-round series". The Hockey News. Roustan Media Ltd. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Landvogt, Chapin (2 March 2020). "Day Two of KHL playoff action sees the next 8 teams up to bat!". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Landvogt, Chapin (1 March 2020). "KHL playoffs begin with four extremely enticing match-ups!". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ "Leaders: Points (G+A)". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ "Leaders: Goaltenders (GAA)". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

External links

Official website

[7] On 16 March 2020, Barys voluntarily withdrew from the playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

[9] On 14 March 2020, Jokerit voluntarily withdrew from the playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

[KHLPlayoffs-1] "League confirms format for Stage Two" (PDF). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

[2] "KHL playoffs suspended until April 10". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[3] "КХЛ приняла решение о досрочном завершении сезона 2019/2020". www.khl.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-02-21.

[4] Seren Rosso, Alessandro (30 January 2020). "League unveils 2019-20 playoffs logos". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 25 February 2020. The postseason starts on March 1st, and the potential 7th game of the Gagarin Cup finals is scheduled for April 25th.

[5] "KHL has cancelled the remainder of the 2019-20 season". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[6] "KHL working on new playoff format after two teams drop out". Sportsnet. Rogers Media. Associated Press. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[8] Clinton, Jared (14 March 2020). "KHL's Jokerit voluntarily withdraws from Gagarin Cup playoffs ahead of second-round series". The Hockey News. Roustan Media Ltd. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

[March_2-10] Landvogt, Chapin (2 March 2020). "Day Two of KHL playoff action sees the next 8 teams up to bat!". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[March_1-11] Landvogt, Chapin (1 March 2020). "KHL playoffs begin with four extremely enticing match-ups!". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[12] "Leaders: Points (G+A)". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[13] "Leaders: Goaltenders (GAA)". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

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