# 2016–17 KHL season

The 2016–17 KHL season was the ninth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 22 August 2016 and ended on 16 April 2017. SKA Saint Petersburg defeated Metallurg Magnitogorsk four games to one to win their second Gagarin Cup Championship in three seasons.
The KHL had the third highest average attendance in Europe, averaging 6,121 spectators, and the highest total attendance in Europe with 5.32 million spectators in the regular season.

## Team changes

The Chinese club HC Kunlun Red Star from Beijing, China joined the league, to become its 29th team.
The Russian Club Metallurg Novokuznetsk was relegated due to debt.

## Divisions and regular season format

Like in the 2015–16 season, each team played every other team once at home and once on the road, giving a total of 56 games (28 at home, 28 on the road), plus 4 additional games (2 at home, 2 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.
How the teams are divided into divisions and conferences is shown in the table below.
| Western Conference | Eastern Conference |
| Bobrov Division | Tarasov Division | Kharlamov Division | Chernyshev Division |
| Dinamo Minsk | CSKA Moscow | Ak Bars Kazan | Admiral Vladivostok |
| Dinamo Riga | Dynamo Moscow | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | Amur Khabarovsk |
| Jokerit | HC Sochi | Lada Togliatti | Avangard Omsk |
| Medveščak Zagreb | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | Barys Astana |
| SKA Saint Petersburg | Severstal Cherepovets | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | HC Kunlun Red Star |
| Slovan Bratislava | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | Traktor Chelyabinsk | Metallurg Novokuznetsk |
| Spartak Moscow | Vityaz Podolsk | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
| | | | Sibir Novosibirsk |

## League standings
### Western Conference

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 60 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 183 | 110 | +73 | 137 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 2 | SKA Saint Petersburg | 60 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 249 | 114 | +135 | 137 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 60 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 164 | 111 | +53 | 112 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 60 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 163 | 130 | +33 | 110 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 5 | Dinamo Minsk | 60 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 171 | 150 | +21 | 105 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 6 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | 60 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 145 | 124 | +21 | 104 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 7 | Vityaz Podolsk | 60 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 162 | 158 | +4 | 97 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 8 | Jokerit | 60 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 149 | 165 | −16 | 93 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 9 | HC Sochi | 60 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 139 | 145 | −6 | 88 | |
| 10 | Slovan Bratislava | 60 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 144 | 166 | −22 | 85 | |
| 11 | Severstal Cherepovets | 60 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 133 | 163 | −30 | 74 | |
| 12 | Medveščak Zagreb | 60 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 138 | 186 | −48 | 69 | |
| 13 | Spartak Moscow | 60 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 125 | 168 | −43 | 66 | |
| 14 | Dinamo Riga | 60 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 116 | 158 | −42 | 58 | |
* ↑ Teams leading a division hold one of the first two places of their conference.

### Eastern Conference

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 60 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 197 | 135 | +62 | 124 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 2 | Avangard Omsk | 60 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 156 | 127 | +29 | 109 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 3 | Ak Bars Kazan | 60 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 155 | 127 | +28 | 109 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 4 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 60 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 130 | 120 | +10 | 97 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 5 | Barys Astana | 60 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 151 | 167 | −16 | 90 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 6 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 60 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 169 | 174 | −5 | 88 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 7 | Admiral Vladivostok | 60 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 147 | 153 | −6 | 86 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 8 | HC Kunlun Red Star | 60 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 139 | 144 | −5 | 83 | Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs |
| 9 | Sibir Novosibirsk | 60 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 133 | 138 | −5 | 83 | |
| 10 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 60 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 143 | 155 | −12 | 80 | |
| 11 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | 60 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 139 | 165 | −26 | 79 | |
| 12 | Amur Khabarovsk | 60 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 110 | 130 | −20 | 76 | |
| 13 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | 60 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 112 | 148 | −36 | 66 | |
| 14 | Lada Togliatti | 60 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 146 | 180 | −34 | 65 | |
| 15 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 60 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 97 | 194 | −97 | 40 | |
* ↑ Teams leading a division hold one of the first two places of its conference.

## Gagarin Cup Playoffs

The playoffs started on 21 February 2017, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and end with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on 16 April 2017.

### 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 | Kunlun Red Star | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Kunlun Red Star | 1 | | | 1 | Metallurg Mg | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Barys | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Avangard | 4 | | | 5 | Barys | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Admiral | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Admiral | 2 | | | | | | 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 | 3 | Ak Bars | 0 | | | | |
| 3 | Ak Bars | 4 | | | | | | | | | 3 | Ak Bars | 0 | | | | |
| 6 | Salavat Yulaev | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Salavat Yulaev | 1 | | | 2 | Avangard | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Ak Bars | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Traktor | 2 | | | 3 | Ak Bars | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Barys | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Barys | 4 | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Metallurg Mg | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | W2 | SKA | 4 |
| 1 | CSKA | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | W2 | SKA | 4 |
| 8 | Jokerit | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jokerit | 0 | | | 1 | CSKA | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Lokomotiv | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | SKA | 4 | | | 4 | Lokomotiv | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Vityaz | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Vityaz | 0 | | | | | | 4 | Lokomotiv | 0 | | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | 4 | Lokomotiv | 0 | | | | |
| Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | 2 | SKA | 4 | | | | |
| 3 | Dynamo Msk | 4 | | | | | | | | | 2 | SKA | 4 | | | | |
| 6 | Torpedo | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Torpedo | 1 | | | 2 | SKA | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Dynamo Msk | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Lokomotiv | 4 | | | 3 | Dynamo Msk | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Dinamo Mn | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| 2 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| 4 | Ak Bars Kazan |
| 5 | CSKA Moscow |
| 6 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 7 | Avangard Omsk |
| 8 | Barys Astana |
| 9 | Dinamo Minsk |
| 10 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
| 11 | Traktor Chelyabinsk |
| 12 | Vityaz |
| 13 | Jokerit |
| 14 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
| 15 | Admiral Vladivostok |
| 16 | HC Kunlun Red Star |
| 17 | Sochi |
| 18 | Slovan Bratislava |
| 19 | Sibir Novosibirsk |
| 20 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk |
| 21 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg |
| 22 | Amur Khabarovsk |
| 23 | Severstal Cherepovets |
| 24 | Medveščak Zagreb |
| 25 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk |
| 26 | Spartak Moscow |
| 27 | Lada Togliatti |
| 28 | Dinamo Riga |
| 29 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk |

## Player statistics
### Scoring leaders

As of 18 February 2017
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Sergei Mozyakin | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 60 | 48 | 37 | 85 | +10 | 4 |
| Ilya Kovalchuk | SKA Saint Petersburg | 60 | 32 | 46 | 78 | +28 | 47 |
| Vadim Shipachyov | SKA Saint Petersburg | 50 | 26 | 50 | 76 | +33 | 22 |
| Nikita Gusev | SKA Saint Petersburg | 57 | 24 | 47 | 71 | +33 | 8 |
| Evgenii Dadonov | SKA Saint Petersburg | 53 | 30 | 36 | 66 | +33 | 39 |
Source: KHL

### Leading goaltenders

As of 18 February 2017
| Player | Team | GP | Min | W | L | SOP | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Alexander Yeryomenko | Dynamo Moscow | 37 | 2092:48 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 9 | .950 | 1.29 |
| Pavel Francouz | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 30 | 1718:50 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 5 | .953 | 1.43 |
| Ilya Sorokin | CSKA Moscow | 39 | 2276:14 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 5 | .929 | 1.61 |
| Igor Shestyorkin | SKA Saint Petersburg | 39 | 2190:49 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 8 | .937 | 1.64 |
| Viktor Fasth | CSKA Moscow | 21 | 1169:05 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 4 | .929 | 1.69 |
Source: KHL

## Awards
### Players of the Month

Best KHL players of each month.
| Month | Goaltender | Defense | Forward | Rookie |
| September | Ilya Proskuryakov (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) | Mat Robinson (Dynamo Moscow) | Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) | Vladimir Tkachev (Admiral Vladivostok) |
| October | Igor Shestyorkin (SKA Saint Petersburg) | Chris Lee (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) | Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA Saint Petersburg) | Artyom Zagidulin (Kunlun Red Star) |
| November | Vasily Demchenko (Traktor Chelyabinsk) | Zakhar Arzamastsev (Salavat Yulaev Ufa) | Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) | Dmitry Shulenin (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) |
| December | Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow) | Yegor Martynov (Avangard Omsk) | Richard Gynge (Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) | Vladimir Tkachev (Admiral Vladivostok) |
| January | Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow) | Juuso Hietanen (Dynamo Moscow) | Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) | Artyom Ilenko (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) |
| February | Alexander Yeryomenko (Dynamo Moscow) | Jakub Nakládal (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) | Sergei Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) | Denis Alexeyev (Admiral Vladivostok) |
| March | Vasily Koshechkin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) | Vladislav Gavrikov (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) | Danis Zaripov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) | Grigori Dronov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) |
| April | | | | |