The 2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on February 27, 2015, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, after the conclusion of the 2014–15 KHL regular season.
SKA Saint Petersburg won the trophy for the first time in its history after defeating Ak Bars Kazan in the final series. Before that, they won the conference final after trailing 0-3 against CSKA Moscow, which is the only reverse sweep in the history of the KHL.
Playoff seeds After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The CSKA Moscow became the Western Conference regular season champions and Continental Cup winners with 139 points. The Ak Bars Kazan were the Eastern Conference regular season champions, finishing the season with 120 points. New addition Jokerit made the playoffs in its first season in the KHL.
Draw The playoffs began on February 27, 2015, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences., and ended with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final.
Player statistics Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM Vadim Shipachyov SKA Saint Petersburg 22 6 16 22 +11 2 Alexander Radulov CSKA Moscow 16 8 13 21 +7 20 Evgenii Dadonov SKA Saint Petersburg 22 15 5 20 +12 8 Igor GrigorenkoCSKA Moscow 14 10 9 19 +6 8 Ilya Kovalchuk SKA Saint Petersburg 22 8 11 19 +6 12
Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOP = Shootouts played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player Team GP Min W L GA SO SV% GAA Anders Nilsson Ak Bars Kazan 18 1124:39 13 5 23 6 .947 1.23 Alexander Salák Sibir Novosibirsk 14 803:14 8 5 21 1 .943 1.57 Mikko Koskinen SKA Saint Petersburg 20 1256:41 14 6 34 3 .935 1.62 Alexander Lazushin Dynamo Moscow 10 587:23 5 5 16 2 .937 1.63 Stanislav Galimov CSKA Moscow 8 394:55 5 1 11 2 .933 1.67 Kevin Lalande CSKA Moscow 11 611:42 6 4 17 2 .929 1.67
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