The 2017 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on February 22, 2017, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, following the conclusion of the 2016–17 KHL regular season.
Playoff seeds After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Western Conference regular season winners and Continental Cup winners are CSKA Moscow with 137 points. Metallurg Magnitogorsk are the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 124 points.
Draw The playoffs started on February 22, 2017, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on April 16, 2017.
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
As of 16 Apr 2017 Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIMJan Kovář Metallurg Magnitogorsk 18 10 15 25 +11 22Sergei Mozyakin Metallurg Magnitogorsk 17 7 17 24 +8 6Nikita Gusev SKA Saint Petersburg 18 7 16 23 +2 2Danis Zaripov Metallurg Magnitogorsk 18 15 7 22 +12 18Chris Lee Metallurg Magnitogorsk 18 1 20 21 +16 22Vadim Shipachyov SKA Saint Petersburg 17 4 16 20 +6 8Evgenii Dadonov SKA Saint Petersburg 18 9 10 19 +6 2Patrik Hersley SKA Saint Petersburg 16 6 12 18 +13 6Anton Belov SKA Saint Petersburg 18 3 11 14 +4 10Brandon Kozun Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 14 2 12 14 –2 4
Source: KHL
Leading goaltenders
As of 16 Apr 2017
Player Team GP Min W L GA SO SV% GAA Mikko Koskinen SKA Saint Petersburg 15 912 12 1 25 1 .938 1.64 Mikhail Biryukov Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 3 213 0 3 6 0 .948 1.69 Niklas Svedberg Salavat Yulaev Ufa 5 272 1 4 8 0 .933 1.76 Emil Garipov Ak Bars Kazan 15 941 8 7 29 2 .933 1.85 Dominik Furch Avangard Omsk 12 752 6 6 24 1 .922 1.91
Source: KHL
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