2016–17 KHL season

2016–2017 KHL season
League Kontinental Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 22 August 2016 – April 2017
Number of games 62
Number of teams 29
Regular season
Playoffs
Gagarin Cup

The 2016–17 KHL season is the ninth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 22 August 2016.[1][2]

Team changes

The Chinese club Kunlun Red Star joined the league, to become its 29th team.[3][4]

Divisions and regular season format

In this season, like in 2015–16 season, each team will play every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 56 games (28 at home, 28 on the road), plus 4 additional games (2 at home, 2 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.[2][5]

How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.[6][7][8][9]

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

League standings

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SKA Saint Petersburg 35 25 4 4 2 155 56 +99 87 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
2 CSKA Moscow 37 23 2 6 6 108 72 +36 79
3 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 36 19 3 3 11 85 71 +14 66 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 34 16 3 4 11 83 72 +11 58
5 Dinamo Minsk 35 15 5 2 13 97 95 +2 57
6 Jokerit 35 15 2 7 11 83 91 −8 56
7 HC Sochi 36 14 5 2 15 84 83 +1 54
8 Dynamo Moscow 35 11 8 4 12 78 71 +7 53
9 Vityaz Podolsk 35 13 5 3 14 82 91 −9 52
10 Spartak Moscow 34 13 2 3 16 77 82 −5 46
11 Medveščak Zagreb 36 12 3 2 19 75 104 −29 44
12 Slovan Bratislava 34 11 3 3 17 75 99 −24 42
13 Severstal Cherepovets 19 6 1 4 8 38 54 −16 24
14 Dinamo Riga 34 6 3 5 20 61 86 −25 29
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: KHL
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:
  1. ↑ Two winners of divisions hold the first two places in the conference

Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 36 23 2 4 7 116 70 +46 77 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
2 Avangard Omsk 36 19 4 3 10 90 72 +18 68
3 Ak Bars Kazan 38 20 7 2 9 104 69 +35 76 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 36 17 3 5 11 107 90 +17 62
5 Traktor Chelyabinsk 36 16 3 5 12 81 68 +13 59
6 Admiral Vladivostok 35 14 2 6 13 85 83 +2 52
7 Kunlun Red Star 34 17 0 0 17 76 81 −5 51
8 Sibir Novosibirsk 37 11 5 5 16 83 91 −8 48
9 Barys Astana 33 13 3 2 15 85 96 −11 47
10 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 35 12 5 1 17 80 93 −13 47
11 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 36 11 5 3 17 77 101 −24 46
12 Lada Togliatti 36 11 3 2 20 92 107 −15 41
13 Amur Khabarovsk 36 10 3 5 18 59 81 −22 41
14 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 36 11 3 0 22 66 84 −18 39
15 Metallurg Novokuznetsk 36 5 2 2 27 56 117 −61 21
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: KHL
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:
  1. ↑ Two winners of divisions hold the first two places in the conference

Gagarin Cup Playoffs

Gagarin Cup

The playoffs will start on 21 February 2017, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on April 2017.[2]

  Conference Quarter-Finals Conference Semi-Finals Conference Finals Gagarin Cup Finals
                                     
1          
8          
2   Eastern Conference
7    
       
     
3    
6    
4      
5          
   
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
   
1        
8          
2  
7    
   
     
3    
6     Western Conference
4      
5          

Final standings

RankTeam
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

As of 29 November 2016

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Russia Sergei Mozyakin Metallurg Magnitogorsk 36 28 26 54 +14 2
Russia Ilya Kovalchuk SKA Saint Petersburg 35 22 27 49 +26 14
Russia Nikita Gusev SKA Saint Petersburg 33 15 29 44 +27 6
Czech Republic Jan Kovář Metallurg Magnitogorsk 35 17 25 42 +6 12
Russia Vadim Shipachyov SKA Saint Petersburg 28 9 30 39 +26 16

Source: KHL

Leading goaltenders

As of 30 November 2016

Player Team GP Min W L SOP GA SO SV% GAA
Czech Republic Pavel Francouz Traktor Chelyabinsk 14 786:40 6 3 2 16 3 .958 1.22
Russia Alexander Yeryomenko Dynamo Moscow 19 1109:05 10 3 4 27 3 .941 1.46
Russia Igor Shestyorkin SKA Saint Petersburg 26 1468:22 19 2 3 37 8 .942 1.51
Russia Ilya Proskuryakov Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 34 1830:40 20 10 3 46 5 .937 1.51
Russia Ilya Sorokin CSKA Moscow 27 1551:26 16 5 5 39 4 .931 1.51

Source: KHL

Awards

Players of the Month

Best KHL players of each month.

Month Goaltender Defense Forward Rookie
September[10] Russia Ilya Proskuryakov (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) Canada Mat Robinson (Dynamo Moscow) Russia Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Russia Vladimir Tkachev (Admiral Vladivostok)
October[11] Russia Igor Shestyorkin (SKA Saint Petersburg) Canada Chris Lee (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Russia Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA Saint Petersburg) Russia Artyom Zagidulin (Kunlun Red Star)
November
December
January
February
March
April

References

  1. ↑ "Schedule for 2016/2017 season confirmed". 24 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mark your Calendars! 2016-17 Season Schedule". 15 July 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Enter the Dragon! Beijing club to join KHL". 25 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "It's Official! Kunlun Red Star joins the KHL". 25 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "League confirms format for 2015–16 season". 17 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Club-by-club – the Bobrov Division". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Club-by-club – the Tarasov Division". 17 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Club-by-club – the Kharlamov Division". 18 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Club-by-club – the Chernyshev Division". 19 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "September's finest: Proskuryakov, Robinson, Mozyakin and Tkachyov". khl.ru. 2016-10-07.
  11. ↑ "October's finest: Shestyorkin, Lee, Kovalchuk and Zagidulin". khl.ru. 2016-11-01.

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