2018–19 KHL season

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2018–19 KHL season
League Kontinental Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 1 September 2018 – 19 April 2019
Number of teams 25
Regular season
Continental Cup winner CSKA Moscow
Top scorer Nikita Gusev (SKA Saint Petersburg) (82 points)
Playoffs
Western champions CSKA Moscow
  Western runners-up SKA Saint Petersburg
Eastern champions Avangard Omsk
  Eastern runners-up Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Playoffs MVP Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow)[1]
Gagarin Cup Finals
Finals champions CSKA Moscow
  Runners-up Avangard Omsk
Gagarin Cup Finals MVP Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow)[2]
KHL seasons

The 2018–19 KHL season was the eleventh season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 1 September 2018 and ended on 19 April 2019. 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.

Season changes

For the 2018–19 season, 25 teams competed in the KHL – down from 27 in 2017–18. The two teams that were excluded from the league were HC Lada Togliatti and HC Yugra,[5] with both teams moving to the Supreme Hockey League. As well as this, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod were moved from the Western Conference,[6] to the Eastern Conference; as a result, the Western Conference consisted of 12 teams and the Eastern Conference consisted of 13 teams.

The 2018–19 season featured the most games of any KHL season to date, with each team scheduled to play 62 games,[6] up from 56 in 2017–18.

KHL World Games

This season witnessed the first time that KHL games were played in Austria and Switzerland, as part of the KHL World Games.[7] Slovan Bratislava played in both Austrian games (on 26 and 28 October) at the Albert Schultz Eishalle in Vienna – home to the Vienna Capitals of the Austrian Hockey League – losing 9–0 to CSKA Moscow,[8] and 7–0 to SKA Saint Petersburg.[9] The Swiss games were played at the Hallenstadion in Zürich – home to the ZSC Lions of the Swiss National League – with Dinamo Riga playing in both games (on 26 and 28 November), losing 3–1 to SKA Saint Petersburg,[10] and 5–0 to CSKA Moscow.[11]

Teams

The 25 teams were split into four divisions: the Bobrov Division and the Tarasov Division as part of the Western Conference, with the Kharlamov Division and the Chernyshev Division as part of the Eastern Conference.

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

League standings

Each team played 62 games, playing each of the other twenty-four teams twice: once on home ice, and once away from home. As well as this, each team played a further two games against each of their divisional rivals, and four games total against non-divisional teams.

Points were awarded for each game, where two points were awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it was in regulation time, in overtime or after a shootout. One point was awarded for losing in overtime or a shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the Continental Cup winner.

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 HC CSKA Moscow 62 43 10 0 9 191 75 +116 106 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 SKA Saint Petersburg 62 45 4 5 8 209 80 +129 103
3 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 62 34 6 6 16 159 118 +41 86 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 Jokerit 62 32 5 6 19 197 164 +33 80
5 HC Dynamo Moscow 62 27 6 6 23 153 139 +14 72
6 HC Sochi 62 19 9 10 24 145 155 −10 66
7 HC Spartak Moscow 62 21 7 8 26 156 158 −2 64
8 HC Vityaz 62 23 5 7 27 134 169 −35 63
9 Dinamo Riga 62 18 8 10 26 129 155 −26 62
10 Severstal Cherepovets 62 14 9 5 34 124 178 −54 51
11 HC Dinamo Minsk 62 15 2 8 37 119 180 −61 42
12 HC Slovan Bratislava 62 10 5 3 44 101 213 −112 33

Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 62 39 8 1 14 191 125 +66 95 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 Barys Astana 62 28 10 10 14 190 149 +41 86
3 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 62 35 6 2 19 182 132 +50 84 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 Avangard Omsk 62 29 10 5 18 177 133 +44 83
5 Ak Bars Kazan 62 34 4 6 18 165 139 +26 82
6 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 62 24 7 10 21 158 140 +18 72
7 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 62 20 7 10 25 176 193 −17 64
8 Traktor Chelyabinsk 62 18 9 4 31 102 151 −49 58
9 HC Sibir Novosibirsk 62 19 5 6 32 148 192 −44 54
10 HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 62 15 8 6 33 130 164 −34 52
11 HC Kunlun Red Star 62 19 1 11 31 142 190 −48 51
12 Admiral Vladivostok 62 18 5 5 34 139 176 −37 51
13 Amur Khabarovsk 62 17 3 9 33 126 175 −49 49

Playoffs

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.[12]

  Conference Quarter-Finals Conference Semi-Finals Conference Finals Gagarin Cup Finals
                                     
1  Flag of Russia Avtomobilist 4     1  Flag of Russia Avtomobilist 1  
8  Flag of Russia Traktor 0     6  Flag of Russia Salavat Yulaev 4  


2  Flag of Kazakhstan Barys 4 Eastern Conference
7  Flag of Russia Torpedo 3  
    6  Flag of Russia Salavat Yulaev 2  
  4  Flag of Russia Avangard 4  
3  Flag of Russia Metallurg 2  
6  Flag of Russia Salavat Yulaev 4  
4  Flag of Russia Avangard 4   2  Flag of Kazakhstan Barys 1
5  Flag of Russia Ak Bars 0     4  Flag of Russia Avangard 4  


  E4  Flag of Russia Avangard 0
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
  W1  Flag of Russia CSKA 4
1  Flag of Russia CSKA 4     1  Flag of Russia CSKA 4
8  Flag of Russia Vityaz 0     5  Flag of Russia Dynamo 1  
2  Flag of Russia SKA 4
7  Flag of Russia Spartak 2  
  1  Flag of Russia CSKA 4
  2  Flag of Russia SKA 3  
3  Flag of Russia Lokomotiv 4  
6  Flag of Russia Sochi 2   Western Conference
4  Flag of Finland Jokerit 2   2  Flag of Russia SKA 4
5  Flag of Russia Dynamo 4     3  Flag of Russia Lokomotiv 1  

Final standings

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

References

  1. ↑ Potts, Andy. "'It was worth losing to understand what it means to win'", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 20 April 2019. Retrieved on 21 April 2019. “Ilya Sorokin, CSKA goalie and playoff MVP” 
  2. ↑ Potts, Andy. "CSKA's crown, Sorokin's success and a new attendance recorded", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 22 April 2019. Retrieved on 26 April 2019. “CSKA Goalie Ilya Sorokin, who was named MVP, is the first netminder to have two shut-outs in a Gagarin Cup final.” 
  3. ↑ Potts, Andy. "CSKA lifts the Gagarin Cup", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 19 April 2019. Retrieved on 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.” 
  4. ↑ "ЦСКА впервые в истории завоевал Кубок Гагарина", Sportbox.ru, National Sports Channel LLC, 19 April 2019. Retrieved on 19 April 2019. (Russian) 
  5. ↑ Tuniz, Davide. "KHL excludes Lada Togliatti and Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk", EuroHockey.com, European Ice Hockey Online AB, 28 March 2018. Retrieved on 4 October 2018. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "2018/2019 season calendar: start in September and comfortable playoffs", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 5 July 2018. Retrieved on 4 October 2018. 
  7. ↑ "New frontiers – the KHL World Games head to Vienna and Zurich". KHL.ru. Kontinental Hockey League. 28 August 2018. https://en.khl.ru/news/2018/08/28/404981.html. Retrieved 2 October 2018. 
  8. ↑ Potts, Andy. "KHL World Games: Viennese Waltz for CSKA", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 26 October 2018. Retrieved on 25 November 2018. 
  9. ↑ Potts, Andy. "KHL World Games – SKA puts on a masterclass in Vienna", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 28 October 2018. Retrieved on 25 November 2018. 
  10. ↑ Potts, Andy. "KHL World Games – SKA edges past Riga in Zurich", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 27 November 2018. Retrieved on 27 November 2018. 
  11. ↑ Potts, Andy. "KHL World Games: Game 2 – CSKA defeats Riga", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 29 November 2018. Retrieved on 29 November 2018. 
  12. ↑ Seren Rosso, Alessandro. "2018/2019 Playoffs Logo Unveiled", KHL.ru, Kontinental Hockey League, 25 January 2019. Retrieved on 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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