2013 Gagarin Cup playoffs

The 2013 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has begun on February 20, 2013, after the conclusion of the 2012–13 KHL regular season. The 2013 Gagarin Cup Finals started in April.

2013 Gagarin Cup playoffs

Tournament details
Dates	February 20–April 17, 2013
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Dynamo Moscow
Runner-up	Traktor Chelyabinsk
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Logo for the 2013 Gagarin Cup playoffs

Playoff seeds

After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The SKA Saint Petersburg became the Western Conference regular season champions and Continental Cup winners with 115 points. The Ak Bars Kazan were the Eastern Conference regular season champions, finishing the season with 104 points. Lev Prague and Slovan Bratislava both made the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Western Conference

1. SKA Saint Petersburg – Bobrov Division and Western Conference regular season champions, Continental Cup winners – 115 points
2. CSKA Moscow – Tarasov Division champions – 96 points
3. Dynamo Moscow – 101 points
4. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl – 92 points
5. Severstal Cherepovets – 85 points
6. Slovan Bratislava – 78 points
7. Lev Prague – 76 points
8. Atlant Moscow Oblast – 73 points

Eastern Conference

1. Ak Bars Kazan – Kharlamov Division and Eastern Conference regular season champions – 104 points
2. Avangard Omsk – Chernyshev Division champions – 102 points
3. Traktor Chelyabinsk – 98 points
4. Metallurg Magnitogorsk – 93 points
5. Salavat Yulaev Ufa – 88 points
6. Barys Astana – 85 points
7. Sibir Novosibirsk – 84 points
8. Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk – 77 points

Draw

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 Final series, 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 (plus five and seven if necessary), and the lower-seeded team is at home for games three and four (and if necessary, game six).

During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number within the Conference, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with better seeding number has home ice advantage. If the seeding numbers are equal, the regular season record is taken into account.[1]

	Conference Quarter-Finals					Conference Semi-Finals					Conference Finals					Gagarin Cup Finals
	1	Ak Bars	4			1	Ak Bars	4
	8	Neftekhimik	0			5	Salavat Yulaev	3
	2	Avangard	4							Eastern Conference
	7	Sibir	3
											1	Ak Bars	3
										3	Traktor	4
	3	Traktor	4
	6	Barys	3
	4	Metallurg Mg	3			2	Avangard	1
	5	Salavat Yulaev	4			3	Traktor	4
																3	Traktor	2
		(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
																3	Dynamo Msk	4
	1	SKA	4			1	SKA	4
	8	Atlant	1			5	Severstal	0
	2	CSKA	4
	7	Lev	0
											1	SKA	2
										3	Dynamo Msk	4
	3	Dynamo Msk	4
	6	Slovan	0								Western Conference
	4	Lokomotiv	2			2	CSKA	1
	5	Severstal	4			3	Dynamo Msk	4

• 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

Playoff scoring leaders

Updated on 17 April 2013. Source: khl.ru[2]

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Viktor Tikhonov	SKA Saint Petersburg	15	10	9	19	+11	20
Petri Kontiola	Traktor Chelyabinsk	25	10	9	19	+10	12
Jakub Petružálek	Dynamo Moscow	19	9	7	16	+4	4
Tony Mårtensson	SKA Saint Petersburg	15	6	10	16	+8	8
Aleksey Morozov	Ak Bars Kazan	18	6	9	15	+2	4

Playoff leading goaltenders

Updated on 17 April 2013. Source: khl.ru[3]

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

Player	Team	GP	Min	W	L	SOP	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Alexander Eremenko	Dynamo Moscow	21	1309:24	16	5	0	38	3	93.4	1.74
Rastislav Staňa	CSKA Moscow	9	551:12	5	4	0	16	0	93.9	1.74
Konstantin Barulin	Ak Bars Kazan	18	1233:41	11	7	0	36	2	94.1	1.75
Ilya Ezhov	SKA Saint Petersburg	11	645:27	6	4	0	19	2	93.3	1.77
Jeff Glass	Sibir Novosibirsk	7	406:47	3	4	0	12	2	94.1	1.77

References

1. KHL Sports Regulations 2011-2014, revised
2. "Player Stats: 2012–2013 Playoffs: All Skaters – Total Points". Kontinental Hockey League.
3. "Player Stats: 2012–2013 Playoffs: Goalie – Goals Against Average". Kontinental Hockey League.