2013–14 KHL season

2013–14 KHL season
League	Kontinental Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	4 September 2013 – April 2014
Number of teams	28
Regular season
Continental Cup winner	Dynamo Moscow
Top scorer	Sergei Mozyakin
Playoffs
Western champions	Lev Praha
Western runners-up	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Eastern champions	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Eastern runners-up	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Gagarin Cup
Champions	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Runners-up	Lev Praha
KHL seasons
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The 2013–14 KHL season was the sixth season of the Kontinental Hockey League.

The league's 28 teams played a 54-game balanced schedule. The regular season began on 4 September with the Lokomotiv Cup between last year's finalists Dynamo Moscow and Traktor Chelyabinsk. The all-star game took place on 11 January in Bratislava, Slovakia and was followed by a 27-day break for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi from 30 January to 25 February. The last day of the regular season was 4 March.^[1]

Sixteen teams, eight from each conference, advanced to the Gagarin Cup playoffs, which began on 7 March. The winner of each conference, Metallurg Magnitogorsk from the East and Lev Prague from the West, met in the Gagarin Cup Final. The seventh and last game was played on 30 April, with Metallurg winning 7–4. All four playoff rounds were best-of-seven series.^[2] As of right now, Lev Prague are the only non-Russian team to play in the Gagarin Cup

In late April 2013 it was announced that a newly created team from Vladivostok would be admitted to league and become the league's second far-eastern team.^[3] The team is called Admiral Vladivostok and its name and emblem were chosen by the public.^[4] Its initial roster was filled in an expansion draft on 17 June.^[5]

A few days after Vladivostok was admitted to the league it was also confirmed that KHL Medveščak from Zagreb, Croatia would join the league.^[6] Medveščak previously played in Austrian-based EBEL league. This made Croatia the eighth country with a KHL team.

In June 2013 Vityaz Chekhov officially announced its relocation to nearby Podolsk, Moscow Oblast where it can play in a bigger arena.^[7]

The regular season began on 4 September 2013 with the Lokomotiv Cup between the finalists of the previous season, Dynamo Moscow and Traktor Chelyabinsk and ended on 4 March 2014 after every team has played 54 matches.

Points are awarded as follows:

• 3 Points for a win in regulation ("W")
• 2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or a penalty shootout ("SOW")
• 1 Point for a loss in overtime ("OTL") or a penalty shootout ("SOL")
• 0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")

The conference standings determine the seedings for the play-offs. The first two places in each conference are reserved for the division winners.

Y – Clinched Division;
C – Clinched Continental Cup;
BOB – Bobrov Division,
TAR – Tarasov Division

Y – Clinched Division;
Z – Clinched Conference
KHA – Kharlamov Division,
CHE – Chernyshev Division

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

As of 3 Mar 2014

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Sergei Mozyakin	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	54	34	39	73	+43	8
Jan Kovář	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	54	23	45	68	+46	46
Danis Zaripov	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	53	25	39	64	+42	32
Brandon Bochenski	Barys Astana	54	28	30	58	+17	55
Nigel Dawes	Barys Astana	54	26	23	49	+7	18
Sakari Salminen	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	54	18	29	47	+8	16
Fedor Malykhin	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	54	22	22	44	+14	26
Kyle Wilson	Dinamo Riga	49	17	27	44	+9	26
Jori Lehterä	Sibir Novosibirsk	48	12	32	44	+14	22
Marcel Hossa	Dinamo Riga	50	22	19	41	+9	33

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

As of 3 Mar 2014

Player	Team	GP	Min	W	L	SOP	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Emil Garipov	Ak Bars Kazan	20	1219:36	13	5	2	29	3	.952	1.43
Vitali Kolesnik	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	19	955:45	7	4	5	24	3	.946	1.51
Georgi Gelashvili	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	20	1163:32	12	6	1	31	5	.939	1.60
Petri Vehanen	HC Lev Praha	41	2495:22	20	13	8	69	4	.932	1.66
Mikko Koskinen	Sibir Novosibirsk	41	2361:35	20	11	8	67	3	.939	1.70

The playoffs started on 7 March 2014, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, and ended on 30 April with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final.

During the first three rounds home ice was determined by seeding number within the Conference, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with better seeding number had home ice advantage. If the seeding numbers were equal, the regular season record was taken into account.^[10]

	Conference Quarterfinals					Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals					Gagarin Cup Finals
	1	Metallurg Mg	4
	8	Admiral	1
						1	Metallurg Mg	4
						6	Sibir	0
	2	Barys	4
	7	Avtomobilist	0
											1	Metallurg Mg	4
	Eastern Conference
											4	Salavat Yulaev	1
	3	Ak Bars	2
	6	Sibir	4
						2	Barys	2
						4	Salavat Yulaev	4
	4	Salavat Yulaev	4
	5	Torpedo	3
																1	Metallurg Mg	4
																3	Lev	3
	1	Dynamo Msk	3
	8	Lokomotiv	4
						2	SKA	2
						8	Lokomotiv	4
	2	SKA	4
	7	CSKA	0
											3	Lev	4
	Western Conference
											8	Lokomotiv	1
	3	Lev	4
	6	Medveščak	0
						3	Lev	4
						4	Donbass	2
	4	Donbass	4
	5	Dinamo Rg	3

Updated on 30 April 2014. Source: khl.ru^[11]

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

Updated on 30 April 2014. Source: khl.ru^[12]

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

The 12 teams that do not advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs participate in Nadezhda Cup. The teams ranked 9th and 10th in their conferences are seeded and start their games from Quarterfinals, while the other teams start their games from the first round. The First Round consists of two games. In case there is a 1–1 tie in the end of the first round, 5-minute overtime and a penalty shootout, if necessary, follow after Game 2. The other rounds consist of up to four games. If there is a 2–2 tie in the end of such a round, the series is decided in a 20-minute overtime with a shootout if necessary.^[13]

* Note: Spartak Moscow was excluded from Nadezhda Cup 2014 tournament due to financial issues.^[14]

Rank	Team
1	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2	Lev Praha
3	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
4	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
5	SKA Saint Petersburg
6	HC Donbass
7	Barys Astana
8	Sibir Novosibirsk
9	Dynamo Moscow
10	Ak Bars Kazan
11	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
12	Dinamo Riga
13	Medveščak Zagreb
14	CSKA Moscow
15	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
16	Admiral Vladivostok
17	Atlant Moscow Oblast
18	Severstal Cherepovets
19	Traktor Chelyabinsk
20	Avangard Omsk
21	Slovan Bratislava
22	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
23	Spartak Moscow
24	Vityaz Chekhov
25	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
26	Dinamo Minsk
27	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
28	Amur Khabarovsk

Best KHL players of each month.

Month	Goaltender	Defense	Forward	Rookie
September	Konstantin Barulin (Kazan)	Chris Lee (Magintogorsk)	Maxim Pestushko (Dyn. Moscow)	Andrei Vasilevski (Ufa)
October[15]	Barry Brust (Zagreb)	Maxim Chudinov (St. Petersburg)	Danis Zaripov (Magintogorsk)	Yaroslav Dyblenko (Atlant)
November[16]	Alexander Salák (St. Petersburg)	Deron Quint (Spartak)	Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk)	Andrei Vasilevski (Ufa)
December[17]	Jakub Kovář (Yekatarinburg)	Dominik Graňák (Dyn. Moscow)	Brandon Bochenski (Astana)	Mark Skutar (Novokusnetsk)
January[18]	Jakub Kovář (Yekatarinburg)	Viktor Antipin (Magintogorsk)	Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk)	Sergei Shmelyov (Atlant)
February	not awarded (Olympic break)
March[19]	Curtis Sanford (Yaroslavl)	Ilya Gorokhov (Yaroslavl)	Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk)	Andrei Vasilevski (Ufa)
April[20]	Vasiliy Koshechkin (Magnitogorsk)	Ondřej Němec (Prague)	Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk)	Andrei Vasilevski (Ufa)