# 2012–13 KHL season

The 2012–13 KHL season was the fifth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The regular season began on 4 September with the Lokomotiv Cup between last year's finalists Dynamo Moscow and Avangard Omsk. The league consisted of 26 teams from 7 countries for the first time. Dynamo Moscow successfully defended their title after beating Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Gagarin Cup finals.

## Changes
### Team changes

After withdrawing from the previous season in the wake of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash that killed the team's entire active roster, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl returned to the KHL with new players.
Lev Poprad was disbanded, but a team of the same name, Lev Prague, was established in Prague, Czech Republic, while Slovan Bratislava joined the KHL and thus continues the league's presence in Slovakia. Also HC Donbass from Donetsk, Ukraine joined the league. The team previously played in the VHL. This brought the total number of teams to 26, representing 7 countries.

### Salary cap

The salary cap changed from a soft cap to a hard cap, set at 1.1 billion rubles (approx. US$36.5 million), but each club can waive the cap for one player transferred directly from the NHL, if he is eligible to play for the Russian national team.

### Season structure

The regular season consisted of 52 games for each team — twice (home and away) against each other team in the league and two extra games against a selected "rival" opponent (typically a geographically close team). This was a change from previous seasons, where all intra-division opponents were played more frequently. The top 8 teams from each conference qualified for the playoffs, which are played as best-of-seven series in each round.

### Nadezhda Cup tournament

In January 2013, a new repechage tournament known as the Nadezhda Cup (Cup of Hope) was announced, which was held alongside the playoffs. Six teams from the Western Conference and four teams from the Eastern Conference who had not qualified for the playoffs competed in the tournament, whose prize includes the first overall pick in the next KHL Junior Draft. The new tournament was intended to extend the season, and help maintain interest in hockey for fans and players in preparation for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The first Cup of Hope was won by Dinamo Riga.

## Regular season

The regular season started on 4 September 2012 with the Lokomotiv Cup between the finalists of the previous season, Dynamo Moscow and Avangard Omsk. It ended on 17 February 2013 after every team had played 52 matches.

### Notable events
#### NHL lockout

The league set up rules for the NHL lockout which lasted from 16 September 2012 to early January 2013. According to the special regulations, each KHL team was allowed to add up to 3 NHL players to their roster, among them at most one foreign player.
List of NHL players signing KHL lockout contracts Source: eliteprospect.com :
| Date | Player | NHL Team | KHL Team |
| 09/16/2012 | Evgeni Malkin (C) | (from) Pittsburgh Penguins | (to) Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| 09/16/2012 | Sergei Gonchar (D) | (from) Ottawa Senators | (to) Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| 09/16/2012 | Ruslan Fedotenko (LW) | (from) Philadelphia Flyers | (to) HC Donbass |
| 09/16/2012 | Alexei Ponikarovsky (LW) | (from) Winnipeg Jets | (to) HC Donbass |
| 09/16/2012 | Anton Khudobin (G) | (from) Boston Bruins | (to) Atlant Moscow Oblast |
| 09/17/2012 | Ľubomír Višňovský (D) | (from) New York Islanders | (to) Slovan Bratislava |
| 09/17/2012 | Kaspars Daugaviņš (LW) | (from) Ottawa Senators | (to) Dinamo Riga |
| 09/17/2012 | Nikolai Kulemin (RW) | (from) Toronto Maple Leafs | (to) Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| 09/17/2012 | Ilya Kovalchuk (RW) | (from) New Jersey Devils | (to) SKA Saint Petersburg |
| 09/18/2012 | Jakub Voráček (RW) | (from) Philadelphia Flyers | (to) Lev Prague |
| 09/18/2012 | Niklas Bäckström (G) | (from) Minnesota Wild | (to) Dinamo Minsk |
| 09/18/2012 | Semyon Varlamov (G) | (from) Colorado Avalanche | (to) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| 09/19/2012 | Alexander Ovechkin (LW) | (from) Washington Capitals | (to) Dynamo Moscow |
| 09/19/2012 | Pavel Datsyuk (C) | (from) Detroit Red Wings | (to) CSKA Moscow |
| 09/19/2012 | Ilya Bryzgalov (G) | (from) Philadelphia Flyers | (to) CSKA Moscow |
| 09/20/2012 | Jiří Hudler (LW) | (from) Calgary Flames | (to) Lev Prague |
| 09/20/2012 | Nik Antropov (C) | (from) Winnipeg Jets | (to) Barys Astana |
| 09/20/2012 | Artem Anisimov (C) | (from) Columbus Blue Jackets | (to) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| 09/21/2012 | Mikhail Grabovski (C) | (from) Toronto Maple Leafs | (to) CSKA Moscow |
| 09/21/2012 | Sergei Bobrovsky (G) | (from) Columbus Blue Jackets | (to) SKA Saint Petersburg |
| 9/21/2012 | Vladimir Tarasenko (RW) | (from) St. Louis Blues | (to) SKA Saint Petersburg |
| 09/24/2012 | Dmitri Kulikov (D) | (from) Florida Panthers | (to) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| 09/25/2012 | Nikita Nikitin (D) | (from) Columbus Blue Jackets | (to) Avangard Omsk |
| 09/25/2012 | Pekka Rinne (G) | (from) Nashville Predators | (to) Dinamo Minsk |
| 09/27/2012 | Anton Babchuk (D) | (from) Calgary Flames | (to) HC Donbass |
| 09/27/2012 | Andrej Sekera (D) | (from) Buffalo Sabres | (to) Slovan Bratislava |
| 09/28/2012 | Victor Hedman (D) | (from) Tampa Bay Lightning | (to) Barys Astana |
| 09/28/2012 | Evander Kane (LW) | (from) Winnipeg Jets | (to) Dinamo Minsk |
| 10/02/2012 | Zdeno Chára (D) | (from) Boston Bruins | (to) Lev Prague |
| 10/02/2012 | Tom Wandell (LW) | (from) Dallas Stars | (to) Severstal Cherepovets |
| 10/03/2012 | Andrei Markov (D) | (from) Montreal Canadiens | (to) Vityaz Chekhov |
| 10/04/2012 | Anton Volchenkov (D) | (from) New Jersey Devils | (to) Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
| 10/05/2012 | Joe Pavelski (C) | (from) San Jose Sharks | (to) Dinamo Minsk |
| 10/07/2012 | Sergei Kostitsyn (LW) | (from) Nashville Predators | (to) Avangard Omsk |
| 10/11/2012 | Ryan McDonagh (D) | (from) New York Rangers | (to) Dynamo Moscow |
| 10/19/2012 | Nicklas Bäckström (C) | (from) Washington Capitals | (to) Dynamo Moscow |
| 10/30/2012 | Joffrey Lupul (RW) | (from) Toronto Maple Leafs | (to) Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg |
| 11/20/2012 | Viktor Stålberg (RW) | (from) Chicago Blackhawks | (to) Atlant Moscow Oblast |
| 12/07/2012 | Ryan O'Reilly (C) | (from) Colorado Avalanche | (to) Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| 01/04/2013 | Kris Letang (D) | (from) Pittsburgh Penguins | (to) SKA Saint Petersburg |

#### Proposed matches in New York

Two regular season games between Dynamo Moscow and SKA Saint Petersburg were planned to take place at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York in January 2013. However, the KHL reverted this decision in October 2012 and thus these matches were played in Russia.

#### All-star game

The 5th KHL all-star game was played on 13 January 2013 in Chelyabinsk, with Team East, captained by Aleksey Morozov, winning 18–11 over Team West, captained by Ilya Kovalchuk.

### League standings

Source: KHL.ru
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 playoffs. The first two places in each conference are reserved for the division winners.

#### Western Conference

| R | | Div | GP | W | OTW | SOW | SOL | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | c – SKA Saint Petersburg | BOB | 52 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 182 | 116 | 115 |
| 2 | y – CSKA Moscow | TAR | 52 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 151 | 109 | 96 |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | BOB | 52 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 150 | 115 | 101 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | TAR | 52 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 131 | 121 | 92 |
| 5 | Severstal Cherepovets | TAR | 52 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 137 | 117 | 85 |
| 6 | Slovan Bratislava | BOB | 52 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 124 | 127 | 78 |
| 7 | Lev Prague | BOB | 52 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 132 | 133 | 76 |
| 8 | Atlant Moscow Oblast | TAR | 52 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 137 | 141 | 73 |
| 9 | HC Donbass | BOB | 52 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 134 | 142 | 72 |
| 10 | Dinamo Minsk | TAR | 52 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 125 | 148 | 71 |
| 11 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | TAR | 52 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 142 | 146 | 69 |
| 12 | Vityaz Chekhov | BOB | 52 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 119 | 151 | 55 |
| 13 | Spartak Moscow | TAR | 52 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 106 | 151 | 52 |
| 14 | Dinamo Riga | BOB | 52 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 109 | 151 | 51 |
y – Won division; c – Won Continental Cup (best record in KHL); BOB – Bobrov Division, TAR – Tarasov Division
Source: khl.ru

#### Eastern Conference

| R | | Div | GP | W | OTW | SOW | SOL | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | z – Ak Bars Kazan | KHA | 52 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 157 | 112 | 104 |
| 2 | y – Avangard Omsk | CHE | 52 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 149 | 121 | 102 |
| 3 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHA | 52 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 152 | 120 | 98 |
| 4 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHA | 52 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 167 | 121 | 93 |
| 5 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | CHE | 52 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 148 | 140 | 88 |
| 6 | Barys Astana | CHE | 52 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 175 | 161 | 85 |
| 7 | Sibir Novosibirsk | CHE | 52 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 124 | 119 | 84 |
| 8 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | KHA | 52 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 144 | 150 | 77 |
| 9 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | KHA | 52 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 153 | 163 | 74 |
| 10 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | CHE | 52 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 132 | 177 | 58 |
| 11 | Amur Khabarovsk | CHE | 52 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 115 | 167 | 44 |
| 12 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | KHA | 52 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 104 | 180 | 35 |
y – Won division; z – Won conference (and division);
CHE – Chernyshev Division, KHA – Kharlamov Division
Source: khl.ru

### Player statistics
#### Scoring leaders

Updated on 17 February 2013. 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 | 48 | 35 | 41 | 76 | +21 | 6 |
| Alexander Radulov | CSKA Moscow | 48 | 22 | 46 | 68 | +12 | 86 |
| Evgeni Malkin | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 37 | 23 | 42 | 65 | +23 | 58 |
| Patrick Thoresen | SKA Saint Petersburg | 52 | 21 | 30 | 51 | +17 | 49 |
| Jori Lehterä | Sibir Novosibirsk | 52 | 17 | 31 | 48 | +18 | 48 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 51 | 19 | 25 | 44 | –1 | 42 |
| Dmitri Kagarlitsky | HC Donbass | 51 | 14 | 30 | 44 | –5 | 12 |
| Mikhail Varnakov | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 51 | 22 | 21 | 43 | +9 | 62 |
| Nikolay Zherdev | Atlant Moscow Oblast | 50 | 15 | 28 | 43 | –7 | 29 |
| Dmitri Makarov | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 52 | 13 | 30 | 43 | –2 | 14 |

#### Leading goaltenders

Updated on 17 February 2013. Source: khl.ru
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 | SOP | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Rastislav Staňa | CSKA Moscow | 34 | 1944:58 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 57 | 4 | .934 | 1.76 |
| Lars Haugen | Dinamo Minsk | 22 | 1289:29 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 2 | .933 | 1.81 |
| Alexander Eremenko | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 1783:44 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 55 | 5 | .931 | 1.85 |
| Stanislav Galimov | Atlant Moscow Oblast | 25 | 1389:58 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 4 | .943 | 1.94 |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | SKA Saint Petersburg | 24 | 1419:36 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 4 | .932 | 1.94 |

## Playoffs

The playoffs started on 20 February 2013 with the top eight teams from both conferences and ended on 17 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 | Ak Bars | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Neftekhimik | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Neftekhimik | 0 | | | 1 | Ak Bars | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Salavat Yulaev | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Avangard | 4 | | | 5 | Salavat Yulaev | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Sibir | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Sibir | 3 | | | | | | 1 | Ak Bars | 3 | | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | 1 | Ak Bars | 3 | | | | |
| Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | 3 | Traktor | 4 | | | | |
| 3 | Traktor | 4 | | | | | | | | | 3 | Traktor | 4 | | | | |
| 6 | Barys | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Barys | 3 | | | 2 | Avangard | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Traktor | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Metallurg Mg | 3 | | | 3 | Traktor | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Salavat Yulaev | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Salavat Yulaev | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Traktor | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Dynamo Msk | 4 |
| 1 | SKA | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Dynamo Msk | 4 |
| 8 | Atlant | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atlant | 1 | | | 1 | SKA | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Severstal | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | CSKA | 4 | | | 5 | Severstal | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Lev | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Lev | 0 | | | | | | 1 | SKA | 2 | | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | 1 | SKA | 2 | | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | 3 | Dynamo Msk | 4 | | | | |
| 3 | Dynamo Msk | 4 | | | | | | | | | 3 | Dynamo Msk | 4 | | | | |
| 6 | Slovan | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Slovan | 0 | | | 2 | CSKA | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Dynamo Msk | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Lokomotiv | 2 | | | 3 | Dynamo Msk | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Severstal | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Petri Kontiola | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 25 | 10 | 9 | 19 | +10 | 12 |
| Viktor Tikhonov | SKA Saint Petersburg | 15 | 10 | 8 | 18 | +11 | 20 |
| Jakub Petružálek | Dynamo Moscow | 19 | 9 | 7 | 16 | +4 | 4 |
| Tony Mårtensson | SKA Saint Petersburg | 15 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +8 | 8 |
| Denis Kokarev | Dynamo Moscow | 18 | 1 | 15 | 16 | +11 | 0 |

#### Playoff leading goaltenders

Updated on 17 April 2013. 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 | SOP | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Alexander Eremenko | Dynamo Moscow | 21 | 1309:24 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 93.4 | 1.74 |
| Rastislav Staňa | CSKA Moscow | 9 | 551:12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 93.9 | 1.74 |
| Konstantin Barulin | Ak Bars Kazan | 18 | 1233:41 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 94.1 | 1.75 |
| Ilya Ezhov | SKA Saint Petersburg | 11 | 645:27 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 93.3 | 1.77 |
| Jeff Glass | Sibir Novosibirsk | 7 | 406:47 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 94.1 | 1.77 |

## Nadezhda Cup

Preliminary round
* Dinamo Riga vs Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod(4–1, 3–4, Riga wins extra overtime)
* Spartak Moscow vs Vityaz Chekhov (2–2, 1–0)
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| W14 | Dinamo Riga | 2 | | | | | | |
| W9 | HC Donbass | 2 | | | | | | |
| W9 | HC Donbass | 2 | W14 | Dinamo Riga | 3 | | | |
| | | | W10 | Dinamo Minsk | 0 | | | |
| W13 | Spartak Moscow | 0 | W10 | Dinamo Minsk | 0 | | | |
| W10 | Dinamo Minsk | 3 | | | | | | |
| W10 | Dinamo Minsk | 3 | | | | W14 | Dinamo Riga | 3 |
| | | | | | | E11 | Amur Khabarovsk | 1 |
| E12 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 2 | | | | | | | E11 | Amur Khabarovsk | 1 |
| E9 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | 2 | | | | | | |
| E9 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | 2 | E12 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 2 | | | |
| | | | E11 | Amur Khabarovsk | 2 | | | |
| E11 | Amur Khabarovsk | 3 | E11 | Amur Khabarovsk | 2 | | | |
| E10 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 1 | | | | | | |

## Final standings

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

## Awards
### Players of the Month

Best KHL players of each month.
| Month | Goaltender | Defense | Forward | Rookie |
| September | Konstantin Barulin (Ak Bars) | Yevgeny Medvedev (Ak Bars) | Jori Lehterä (Sibir) | Daniil Apalkov (Lokomotiv) |
| October | Alexander Eremenko (Dynamo Moscow) | Anton Belov (Avangard) | Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA) | Nail Yakupov (Neftekhimik) |
| November | Rastislav Staňa (CSKA) | Victor Hedman (Barys) | Artem Anisimov (Lokomotiv) | Viktor Antipin (Magnitogorsk) |
| December | Karri Rämö (Avangard) | Sergei Gonchar (Magnitogorsk) | Evgeni Malkin (Magnitogorsk) | Alexander Sharychenkov (Dynamo Moscow) |
| January | Vasiliy Koshechkin (Severstal) | Dmitri Kalinin (SKA) | Igor Skorokhodov (Yugra) | Valeri Nichushkin (Traktor) |
| February | Vasiliy Koshechkin (Severstal) | Yakov Rylov (CSKA) | Mikhail Varnakov (SKA) | Valeri Nichushkin (Traktor) |
| March | Michael Garnett (Traktor) | Dominik Graňák (Dynamo Moscow) | Viktor Tikhonov (SKA) | Valeri Nichushkin (Traktor) |

### KHL Awards

On 22 May 2013, the KHL held their annual award ceremony. A total of 23 different awards were handed out to teams, players, officials and media. The most important trophies are listed in the table below.
| Golden Stick Award (regular season MVP) | Sergei Mozyakin (Magintogorsk) |
| Best coach | Oļegs Znaroks (Dynamo Msc) |
| Alexei Cherepanov Award (best rookie) | Valeri Nichushkin (Traktor) |
The league also awarded six "Golden Helmets" for the members of the all-star team:
| Forwards | Alexander Radulov SKA Saint Petersburg | Alexander Radulov SKA Saint Petersburg | Viktor Tikhonov SKA Saint Petersburg | Viktor Tikhonov SKA Saint Petersburg | Sergei Mozyakin Metallurg Magnitogorsk | Sergei Mozyakin Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| Defense | Ilya Nikulin Ak Bars Kazan | Ilya Nikulin Ak Bars Kazan | Ilya Nikulin Ak Bars Kazan | Ilya Gorokhov Dynamo Moscow | Ilya Gorokhov Dynamo Moscow | Ilya Gorokhov Dynamo Moscow |
| Goalie | Alexander Eremenko Dynamo Moscow | Alexander Eremenko Dynamo Moscow | Alexander Eremenko Dynamo Moscow | Alexander Eremenko Dynamo Moscow | Alexander Eremenko Dynamo Moscow | Alexander Eremenko Dynamo Moscow |