2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs explained

Gagarin Cup playoffs
Year:	2015
Dates:	February 27–April 19, 2015
Num Teams:	16
Winners:	SKA Saint Petersburg
Second:	Ak Bars Kazan
Stat Leader Title:	Scoring leader(s)
Stat Leader Player:	Vadim Shipachyov (SKA)
Stat Leader Value:	22 points
Prev Season:	2014
Next Season:	2016

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]

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

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

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

Player	Team	GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
		18	1124:39	13	5	23	6	.947	1.23
		14	803:14	8	5	21	1	.943	1.57
		20	1256:41	14	6	34	3	.935	1.62
		10	587:23	5	5	16	2	.937	1.63
		8	394:55	5	1	11	2	.933	1.67
		11	611:42	6	4	17	2	.929	1.67

Notes and References

1. Web site: All Set for Quarter-Finals. khl.ru. 2015-02-25.