# 2013–14 KHL season

The 2013–14 KHL season was the sixth season of the Kontinental Hockey League.
The league's 28 teams played a 54-game balanced schedule. The regular season began on 4 September with the Lokomotiv Cup between last year's finalists Dynamo Moscow and Traktor Chelyabinsk. The all-star game took place on 11 January in Bratislava, Slovakia and was followed by a 27-day break for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi from 30 January to 25 February. The last day of the regular season was 4 March.
Sixteen teams, eight from each conference, advanced to the Gagarin Cup playoffs, which began on 7 March. The winner of each conference, Metallurg Magnitogorsk from the East and Lev Prague from the West, met in the Gagarin Cup Final. The seventh and last game was played on 30 April, with Metallurg winning 7–4. All four playoff rounds were best-of-seven series. As of right now, Lev Prague are the only non-Russian team to play in the Gagarin Cup

## Changes
### Team changes

In late April 2013 it was announced that a newly created team from Vladivostok would be admitted to league and become the league's second far-eastern team. The team is called Admiral Vladivostok and its name and emblem were chosen by the public. Its initial roster was filled in an expansion draft on 17 June.
A few days after Vladivostok was admitted to the league it was also confirmed that KHL Medveščak from Zagreb, Croatia would join the league. Medveščak previously played in Austrian-based EBEL league. This made Croatia the eighth country with a KHL team.
In June 2013 Vityaz Chekhov officially announced its relocation to nearby Podolsk, Moscow Oblast where it can play in a bigger arena.

## Regular season

The regular season began on 4 September 2013 with the Lokomotiv Cup between the finalists of the previous season, Dynamo Moscow and Traktor Chelyabinsk and ended on 4 March 2014 after every team has played 54 matches.

### League standings

Points are awarded as follows:
* 3 Points for a win in regulation ("W")
* 2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or a penalty shootout ("SOW")
* 1 Point for a loss in overtime ("OTL") or a penalty shootout ("SOL")
* 0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")
The conference standings determine the seedings for the play-offs. The first two places in each conference are reserved for the division winners.
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| | Western Conference | Div | GP | W | OTW | SOW | SOL | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | C – Dynamo Moscow | TAR | 54 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 171 | 113 | 115 |
| 2 | Y – SKA Saint Petersburg | BOB | 54 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 175 | 115 | 105 |
| 3 | HC Lev Praha | BOB | 54 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 149 | 107 | 99 |
| 4 | HC Donbass | TAR | 54 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 135 | 99 | 97 |
| 5 | Dinamo Riga | BOB | 54 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 141 | 122 | 93 |
| 6 | Medveščak Zagreb | BOB | 54 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 138 | 126 | 92 |
| 7 | CSKA Moscow | BOB | 54 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 130 | 118 | 91 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | TAR | 54 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 109 | 103 | 84 |
| 9 | Atlant Moscow Oblast | TAR | 54 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 123 | 120 | 78 |
| 10 | Severstal Cherepovets | TAR | 54 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 128 | 135 | 77 |
| 11 | Slovan Bratislava | BOB | 54 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 120 | 160 | 67 |
| 13 | Spartak Moscow | TAR | 54 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 105 | 147 | 58 |
| 12 | Vityaz Podolsk | TAR | 54 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 110 | 147 | 58 |
| 14 | Dinamo Minsk | BOB | 54 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 102 | 161 | 53 |
Y – Clinched Division; C – Clinched Continental Cup; BOB – Bobrov Division, TAR – Tarasov Division
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| | Eastern Conference | Div | GP | W | OTW | SOW | SOL | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Z – Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHA | 54 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 166 | 113 | 108 |
| 2 | Y – Barys Astana | CHE | 54 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 182 | 157 | 94 |
| 3 | Ak Bars Kazan | KHA | 54 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 139 | 108 | 100 |
| 4 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | CHE | 54 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 155 | 140 | 94 |
| 4 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHA | 54 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 153 | 121 | 94 |
| 6 | Sibir Novosibirsk | CHE | 54 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 125 | 117 | 87 |
| 7 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | KHA | 54 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 134 | 125 | 86 |
| 8 | Admiral Vladivostok | CHE | 54 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 135 | 129 | 78 |
| 9 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHA | 54 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 126 | 148 | 75 |
| 10 | Avangard Omsk | CHE | 54 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 136 | 162 | 69 |
| 11 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | KHA | 54 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 128 | 166 | 64 |
| 12 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | KHA | 54 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 127 | 152 | 57 |
| 13 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | CHE | 54 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 115 | 170 | 50 |
| 14 | Amur Khabarovsk | CHE | 54 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 106 | 182 | 45 |
Y – Clinched Division; Z – Clinched Conference KHA – Kharlamov Division, CHE – Chernyshev Division

### Player statistics
#### Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
    As of 3 Mar 2014
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Sergei Mozyakin | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 54 | 34 | 39 | 73 | +43 | 8 |
| Jan Kovář | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 54 | 23 | 45 | 68 | +46 | 46 |
| Danis Zaripov | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 53 | 25 | 39 | 64 | +42 | 32 |
| Brandon Bochenski | Barys Astana | 54 | 28 | 30 | 58 | +17 | 55 |
| Nigel Dawes | Barys Astana | 54 | 26 | 23 | 49 | +7 | 18 |
| Sakari Salminen | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 54 | 18 | 29 | 47 | +8 | 16 |
| Fedor Malykhin | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 54 | 22 | 22 | 44 | +14 | 26 |
| Kyle Wilson | Dinamo Riga | 49 | 17 | 27 | 44 | +9 | 26 |
| Jori Lehterä | Sibir Novosibirsk | 48 | 12 | 32 | 44 | +14 | 22 |
| Marcel Hossa | Dinamo Riga | 50 | 22 | 19 | 41 | +9 | 33 |

#### 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
    As of 3 Mar 2014
| Player | Team | GP | Min | W | L | SOP | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Emil Garipov | Ak Bars Kazan | 20 | 1219:36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 3 | .952 | 1.43 |
| Vitali Kolesnik | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 19 | 955:45 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 3 | .946 | 1.51 |
| Georgi Gelashvili | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 20 | 1163:32 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 5 | .939 | 1.60 |
| Petri Vehanen | HC Lev Praha | 41 | 2495:22 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 69 | 4 | .932 | 1.66 |
| Mikko Koskinen | Sibir Novosibirsk | 41 | 2361:35 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 67 | 3 | .939 | 1.70 |

## Playoffs

The playoffs started on 7 March 2014, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, and ended on 30 April with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final.
During the first three rounds home ice was determined by seeding number within the Conference, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with better seeding number had home ice advantage. If the seeding numbers were equal, the regular season record was taken into account.

### Bracket

| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Quarterfinals | | | Conference Semifinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Conference Finals | Conference Finals | | Gagarin Cup Finals | Gagarin Cup Finals | Gagarin Cup Finals |
| 1 | Metallurg Mg | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Admiral | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Admiral | 1 | | | 1 | Metallurg Mg | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Sibir | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Barys | 4 | | | 6 | Sibir | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Avtomobilist | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Avtomobilist | 0 | | | | | | 1 | Metallurg Mg | 4 | | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | 1 | Metallurg Mg | 4 | | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | 4 | Salavat Yulaev | 1 | | | | |
| 3 | Ak Bars | 2 | | | | | | | | | 4 | Salavat Yulaev | 1 | | | | |
| 6 | Sibir | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Sibir | 4 | | | 2 | Barys | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Salavat Yulaev | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Salavat Yulaev | 4 | | | 4 | Salavat Yulaev | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Torpedo | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Torpedo | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Metallurg Mg | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Lev | 3 |
| 1 | Dynamo Msk | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Lev | 3 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lokomotiv | 4 | | | 2 | SKA | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Lokomotiv | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | SKA | 4 | | | 8 | Lokomotiv | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | CSKA | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | CSKA | 0 | | | | | | 3 | Lev | 4 | | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | 3 | Lev | 4 | | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | 8 | Lokomotiv | 1 | | | | |
| 3 | Lev | 4 | | | | | | | | | 8 | Lokomotiv | 1 | | | | |
| 6 | Medveščak | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Medveščak | 0 | | | 3 | Lev | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Donbass | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Donbass | 4 | | | 4 | Donbass | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Dinamo Rg | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Player statistics
#### Playoff scoring leaders

Updated on 30 April 2014. Source: khl.ru
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Sergei Mozyakin | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 21 | 13 | 20 | 33 | +14 | 8 |
| Danis Zaripov | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 21 | 11 | 15 | 26 | +12 | 34 |
| Jan Kovář | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 21 | 8 | 18 | 26 | +12 | 16 |
| Justin Azevedo | HC Lev Praha | 22 | 13 | 7 | 20 | +4 | 6 |
| Roman Červenka | SKA Saint Petersburg | 10 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +6 | 8 |

#### Playoff leading goaltenders

Updated on 30 April 2014. Source: khl.ru
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Team | GP | Min | W | L | SOL | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Ivan Kasutin | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 6 | 390:53 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 94.4 | 1.53 |
| Ján Laco | HC Donbass | 8 | 385:20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 93.4 | 1.71 |
| Jakub Sedláček | Dinamo Riga | 5 | 270:01 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 93.8 | 1.78 |
| Curtis Sanford | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 18 | 1124:50 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 93.4 | 1.92 |
| Alexander Salák | SKA Saint Petersburg | 10 | 621:32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 94.0 | 1.93 |

## Nadezhda Cup

The 12 teams that do not advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs participate in Nadezhda Cup. The teams ranked 9th and 10th in their conferences are seeded and start their games from Quarterfinals, while the other teams start their games from the first round. The First Round consists of two games. In case there is a 1–1 tie in the end of the first round, 5-minute overtime and a penalty shootout, if necessary, follow after Game 2. The other rounds consist of up to four games. If there is a 2–2 tie in the end of such a round, the series is decided in a 20-minute overtime with a shootout if necessary.
| First Round | First Round | First Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | W9 | Atlant Moscow Oblast | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | W14 | Dinamo Minsk | 3 | | | | | | |
| W11 | Slovan Bratislava | 0 | W14 | Dinamo Minsk | 3 | | | | | | |
| W14 | Dinamo Minsk | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| W14 | Dinamo Minsk | 2 | | | | W14 | Dinamo Minsk | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | W10 | Severstal Cherepovets | 1 | | | |
| | | | W10 | Severstal Cherepovets | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | W13 | Vityaz Chekhov | 1 | | | | | | |
| W12 | Spartak Moscow * | | W13 | Vityaz Chekhov | 1 | | | | | | |
| W13 | Vityaz Chekhov | | | | | | | | | | |
| W13 | Vityaz Chekhov | | | | | | | | W14 | Dinamo Minsk | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | E10 | Avangard Omsk | 3 |
| | | | E10 | Avangard Omsk | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | E11 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | 1 | | | | | | |
| E11 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | 1,d | E11 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | 1 | | | | | | |
| E14 | Amur Khabarovsk | 0,d | | | | | | | | | |
| E14 | Amur Khabarovsk | 0,d | | | | E10 | Avangard Omsk | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | E9 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 1 | | | |
| | | | E9 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 2$^{SO}$ | | | | | | |
| | | | E12 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2 | | | | | | |
| E12 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2 | E12 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2 | | | | | | |
| E13 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
* Note: Spartak Moscow was excluded from Nadezhda Cup 2014 tournament due to financial issues.

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| 2 | Lev Praha |
| 3 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| 5 | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| 6 | HC Donbass |
| 7 | Barys Astana |
| 8 | Sibir Novosibirsk |
| 9 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 10 | Ak Bars Kazan |
| 11 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
| 12 | Dinamo Riga |
| 13 | Medveščak Zagreb |
| 14 | CSKA Moscow |
| 15 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg |
| 16 | Admiral Vladivostok |
| 17 | Atlant Moscow Oblast |
| 18 | Severstal Cherepovets |
| 19 | Traktor Chelyabinsk |
| 20 | Avangard Omsk |
| 21 | Slovan Bratislava |
| 22 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk |
| 23 | Spartak Moscow |
| 24 | Vityaz Chekhov |
| 25 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk |
| 26 | Dinamo Minsk |
| 27 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk |
| 28 | Amur Khabarovsk |

## Awards
### Players of the Month

Best KHL players of each month.
| Month | Goaltender | Defense | Forward | Rookie |
| September | Konstantin Barulin (Kazan) | Chris Lee (Magintogorsk) | Maxim Pestushko (Dyn. Moscow) | Andrei Vasilevski (Ufa) |
| October | Barry Brust (Zagreb) | Maxim Chudinov (St. Petersburg) | Danis Zaripov (Magintogorsk) | Yaroslav Dyblenko (Atlant) |
| November | Alexander Salák (St. Petersburg) | Deron Quint (Spartak) | Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk) | Andrei Vasilevski (Ufa) |
| December | Jakub Kovář (Yekatarinburg) | Dominik Graňák (Dyn. Moscow) | Brandon Bochenski (Astana) | Mark Skutar (Novokusnetsk) |
| January | Jakub Kovář (Yekatarinburg) | Viktor Antipin (Magintogorsk) | Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk) | Sergei Shmelyov (Atlant) |
| February | not awarded (Olympic break) | not awarded (Olympic break) | not awarded (Olympic break) | not awarded (Olympic break) |
| March | Curtis Sanford (Yaroslavl) | Ilya Gorokhov (Yaroslavl) | Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk) | Andrei Vasilevski (Ufa) |
| April | Vasiliy Koshechkin (Magnitogorsk) | Ondřej Němec (Prague) | Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk) | Andrei Vasilevski (Ufa) |