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17 March 2020, 11:00 Best Players

First round’s finest: Sateri, Larsen, Omark, and Minulin
The Kontinental Hockey League’s commission has determined the best player of the playoffs’ first round in four categories.
12 March 2020, 22:20 Daily Round-up

West: Dynamo completes second-round line-up. March 12 playoffs
An overtime win at Spartak was enough to see Dynamo over the line in the one remaining first-round series. The Blue-and-Whites advance in six game and now face another Moscow derby against CSKA in round two.
12 March 2020, 15:10 News

Jokerit halts Lokomotiv, moves to second round
After losing in in the first round last year to Dynamo Moscow, Jokerit climbs up to the Western Conference semifinals after defeating Lokomotiv 4-2 in the Gagarin Cup playoffs' first round.
11 March 2020, 21:55 Daily Round-up

West: Jokerit advances with an assured win. March 11 playoffs
Jokerit closed down the Lokomotiv offense to gain a 5-1 victory in Yaroslavl and wrap up its series in game six. The Finns now face a Conference semi-final series against SKA next week.
11 March 2020, 20:25 Daily Round-up

East: revenge win for Salavat Yulaev. March 11 playoffs
Salavat Yulaev won 4-1 at home to Avangard to settle its series in six games. The result reverses last year’s Eastern Conference Final, giving Ufa revenge for that loss and setting up an enticing match-up with Avangard in the next round.
10 March 2020, 22:30 Daily Round-up

West: Dynamo regains the lead in Moscow’s subway series. March 10 playoffs
Game five of the match-up between Dynamo and Spartak brought yet another home victory. As the action moved to the northern branch of Line 2 of the Moscow Metro, the Blue-and-Whites shrugged off two losses at Spartak to go ahead in the series once more. Can Vladimir Krikunov’s team finish the job on Thursday, or will home advantage continue to make all the difference?
10 March 2020, 20:30 Daily Round-up

East: Sibir advances to second round. March 10 playoffs
A 2-1 victory in Yekaterinburg was enough for Sibir to complete a 4-1 series win over Avtomobilist and take its place in the Eastern Conference semi-finals. The Novosibirsk club progresses in its first playoff campaign since 2016.
9 March 2020, 22:30 Daily Round-up

Third-period lapse halts Jokerit’s progress. March 9 playoffs
After 40 minutes of Monday’s game in Helsinki, everything was going right for the home team. A 2-1 lead on the night converted into a series win in five games and the prospect of a second-round match-up with SKA was close enough to touch. But the visitor rallied in the final frame, scoring three unanswered goals to win the game and take the action back to Yaroslavl with a the deficit down to 2-3.
9 March 2020, 18:40 Daily Round-up

East: Barys progresses to the second round, Ufa edges in front. March 9
Barys booked its place in the Eastern Conference semi-finals as its battle against Metallurg returned to Kazakhstan. A convincing 5-2 victory sealed the series for Andrei Skabelka’s men with two games to spare. Meanwhile, the Avangard – Salavat Yulaev series continues to intrigue. A 6-3 win for Salavat on Monday sees Nikolai Tsulygin’s team head home to Ufa needing just one win to seal the series.
8 March 2020, 21:20 Daily Round-up

West: Kaprizov fires CSKA into round two. March 8 playoffs
CSKA joined SKA in the Western Conference semi-finals thanks to an overtime goal from Kirill Kaprizov in Nizhny Novgorod. His one-timer sealed a sweep of Torpedo, but the defending champion had to recover from 0-2 to salvage this game and wrap up the series. In the Moscow derby, meanwhile, it’s all to play for after Spartak won again to tie it up at 2-2 against Dynamo.
8 March 2020, 21:15 Daily Round-up

East: Avto stays alive with big win, Ak Bars advances. March 8 playoffs
Ak Bars became the first team to progress to the Eastern Conference semi-finals after edging a 1-0 verdict at Neftekhimik to complete a series sweep of its Tatar neighbor. Sibir, though, missed the chance to complete a sweep of its own when it suffered a 1-5 loss at home to Avtomobilist. The Yekaterinburg team can now continue the battle in game five on Tuesday, but is still down 1-3 after four games.
7 March 2020, 21:10 Daily Round-up

West: Jokerit misses chance to wrap up series, SKA goes through. March 7 playoffs
Lokomotiv escaped a series sweep at the hands of Jokerit when it edged a 4-3 verdict in game four and kept itself alive. The Finns will have another chance to finish it off on Monday when the teams meet again in Helsinki. SKA became the first team to secure its place in the next round – but it needed a goal in the third period of overtime to record its fourth win over Vityaz.
7 March 2020, 20:40 Daily Round-up

East: Barys on the brink, Avangard ties it up. March 7 playoffs
Eddie Pasquale’s second playoff shut-out puts Barys one win away from wrapping up its series against Metallurg. But the clash between Avangard and Salavat Yulaev is too close to call after Bob Hartley’s team tied it up at 2-2 with a crushing 5-1 verdict in Ufa.
6 March 2020, 22:30 Daily Round-up

West: Spartak edges a thriller, CSKA wins in overtime. March 6 playoffs
Both of Friday’s games in the West went to overtime. CSKA eventually prevailed at Torpedo to take a 3-0 lead in the series, despite allowing its first goal of this year’s playoffs. But the most compelling spectacle of the day was in Moscow, where Spartak went 0-3 down inside five minutes but recovered to win 5-4 in overtime.
6 March 2020, 19:30 Daily Round-up

East: Sibir’s Sateri sets club record, Galimov returns to haunt Neftekhimik
Finnish goalie Harri Sateri extended his shut-out streak to 143 minutes before Avtomobilist scored its first goal of this year’s playoffs. But the visitor was unable to turn the tide in its series against Sibir: a hat-trick for Juuso Puustinen and an overtime winner from Nikita Shashkov leaves the Motormen 0-3 down. There was also overtime in Nizhnekamsk where Neftekhimik old-boy Emil Galimov gave Ak Bars the win.
5 March 2020, 22:10 Daily Round-up

West: Jokerit blanks Loko, moves to 3-0 in series. March 5 playoffs
It was another good day for Jokerit, with a 3-0 win on the road in Yaroslavl opening a 3-0 lead in the series. The Finns have allowed just one goal in 180 minutes in this series so far to move to within a single victory of progress. SKA is in a similarly happy position after a convincing victory on the road at Vityaz gave Alexei Kudashov’s team a 3-0 advantage in that series.
5 March 2020, 20:05 Daily Round-up

East: big fightback in Ufa, overtime win for Barys. March 5 playoffs
Day five of the playoffs brought two fascinating encounters in the Eastern Conference. Salavat Yulaev rallied from 0-2 to defeat Avangard 6-3 and move ahead for the first time in that series. In Magnitogorsk, too, there was a fightback as Barys tied its game with Metallurg and grabbed an overtime victory.
4 March 2020, 22:35 Daily Round-up

West: Derby thriller goes to Dynamo, CSKA wins again. March 4 playoffs
CSKA got a second shut-out win over Torpedo to take control of its quarter-final series. Then, the Moscow derby, Dynamo came from behind to earn a second victory over Spartak and head across town with a 2-0 lead.
4 March 2020, 22:10 Daily Round-up

East: Second shut-out for Sibir, Ak Bars dominates Neftekhimik. March 4
Both series in the East go on the road tonight with a 2-0 margin. But while Ak Bars is living up to its seeding as it takes control of the Tatarstan derby against Neftekhimik, Sibir is riding some fine goaltending from Harri Sateri to head home with a commanding advantage. The Finn recorded his second shut-out of the playoffs to secure an overtime win for the Siberians at Avtomobilist.
3 March 2020, 23:25 Daily Round-up

West: Jokerit hands Loko another thrashing. March 3 playoffs
Jokerit has started its playoff campaign with a real statement of intent: two wins, 11 goals scored and just one allowed. Tuesday brought a 5-1 win over Lokomotiv to put the Finns in control of the series before heading to Yaroslavl for game three on Thursday. SKA also has a 2-0 lead, but had a more difficult evening against Vityaz before edging a 4-3 scoreline.
3 March 2020, 23:10 Daily Round-up

East: All square after game two. March 3 playoffs
Both series are level at one game apiece after two intriguing games on Tuesday. First, Metallurg responded to its 0-4 loss in game one with a 3-0 victory over Barys, tying the scores before the teams head to Magnitogorsk. Then Avangard and Salavat Yulaev took us to the first overtime of post season before Dmitry Kugryshev grabbed a winner for the visitor to level it up ahead of Thursday’s action in Ufa.
2 March 2020, 23:45 Daily Round-up

West: 90 penalty minutes for Spartak, shut-out record for Sorokin. March 2
The playoffs arrived in Moscow as CSKA hosted Torpedo and Dynamo got started against city rival Spartak. And, in both cases, the home team came out on top. Continental Cup winner CSKA eased to a 3-0 verdict while Dynamo powered to a 5-1 derby win.
2 March 2020, 22:40 Daily Round-up

East: Sateri stones Avto, Frattin and Glukhov defeat Neftekhimik. March 2
Day two of the playoffs saw Eastern Conference top dog Ak Bars get underway against Tatarstan neighbor Neftekhimik. The game went to form, with the Kazan team winning 4-1, but the visitor made it tighter than the final score might suggest. Earlier, Sibir became the first – and so far only – team to get a road win in this year’s playoffs when Harri Sateri’s 37 saves blanked Avtomobilist.
1 March 2020, 20:10 Daily Round-up

West: Six-shooters fire on playoff day one. March 1 playoffs
Sunday’s hosts celebrated the joy of six with big victories in the opening day of Western Conference playoff action. Kirill Marchenko scored twice and Andrei Kuzmenko hit a hat-trick as SKA defeated Vityaz 6-1, while Jokerit went one better to thrash Lokomotiv 6-0.
1 March 2020, 19:35 Daily Round-up

East: Barys, Avangard get off to flying starts. March 1 playoffs
The 2020 Gagarin Cup campaign got underway on Sunday with convincing victories for Barys and Avangard. The two seeded teams in action had little difficulty on home ice, defeating Metallurg and Salavat Yulaev respectively.
20 February 2020, 10:00 Officially

Avangard and Barys start the playoffs on March 1, Dynamo on March 2
KHL.ru explains the schedule for first round playoff games.
30 January 2020, 17:00 Officially

League unveils 2019-20 playoffs logos
The 12th edition of the Gagarin Cup playoffs will start on March 1st. The League has launched the logos for the most exciting stage of the season.
20 April 2019, 13:10 News

2019 Gagarin Cup: attendance records
On Friday, CSKA Moscow defeated Avangard 3-2 in OT to secure its first Gagarin Cup. Throughout the whole 2019 playoffs, teams established new single-turn attendance records, and now it is possible to write also about the total numbers.
20 April 2019, 12:55 News

‘It was worth losing to understand what it means to win’
Amid the celebrations, CSKA’s players and head coach shared their thoughts on lifting the Gagarin Cup at last.
20 April 2019, 12:50 News

Dmitry Chernyshenko: ‘CSKA has been on a great journey’
KHL President Dmitry Chernyshenko gave his summary of the season and the progress made by CSKA and Avangard.
20 April 2019, 12:45 News

Nobody could have predicted we would get this far
Avangard’s players, head coach and president shared their thoughts on the season after the end of the Gagarin Cup final.
19 April 2019, 23:15 Daily Round-up

CSKA lifts the Gagarin Cup
The curse is lifted. CSKA Moscow became the first team in KHL history to top the table in the regular season and go on to win the Gagarin Cup. The Army Men collected their first ever Gagarin Cup and lifted Russia’s top hockey prize for the first time since the fall of the USSR. Along the way, Igor Nikitin’s team also recorded the first ever grand final sweep after clawing back a 0-2 deficit to win game four in overtime.
17 April 2019, 22:30 Daily Round-up

Sorokin superb again as CSKA wins in Balashikha. April 17 playoffs
Another Ilya Sorokin shut-out – his fifth of the playoffs – and another decisive display by CSKA’s forwards in the third period saw the Army Men collect a third victory in this season’s Gagarin Cup final. No team has ever secured a sweep in a KHL grand final but on Friday night CSKA could do just that by winning in Balashikha to capture its first ever Gagarin Cup. With Avangard mustering just two goals in 180 minutes of this series so far, it’s hard to back against the Muscovites completing the triumph and demonstrating how much they learned from last season’s disappointment against Ak Bars.
16 April 2019, 15:30 News

Grigorenko writes history posting first-ever Gagarin Cup finals hat-trick
Scoring a hat-trick is quite a feat on its own. However, as the stakes rise, so do the goals’ value. Until last Saturday, the KHL never saw a hat-trick in the Gagarin Cup finals. Now, Grigorenko conquered that peak. KHL.ru remembers the most-memorable hat-tricks in the playoffs.
15 April 2019, 22:30 Daily Round-up

Late flurry sees CSKA win again. April 15 playoffs
15 April 2019, 15:00 Weekly Round-up

Gagarin Cup final underway – the KHL week in review
The culmination of the season is here – the 2019 Gagarin Cup final began Saturday in Moscow. The trophy itself hit the heights of Russia’s capital while, on the ice, Mikhail Grigorenko came out on top with the first ever hat-trick in a Gagarin Cup final game to put CSKA 1-0 up on Avangard. Away from the playoff action, two of Russia’s Olympic champions announced moves to the NHL.
13 April 2019, 19:45 Daily Round-up

Grigorenko inspires CSKA. April 13 playoffs
Mikhail Grigorenko grabbed a hat-trick to give CSKA a winning start in this year’s Gagarin Cup final. His treble also moves him to 11 goals and a share in the race for top post-season goalscorer alongside Sergei Shumakov of Avangard. Shumakov himself was among the goals today, but was outgunned by Grigorenko’s infectious form.
12 April 2019, 12:00 News

Avangard and CSKA battle for the ultimate prize. Gagarin Cup finals preview
The West and East finals were both great series, with Avangard and CSKA deservingly moving on to the final chapter of the 2019 Gagarin Cup playoffs. In the finals, the two teams that showed the best hockey throughout the season will clash for the joy of the spectators. Both sides never won the Gagarin Cup title, thus we’ll have a new champion this year – the sixth in the League’s history.
11 April 2019, 14:30 News

CSKA gets to the second Gagarin Cup Finals in a row. West review
After a couple of early wins, it looked like CSKA could get to the Gagarin Cup finals playing on one leg. However, the next two games proved that the reality would be very different, and the Muscovites needed seven games to reach the finals for the second time in a row.
10 April 2019, 15:15 News

Avangard is back to the Gagarin Cup Finals. East Finals review
This series was expected to be long, and it surely didn’t disappoint those who were watching. The teams put on a show that lasted for six games – from one hand, however, it was too bad that the teams didn’t dispute the right to access the Gagarin Cup Finals in a decisive game seven.
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