2015–16 KHL season
2015–16 KHL season | |
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League | Kontinental Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | 24 August 2015 – 19 April 2016 |
Number of games | 60 |
Number of teams | 28 |
Regular season | |
Continental Cup winner | ![]() |
Top scorer | ![]() |
Playoffs | |
Western champions | ![]() |
Western runners-up | ![]() |
Eastern champions | ![]() |
Eastern runners-up | ![]() |
Gagarin Cup | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
The 2015–16 KHL season was the eighth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 24 August 2015 with the Opening Cup between defending champions SKA Saint Petersburg and last year's Continental Cup winners CSKA Moscow, replacing Ak Bars Kazan, the previous season's Gagarin Cup finalists.[1][2]
Team changes
[edit]Spartak Moscow returned to the league prior to this season.[3][4] It was also announced by KHL President Dmitry Chernyshenko that Atlant Moscow Oblast would not participate in the league this season due to financial problems.[5]
Divisions and regular season format
[edit]In this season, each team played every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 54 games (27 at home, 27 on the road), plus 6 additional games (3 at home, 3 on the road) played by each team against rival clubs from its own conference. Thus, each team played a total of 60 games in the regular season.[6]
How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.[2][7]
Western Conference | Eastern Conference |
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League standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | CSKA Moscow | 60 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 163 | 87 | +76 | 127 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs[a] |
2 | Jokerit | 60 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 167 | 140 | +27 | 108 | |
3 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 60 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 155 | 94 | +61 | 125 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
4 | HC Sochi | 60 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 175 | 149 | +26 | 108 | |
5 | Dynamo Moscow | 60 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 167 | 126 | +41 | 105 | |
6 | SKA Saint Petersburg | 60 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 176 | 149 | +27 | 100 | |
7 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 60 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 163 | 137 | +26 | 100 | |
8 | Slovan Bratislava | 60 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 154 | 148 | +6 | 89 | |
9 | Dinamo Minsk | 60 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 147 | 168 | −21 | 83 | |
10 | Medveščak Zagreb | 60 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 144 | 172 | −28 | 78 | |
11 | Spartak Moscow | 60 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 139 | 172 | −33 | 77 | |
12 | Dinamo Riga | 60 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 129 | 151 | −22 | 75 | |
13 | Vityaz Podolsk | 60 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 129 | 166 | −37 | 70 | |
14 | Severstal Cherepovets | 60 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 124 | 167 | −43 | 58 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
- ^ Two winners of divisions hold the first two places in the conference
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Avangard Omsk | 60 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 156 | 120 | +36 | 106 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs[a] |
2 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 60 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 180 | 138 | +42 | 103 | |
3 | Sibir Novosibirsk | 60 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 155 | 133 | +22 | 105 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
4 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 60 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 179 | 156 | +23 | 101 | |
5 | Ak Bars Kazan | 60 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 143 | 127 | +16 | 96 | |
6 | Admiral Vladivostok | 60 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 157 | 163 | −6 | 95 | |
7 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 60 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 145 | 158 | −13 | 92 | |
8 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 60 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 130 | 135 | −5 | 86 | |
9 | Barys Astana | 60 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 167 | 184 | −17 | 85 | |
10 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 60 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 132 | 151 | −19 | 83 | |
11 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | 60 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 120 | 178 | −58 | 72 | |
12 | Amur Khabarovsk | 60 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 112 | 143 | −31 | 69 | |
13 | Lada Togliatti | 60 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 120 | 153 | −33 | 69 | |
14 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 60 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 32 | 128 | 191 | −63 | 55 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) a higher number of wins in the regular time; 3) a higher number of wins in overtime and shootouts; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots.
Notes:
- ^ Two winners of divisions hold the first two places in the conference
Gagarin Cup Playoffs
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Gagarincup.gif/200px-Gagarincup.gif)
The playoffs started on 21 February 2016 with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, and ended with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on 19 April 2016.[8]
Bracket
[edit]Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Gagarin Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 4 |
Final standings
[edit]Player statistics
[edit]Scoring leaders
[edit]As of 18 February 2016
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 57 | 32 | 35 | 67 | +11 | 0 |
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CSKA Moscow | 53 | 23 | 42 | 65 | +28 | 73 |
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Barys Astana | 60 | 20 | 41 | 61 | +16 | 48 |
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SKA Saint Petersburg | 54 | 17 | 43 | 60 | −8 | 63 |
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Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 60 | 18 | 39 | 57 | +12 | 40 |
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Dinamo Minsk | 54 | 26 | 29 | 55 | −10 | 54 |
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Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 60 | 22 | 32 | 54 | +9 | 26 |
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Barys Astana | 55 | 31 | 22 | 53 | +15 | 16 |
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Ak Bars Kazan | 59 | 17 | 36 | 53 | +6 | 26 |
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Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 58 | 20 | 32 | 52 | +7 | 61 |
Source: KHL
Leading goaltenders
[edit]As of 18 February 2016
Player | Team | GP | Min | W | L | SOP | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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CSKA Moscow | 28 | 1638:53 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 10 | .953 | 1.06 |
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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 34 | 1962:29 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 13 | .954 | 1.13 |
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CSKA/Ak Bars | 28 | 1669:11 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 7 | .938 | 1.51 |
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CSKA Moscow | 20 | 1122:04 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 3 | .921 | 1.66 |
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Dynamo Moscow | 23 | 1392:08 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 2 | .936 | 1.77 |
Source: KHL
Awards
[edit]Players of the Month
[edit]Best KHL players of each month.
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Milestones
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References
[edit]- ^ "VIII KHL Season – Only 152 Days to Go". 25 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ a b "KHL 2015–16 Schedule Announced". 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ^ "Ромбик снова в моде: "Спартак" возвращается!". 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015. (in Russian)
- ^ "Moskovan Spartak palaa KHL:ään". 16 February 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015., www.Iltalehti.fi, (in Finnish)
- ^ "ХК "Атлант" пропустит следующий сезон КХЛ". 20 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015., www.championat.com, (in Russian)
- ^ "League confirms format for 2015–16 season". 17 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "League confirms format for 2015–16 season". 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ^ "League confirms format for Stage Two" (PDF). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "September's finest: Murygin, Robinson, Mozyakin and Manukhov". khl.ru. 2015-10-01.
- ^ "October's finest: Salak, Pashnin, Dawes and Zub". khl.ru. 2015-11-02.
- ^ "November's finest: Taylor, Kronwall, Golyshev and Polunin". khl.ru. 2015-12-01.
- ^ "December's finest: Furch, Dallman, Zaripov and Gavrikov". khl.ru. 2016-01-03.
- ^ "January's finest: Sorokin, Robinson, Shipachyov and Ustinsky". khl.ru. 2016-02-03.
- ^ "February's finest: Yeryomenko, Belov, Regin and Lauta". khl.ru. 2016-03-02.
- ^ "March's finest: Sorokin, Denisov, Mozyakin and Sergiyenko". khl.ru. 2016-04-03.