2020–21 KHL season

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2020–21 KHL season
League Kontinental Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration
  • 2 September 2020 – 27 February 2021 (regular season)
  • 2 March – 28 April 2021 (playoffs)
Number of games 60
Number of teams 23
Regular season
Continental Cup winner CSKA Moscow
(91 points)
Top scorer
Playoffs
Western champions CSKA Moscow
  Western runners-up SKA Saint Petersburg
Eastern champions Avangard Omsk
  Eastern runners-up Ak Bars Kazan
Finals champions Avangard Omsk
  Runners-up CSKA Moscow
KHL seasons

The 2020–21 KHL season was the thirteenth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. There were 23 teams that competed in 60 regular season games, beginning on 2 September 2020 and finishing on 27 February 2021.[1] The playoffs were held from 2 March, culminating in Game 6 of the Gagarin Cup Finals on 28 April. Avangard Omsk won their first Gagarin Cup title, avenging their sweep in the finals of the 2019 Gagarin Cup playoffs, defeating CSKA Moscow by 4 games to 2.[2]

Season changes

For the 2020–21 season, the competition was reduced to 23 teams after Admiral Vladivostok took a hiatus for the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia affecting their financial status.[3]

With pre-season events returning to the schedule in August as a part of preparations to start the season, Jokerit, whose ability to stage games was governed by Finland's restrictions in response to the coronavirus pandemic, announced that it expected to play before a reduced audience at the Hartwall Arena during the first month of the campaign.[4]

Due to the on-going travel restrictions against the COVID-19 pandemic, Kunlun Red Star determined that they would be unable to play in Wukesong Arena situated in Beijing, China for this season. In August, the club signed a contract to play out of Mytishchi Arena, the second venue for the 2007 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships located on the outskirts of Moscow.[5]

Teams

The 23 teams were split into four divisions: the Bobrov Division and the Tarasov Division as part of the Western Conference, with the Kharlamov Division and the Chernyshev Division as part of the Eastern Conference.

Following Admiral Vladivostok's hiatus from the league, and to alleviate any potential issues with teams transiting during the COVID-19 pandemic, several conference and divisional changes were announced.[1]

Western Conference Eastern Conference
Bobrov Division Tarasov Division Kharlamov Division Chernyshev Division
Finland Jokerit Russia CSKA Moscow Russia Ak Bars Kazan Russia Amur Khabarovsk
Russia Severstal Cherepovets Belarus Dinamo Minsk Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Russia Avangard Omsk
Russia SKA Saint Petersburg Latvia Dinamo Riga Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk Kazakhstan Barys Nur-Sultan
Russia HC Sochi Russia Dynamo Moscow Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk China Kunlun Red Star
Russia Spartak Moscow Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Russia Vityaz Podolsk Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk Russia Sibir Novosibirsk

League standings

Each team played 60 games: playing every other team home-and-away (44 games), 8–10 games against division rivals and 6–8 games against teams in the other division in their respective conference.[1]

Points were awarded for each game, where two points were awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it is in regulation time, in overtime or after game-winning shots. One point was awarded for losing in overtime or game-winning shots, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the Continental Cup winner.

Western Conference

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Eastern Conference

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Gagarin Cup playoffs

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Ak Bars Kazan were the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 90 points. It was determined despite a 2–3 overtime loss at home to Spartak Moscow.[6] CSKA Moscow were the Western Conference regular season winners with 91 points. It was determined following a 1–3 defeat suffered by closest challengers SKA Saint Petersburg, at home to Dynamo Moscow, leaving CSKA Moscow with an unassailable points lead.[7] CSKA Moscow won the Continental Cup for the third season in succession and sixth time overall, defeating Ak Bars Kazan 1–0 on the final day of the regular season.[8]

The 2021 Gagarin Cup playoffs started on 2 March 2021, and finished on 28 April 2021.[9] The top eight teams from each of the conferences qualified for the playoffs.

  Conference Quarter-Finals Conference Semi-Finals Conference Finals Gagarin Cup Finals
                                     
1  Russia Ak Bars 4     1  Russia Ak Bars 4  
8  Russia Torpedo 0     4  Russia Salavat Yulaev 0  


2  Russia Avangard 4 Eastern Conference
7  Russia Avtomobilist 1  
    1  Russia Ak Bars 3  
  2  Russia Avangard 4  
3  Russia Metallurg 4  
6  Kazakhstan Barys 2  
4  Russia Salavat Yulaev 4   2  Russia Avangard 4
5  Russia Traktor 1     3  Russia Metallurg 2  


  E2  Russia Avangard 4
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
  W1  Russia CSKA 2
1  Russia CSKA 4     1  Russia CSKA 4
8  Russia Spartak 0     4  Russia Lokomotiv 3  
2  Russia SKA 4
7  Belarus Dinamo 1  
  1  Russia CSKA 4
  2  Russia SKA 2  
3  Russia Dynamo 4  
6  Russia Severstal 1   Western Conference
4  Russia Lokomotiv 4   2  Russia SKA 4
5  Finland Jokerit 0     3  Russia Dynamo 1  
  • 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.

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[10] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Russia Vadim Shipachyov Dynamo Moscow 57 20 46 66 +28 22
Finland Teemu Hartikainen Salavat Yulaev Ufa 53 28 36 64 +17 18
Russia Damir Zhafyarov Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 58 21 40 61 +6 26
Czech Republic Dmitrij Jaškin Dynamo Moscow 59 38 22 60 +25 52
France Stéphane Da Costa Ak Bars Kazan 52 27 30 57 +12 24
Canada Justin Danforth Vityaz Podolsk 58 23 32 55 +3 50
United States Brian O'Neill Jokerit 53 12 42 54 +30 12
Finland Markus Granlund Salavat Yulaev Ufa 50 23 30 53 +22 26
Finland Sakari Manninen Salavat Yulaev Ufa 55 19 33 52 +18 10
United States Shane Prince Dinamo Minsk 52 25 24 49 +14 45

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, at the conclusion of the regular season.[11]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Sweden Lars Johansson CSKA Moscow 24 1394:56 19 3 37 4 93.24% 1.59
Russia Alexander Yeryomenko Dynamo Moscow 26 1371:21 16 6 40 4 93.58% 1.75
Sweden Adam Reideborn Ak Bars Kazan 29 1712:59 16 9 52 3 93.11% 1.82
Sweden Magnus Hellberg SKA Saint Petersburg 21 1171:57 14 4 37 2 93.05% 1.89
Finland Juho Olkinuora Metallurg Magnitogorsk 30 1702:18 17 7 54 2 93.49% 1.90
Canada Edward Pasquale Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 41 2393:26 25 11 76 5 92.46% 1.91
Russia Igor Bobkov Avangard Omsk 30 1669:18 18 7 56 1 92.79% 2.01
Russia Alexander Samonov SKA Saint Petersburg 22 1160:07 10 8 39 2 92.46% 2.02
Russia Alexander Sharychenkov CSKA Moscow 36 2020:42 18 10 70 2 91.53% 2.08
Russia Ivan Fedotov Traktor Chelyabinsk 26 1496:07 14 7 55 1 92.52% 2.21

Awards

Players of the Month

The following players were recognised as the best KHL players of each month.

Month Goaltender Defence Forward Rookie
September[12] Russia Emil Garipov (Avangard Omsk) Canada Chay Genoway (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg) Russia Alexei Makeyev (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg) Russia Yegor Chinakhov (Avangard Omsk)
October[13] Canada Edward Pasquale (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Russia Daniil Miromanov (HC Sochi) Canada Justin Danforth (Vityaz Podolsk) Russia Yegor Chinakhov (Avangard Omsk)
November[14] Czech Republic Dominik Furch (Dinamo Minsk) Russia Alexei Emelin (Avangard Omsk) Czech Republic Dmitrij Jaškin (Dynamo Moscow) Russia Ivan Chekhovich (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)
December[15] Russia Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow) Belarus Stepan Falkovsky (Dinamo Minsk) France Stéphane Da Costa (Ak Bars Kazan) Russia Ivan Chekhovich (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)
January[16] Canada Edward Pasquale (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Sweden Philip Holm (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) United States Shane Prince (Dinamo Minsk) Russia Alexander Alexeyev (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
February[17] Sweden Lars Johansson (CSKA Moscow) Belarus Nick Bailen (Traktor Chelyabinsk) Czech Republic Dmitrij Jaškin (Dynamo Moscow) Russia Klim Kostin (Avangard Omsk)

References

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External links

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