2015–16 KHL season

2015–16 KHL season Kontinental Hockey League Ice hockey 24 August 2015 – 19 April 2016 60 28 Regular season CSKA Moscow Continental Cup winner Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Playoffs Metallurg Magnitogorsk CSKA Moscow Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) #Awards KHL#Seasons overview KHL 2014–15 KHL season 2014–15 2016–17 KHL season 2016–17 The 2015–16 KHL season was the eighth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 24 August 2015 with the Opening Cup between defending champions SKA Saint Petersburg and last year's Continental Cup winners CSKA Moscow, replacing Ak Bars Kazan, the previous season's Gagarin Cup finalists.http://en.khl.ru/news/2015/03/25/233821.html VIII KHL Season – Only 152 Days to Go 25 March 2015 14 April 2015 Team changes Spartak Moscow returned to the league prior to this season.http://www.khl.ru/news/2015/06/03/234952.html Ромбик снова в моде: "Спартак" возвращается! 3 June 2015 3 June 2015 (in Russian)https://www.iltalehti.fi/khl/a/2015021619204399 Moskovan Spartak palaa KHL:ään 16 February 2015 14 April 2015, www.Iltalehti.fi, (in Finnish) It was also announced by KHL President Dmitry Chernyshenko that Atlant Moscow Oblast would not participate in the league this season due to financial problems.http://www.championat.com/hockey/news-2147823-khk-atlant-propuskaet-sledujushhij-sezon-kkhl.html ХК "Атлант" пропустит следующий сезон КХЛ 20 May 2015 24 May 2015, www.championat.com, (in Russian) Divisions and regular season format In this season, each team played every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 54 games (27 at home, 27 on the road), plus 6 additional games (3 at home, 3 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.http://en.khl.ru/news/2015/06/17/235081.html League confirms format for 2015–16 season 17 June 2015 4 July 2015 How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.http://en.khl.ru/news/2015/06/30/235218.html KHL 2015–16 Schedule Announced 2015-06-30 2015-07-01http://en.khl.ru/news/2015/06/17/235081.html League confirms format for 2015–16 season 2015-06-17 2015-07-01 Western Conference Eastern Conference Bobrov Division Tarasov Division Kharlamov Division Chernyshev Division BLR Dinamo Minsk RUS CSKA Moscow RUS Ak Bars Kazan RUS Admiral Vladivostok LVA Dinamo Riga RUS Dynamo Moscow RUS Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg RUS Amur Khabarovsk FIN Jokerit RUS HC Sochi RUS Lada Togliatti RUS Avangard Omsk HRV Medveščak Zagreb RUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk KAZ Barys Astana RUS SKA Saint Petersburg RUS Severstal Cherepovets RUS Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk RUS Metallurg Novokuznetsk SVK Slovan Bratislava RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa RUS Spartak Moscow RUS Vityaz Podolsk RUS Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Sibir Novosibirsk League standings Western Conference main WL OT 18 February 2016 KHL OTW Won in overtime or shootout OTL Lost in overtime or shootout CSK JOK LOK SCH DYN SKA TOR SLV DMN MDV SPR DRG VIT SEV 38 5 3 14 163 87 31 5 5 19 167 140 37 6 2 15 155 94 30 4 10 16 175 149 27 8 8 17 167 126 27 6 7 20 176 149 23 10 11 16 163 137 21 11 4 24 154 148 20 7 9 24 147 168 19 6 9 26 144 172 20 5 7 28 139 172 17 8 8 27 129 151 17 8 3 32 129 166 12 8 6 34 124 167 CSKA Moscow SKA Saint Petersburg Dinamo Minsk Dynamo Moscow Dinamo Riga HC Sochi Jokerit Medveščak Zagreb Severstal Cherepovets Slovan Bratislava Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Spartak Moscow Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Vityaz Podolsk 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. D D A A A A A A Q green1 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs blue1 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs Two winners of divisions hold the first two places in the conference Eastern Conference main WL OT 18 February 2016 KHL OTW Won in overtime or shootout OTL Lost in overtime or shootout AVG MMG SIB SAL AKB ADM AVT NKH BAR TRK UGR AMR LAD MNK 27 6 13 14 156 120 25 13 2 20 180 138 24 12 9 15 155 133 29 5 4 22 179 156 25 6 9 20 143 127 25 8 4 23 157 163 21 9 11 19 145 158 20 7 12 21 130 135 21 8 6 25 167 184 17 12 8 23 132 151 19 6 3 32 120 178 17 6 6 31 112 143 17 5 8 30 120 153 13 1 14 32 128 191 Ak Bars Kazan Amur Khabarovsk Admiral Vladivostok Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Lada Togliatti Avangard Omsk Metallurg Magnitogorsk Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Barys Astana Metallurg Novokuznetsk Traktor Chelyabinsk Salavat Yulaev Ufa Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk Sibir Novosibirsk 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. D D A A A A A A Q green1 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs blue1 Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs Two winners of divisions hold the first two places in the conference Gagarin Cup Playoffs 2016 Gagarin Cup playoffs right|thumb|200px|Gagarin Cup The playoffs started on 21 February 2016 with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, and ended with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on 19 April 2016.http://www.khl.ru/documents/KHL_calendar_2015-2016_playoff_en.pdf League confirms format for Stage Two 8 October 2015 8 October 2015 Bracket Bracket Final standings RankTeam 1 RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2 RUS CSKA Moscow 3 RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa 4 RUS SKA Saint Petersburg 5 RUS Avangard Omsk 6 RUS Dynamo Moscow 7 RUS Sibir Novosibirsk 8 RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 9 RUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 10 FIN Jokerit 11 RUS HC Sochi 12 RUS Ak Bars Kazan 13 RUS Admiral Vladivostok 14 RUS Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 15 SVK Slovan Bratislava 16 RUS Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 17 KAZ Barys Astana 18 BLR Dinamo Minsk 19 RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk 20 HRV Medveščak Zagreb 21 RUS Spartak Moscow 22 LVA Dinamo Riga 23 RUS Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk 24 RUS Vityaz Podolsk 25 RUS Amur Khabarovsk 26 RUS Lada Togliatti 27 RUS Severstal Cherepovets 28 RUS Metallurg Novokuznetsk Player statistics Scoring leaders As of 18 February 2016 Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIMRUS Sergei Mozyakin Metallurg Magnitogorsk 57 32 35 67 +11 0RUS Alexander Radulov CSKA Moscow 53 23 42 65 +28 73USA Brandon Bochenski Barys Astana 60 20 41 61 +16 48RUS Vadim Shipachyov SKA Saint Petersburg 54 17 43 60 −8 63SWE Linus Omark Salavat Yulaev Ufa 60 18 39 57 +12 40CAN Matt Ellison Dinamo Minsk 54 26 29 55 −10 54RUS Danis Zaripov Metallurg Magnitogorsk 60 22 32 54 +9 26KAZ Nigel Dawes Barys Astana 55 31 22 53 +15 16CAN Justin Azevedo Ak Bars Kazan 59 17 36 53 +6 26CZE Jan Kovář Metallurg Magnitogorsk 58 20 32 52 +7 61 Source: KHL Leading goaltenders As of 18 February 2016 Player Team GP Min W L SOP GA SO SV% GAA RUS Ilya Sorokin CSKA Moscow 28 1638:53 17 7 4 29 10 .953 1.06 RUS Alexei Murygin Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 34 1962:29 22 8 3 37 13 .954 1.13 RUS Stanislav Galimov CSKA/Ak Bars 28 1669:11 18 6 4 42 7 .938 1.51 SWE Viktor Fasth CSKA Moscow 20 1122:04 13 4 1 31 3 .921 1.66 RUS Alexander Yeryomenko Dynamo Moscow 23 1392:08 11 4 7 41 2 .936 1.77 Source: KHL Awards Players of the Month Best KHL players of each month. MonthGoaltenderDefenseForwardRookieSeptemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2015/10/01/237449.html September's finest: Murygin, Robinson, Mozyakin and Manukhov khl.ru 2015-10-01 RUS Alexei Murygin (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) CAN Mat Robinson (Dynamo Moscow) RUS Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) RUS Roman Manukhov (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)Octoberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2015/11/02/238687.html October's finest: Salak, Pashnin, Dawes and Zub khl.ru 2015-11-02 CZE Alexander Salák (Sibir Novosibirsk) RUS Mikhail Pashnin (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) CAN Nigel Dawes (Barys Astana) RUS Artyom Zub (Amur Khabarovsk)Novemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2015/12/01/239536.html November's finest: Taylor, Kronwall, Golyshev and Polunin khl.ru 2015-12-01 CAN Danny Taylor (Medveščak Zagreb) SWE Staffan Kronwall (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) RUS Anatoly Golyshev (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg) RUS Alexander Polunin (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)Decemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2016/01/03/240322.html December's finest: Furch, Dallman, Zaripov and Gavrikov khl.ru 2016-01-03 CZE Dominik Furch (Avangard Omsk) CAN KAZ Kevin Dallman (Barys Astana) RUS Danis Zaripov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) RUS Vladislav Gavrikov (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)Januaryhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2016/02/02/241182.html January's finest: Sorokin, Robinson, Shipachyov and Ustinsky khl.ru 2016-02-03 RUS Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow) CAN Mat Robinson (Dynamo Moscow) RUS Vadim Shipachyov (SKA St. Petersburg) RUS Igor Ustinsky (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg)Februaryhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2016/03/02/241949.html February's finest: Yeryomenko, Belov, Regin and Lauta khl.ru 2016-03-02 RUS Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow) RUS Anton Belov (SKA St. Petersburg) DNK Peter Regin (Jokerit) RUS Artur Lauta (Avangard Omsk)Marchhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2016/04/03/307341.html March's finest: Sorokin, Denisov, Mozyakin and Sergiyenko khl.ru 2016-04-03 RUS Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow) RUS Denis Denisov (CSKA Moscow) RUS Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) KAZ RUS Yuri Sergiyenko (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)April Milestones September 2015 References 30em External links Season schedule 2015–16 Season regulations 2015–16 Category:Kontinental Hockey League seasons Category:2015–16 in European ice hockey leagues KHL KHL KHL