2019–20 KHL season

2019–20 KHL season
League	Kontinental Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	1 September 2019 – 12 March 2020
Number of games	62
Number of teams	24
Regular season
Continental Cup winner	CSKA Moscow
Top scorer	Vadim Shipachyov (Dynamo Moscow) (65 points)
KHL seasons
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The 2019–20 KHL season was the 12th season of the Kontinental Hockey League. There were 24 teams that competed in 62 regular season games. The season began with the Opening Cup on 1 September 2019, and the regular championship ran until 27 February 2020. The playoffs were scheduled to take place from 1 March through until 30 April. The All-Star Weekend took place over 18–19 January 2020.

Due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe, the season was prematurely ended on 25 March 2020, midway through the playoffs.

The Russian Hockey Federation declared CSKA Moscow the Russian champions, SKA Saint Petersburg and Ak Bars Kazan silver medalists, and Dynamo Moscow bronze medalists based on regular season standings.

Season changes

For the 2019–20 season, the KHL originally announced that all 25 teams from the 2018–19 would return and continue without any changes to Divisions realignments. However the competition was reduced to 24 teams after Slovak based, HC Slovan Bratislava, announced that they would be withdrawing from the KHL to return to the Slovak Extraliga due to financial restrictions on 27 May 2019. With Slovan Bratislava's exit, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod were moved from the Eastern Conference, to the Western Conference, reversing the move of the previous season. As a result, both Conferences consisted of 12 teams.

Smart pucks

Smart puck technology, backed up with chips in players' jerseys, was used in all KHL games in the coming season. The new technology was trialled in the All-Star Game in Kazan last season and was also used in regular season games in Helsinki. Every arena in the league installed sensors capable of collecting information from the chips 100 times a second. That information was available to various users and coaches in real time, giving-up-to-the-second details of the players’ speed, the distance covered in each shift, the speed and location of each shot and much more.

The KHL is the first league in the world to implement this technology across the board.

Standings

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CSKA Moscow (Q, Z)	62	40	5	4	13	202	99	+103	94	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2	SKA Saint Petersburg (Q, X)	62	30	14	5	13	179	118	+61	93
3	Jokerit (Q)	62	28	10	8	16	184	164	+20	84	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4	Dynamo Moscow (Q)	62	29	8	8	17	182	144	+38	82
5	Spartak Moscow (Q)	62	26	8	9	19	173	143	+30	77
6	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Q)	62	25	9	5	23	170	151	+19	73
7	Vityaz Podolsk (Q)	62	19	8	11	24	137	166	−29	65
8	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Q)	62	22	7	6	27	165	167	−2	64
9	HC Sochi (E)	62	15	10	9	28	124	164	−40	59
10	Severstal Cherepovets (E)	62	14	10	10	28	126	171	−45	58
11	Dinamo Riga (E)	62	11	6	7	38	103	187	−84	41
12	Dinamo Minsk (E)	62	11	3	11	37	135	232	−97	39

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ak Bars Kazan (Q, Y)	62	38	6	5	13	178	121	+57	93	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2	Barys Nur-Sultan (Q, X)	62	31	7	8	16	156	137	+19	84
3	Avangard Omsk (Q)	62	30	7	9	16	163	120	+43	83	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (Q)	62	24	11	8	19	168	151	+17	78
5	Sibir Novosibirsk (Q)	62	27	7	6	22	139	143	−4	74
6	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Q)	62	23	6	10	23	153	144	+9	68
7	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Q)	62	20	8	9	25	138	145	−7	65
8	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Q)	62	21	7	8	26	162	158	+4	64
9	Amur Khabarovsk (E)	62	20	6	10	26	132	145	−13	62
10	Kunlun Red Star (E)	62	20	6	8	28	139	158	−19	60
11	Traktor Chelyabinsk (E)	62	20	5	6	31	132	161	−29	56
12	Admiral Vladivostok (E)	62	16	10	4	32	126	177	−51	56

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. 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. 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
						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
	4	Dynamo	4
	5	Spartak	2

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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