2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs

The 2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on February 27, 2015, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, after the conclusion of the 2014–15 KHL regular season.

Playoff seeds[]

After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The CSKA Moscow became the Western Conference regular season champions and Continental Cup winners with 139 points. The Ak Bars Kazan were the Eastern Conference regular season champions, finishing the season with 120 points. New addition Jokerit made the playoffs in its first season in the KHL.

Draw[]

The playoffs began on February 27, 2015, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences., and ended with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final.^[1]

	Conference Quarter-Finals					Conference Semi-Finals					Conference Finals					Gagarin Cup Finals
	1	Ak Bars	4			1	Ak Bars	4
	8	Avtomobilist	1			4	Avangard	1
	2	Sibir	4							Eastern Conference
	7	Traktor	2
											1	Ak Bars	4
										2	Sibir	1
	3	Metallurg Mg	4
	6	Salavat Yulaev	1
	4	Avangard	4			2	Sibir	4
	5	Barys	3			3	Metallurg Mg	1
																1	Ak Bars	1
		(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
																2	SKA	4
	1	CSKA	4			1	CSKA	4
	8	HC Sochi	0			4	Jokerit	1
	2	SKA	4
	7	Torpedo	1
											1	CSKA	3
										2	SKA	4
	3	Dynamo Msk	4
	6	Lokomotiv	2								Western Conference
	4	Jokerit	4			2	SKA	4
	5	Dinamo Mn	1			3	Dynamo Msk	1

• 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.

Player statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

As of 19 Apr 2015

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Vadim Shipachyov	SKA Saint Petersburg	22	6	16	22	+11	2
Alexander Radulov	CSKA Moscow	16	8	13	21	+7	20
Evgenii Dadonov	SKA Saint Petersburg	22	15	5	20	+12	8
Igor Grigorenko	CSKA Moscow	14	10	9	19	+6	8
Ilya Kovalchuk	SKA Saint Petersburg	22	8	11	19	+6	12

Leading goaltenders[]

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOP = Shootouts played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

As of 15 Apr 2015

Player	Team	GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Anders Nilsson	Ak Bars Kazan	18	1124:39	13	5	23	6	.947	1.23
Alexander Salák	Sibir Novosibirsk	14	803:14	8	5	21	1	.943	1.57
Mikko Koskinen	SKA Saint Petersburg	20	1256:41	14	6	34	3	.935	1.62
Alexander Lazushin	Dynamo Moscow	10	587:23	5	5	16	2	.937	1.63
Stanislav Galimov	CSKA Moscow	8	394:55	5	1	11	2	.933	1.67
Kevin Lalande	CSKA Moscow	11	611:42	6	4	17	2	.929	1.67

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