The 2018 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on March 3, 2018, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, following the conclusion of the 2017–18 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 SKA Saint Petersburg with 138 points. Ak Bars Kazan are the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 100 points.
Draw The playoffs started on March 3, 2018, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended on April 22, 2018.
Player statistics
Scoring leaders
As of 22 Apr 2018 Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIMJustin Azevedo Ak Bars Kazan 19 9 15 24 +7 6Linus Omark Salavat Yulaev Ufa 14 4 13 17 +7 33Richard Gynge Traktor Chelyabinsk 16 8 8 16 +7 6Stanislav Galiev Ak Bars Kazan 19 10 5 15 +10 8Mikhail Grigorenko CSKA Moscow 21 9 4 13 +7 28Anton Lander Ak Bars Kazan 19 8 5 13 +7 4Alexei Kruchinin Traktor Chelyabinsk 16 5 8 13 +4 2Jiří Sekáč Ak Bars Kazan 15 4 9 13 +3 2Alexander Popov CSKA Moscow 21 2 11 13 +5 0Nikita Gusev SKA Saint Petersburg 15 7 5 12 +5 2
Source: KHL
Leading goaltenders
As of 22 Apr 2018
Player Team GP Min W L GA SO SV% GAA Karri Rämö Jokerit 6 457 4 2 10 0 .954 1.31 Ilya Sorokin CSKA Moscow 18 1062 10 6 27 5 .930 1.52 Emil Garipov Ak Bars Kazan 19 1159 16 3 30 2 .944 1.55 Mikko Koskinen SKA Saint Petersburg 15 924 10 5 25 4 .935 1.62 Alexander Trushkov Spartak Moscow 3 105 0 1 3 0 .942 1.71
Source: KHL
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