# 2021–22 Belarusian Extraliga season

The 2021–22 Belarusian Extraliga season was the 30th season of the Belarusian Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Belarus. Twelve teams participated in the league.

## Regular season
### First round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yunost Minsk | 44 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 119 | 75 | +44 | 69 | Advance to Second Round Group A |
| 2 | Metallurg Zhlobin | 44 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 140 | 101 | +39 | 64 | Advance to Second Round Group A |
| 3 | HK Gomel | 44 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 134 | 96 | +38 | 62 | Advance to Second Round Group A |
| 4 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 44 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 123 | 87 | +36 | 61 | Advance to Second Round Group A |
| 5 | HK Vitebsk | 44 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 107 | 100 | +7 | 58 | Advance to Second Round Group A |
| 6 | Neman Grodno | 44 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 119 | 94 | +25 | 49 | Advance to Second Round Group A |
| 7 | Dinamo-Molodechno | 44 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 104 | 116 | −12 | 48 | Advance to Second Round Group B |
| 8 | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | 44 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 82 | 89 | −7 | 46 | Advance to Second Round Group B |
| 9 | HK Lokomotiv Orsha | 44 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 92 | 91 | +1 | 45 | Advance to Second Round Group B |
| 10 | HK Brest | 44 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 75 | 121 | −46 | 35 | Advance to Second Round Group B |
| 11 | HK Mogilev | 44 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 54 | 107 | −53 | 33 | Advance to Second Round Group B |
| 12 | HK Lida | 44 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 77 | 149 | −72 | 27 | Advance to Second Round Group B |

### Second round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yunost Minsk | 54 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 156 | 99 | +57 | 87 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Metallurg Zhlobin | 54 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 174 | 120 | +54 | 81 | Advance to play-offs |
| 3 | HK Gomel | 54 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 152 | 126 | +26 | 71 | Advance to play-offs |
| 4 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 54 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 142 | 117 | +25 | 69 | Advance to play-offs |
| 5 | HK Vitebsk | 54 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 134 | 124 | +10 | 68 | Advance to play-offs |
| 6 | Neman Grodno | 54 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 137 | 120 | +17 | 56 | Advance to play-offs |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dinamo-Molodechno | 54 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 133 | 138 | −5 | 64 | Advance to qualification round |
| 2 | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | 54 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 107 | 103 | +4 | 62 | Advance to qualification round |
| 3 | HK Lokomotiv Orsha | 54 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 116 | 106 | +10 | 60 | Advance to qualification round |
| 4 | HK Brest | 54 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 98 | 147 | −49 | 45 | Advance to qualification round |
| 5 | HK Mogilev | 54 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 70 | 130 | −60 | 42 | |
| 6 | HK Lida | 54 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 103 | 192 | −89 | 31 | |

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 20 February 2022.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Alexei Mikhnov | Metallurg Zhlobin | 51 | 27 | 26 | 53 | +25 | 37 |
| Aleksandr Timiryov | Metallurg Zhlobin | 51 | 29 | 22 | 51 | +19 | 14 |
| Stanislav Kuchkin | HK Gomel | 46 | 23 | 28 | 51 | +23 | 48 |
| Alexei Mastryukov | Metallurg Zhlobin | 49 | 18 | 16 | 44 | +23 | 14 |
| Denis Kuzmin | HK Vitebsk | 50 | 14 | 27 | 41 | +30 | 42 |
| Pavel Kopytin | Dinamo-Molodechno | 45 | 15 | 25 | 40 | -3 | 49 |
| Nikita Remezov | Neman Grodno | 38 | 14 | 26 | 40 | +9 | 12 |
| Andrei Feklistov | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 52 | 18 | 21 | 39 | +6 | 25 |
| Evgeniy Grigorenko | HK Gomel | 45 | 19 | 19 | 38 | +21 | 8 |
| Pavel Razvadovski | HK Gomel | 51 | 19 | 18 | 37 | +17 | 45 |

### Leading goaltenders

The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of matches played on 7 October 2021.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| Aleksandr Samoylov | Metallurg Zhlobin | 13 | 794:00 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 1.81 | 94 |
| Sergey Bronnikov | HK Brest | 11 | 589:00 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 2.14 | 94 |
| Nikita Mytnik | Yunost Minsk | 13 | 783:00 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 2.68 | 90 |
| Artur Malkov | HK Mogilev | 12 | 679:00 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 1.77 | 93 |
| Mikhail Karnaukhov | Dinamo-Molodechno | 11 | 621:00 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 2.13 | 92 |
| Konstantin Kozlovsky | HK Lida | 12 | 568:00 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 3.06 | 90 |
| Aleksey Merzlov | HK Lokomotiv Orsha | 7 | 426:00 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1.83 | 94 |
| Stepan Goryachevskikh | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | 8 | 484:00 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0.99 | 96 |
| Rostislav Zinovenko | Yunost Minsk | 10 | 606:00 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1.29 | 94 |
| Maxim Malyutin | Neman Grodno | 9 | 482:00 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2.12 | 92 |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Qualification round (best-of-3) | Qualification round (best-of-3) | Qualification round (best-of-3) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| | | | 1 | Yunost Minsk | 4 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Dinamo-Molodechno | 2 | 8 | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | 2 | | | | | | |
| 10 | HK Brest | 0 | | | | 1 | Yunost Minsk | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Neman Grodno | 2 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Metallurg Zhlobin | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | 7 | Dinamo-Molodechno | 0 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 1 | Yunost Minsk | 3 |
| | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 2 | Metallurg Zhlobin | 4 |
| | | | 3 | HK Gomel | 1 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| 8 | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | 2 | 6 | Neman Grodno | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| 9 | HK Lokomotiv Orsha | 1 | | | | 2 | Metallurg Zhlobin | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | HK Vitebsk | 0 | | | | | | |

### Qualification round

Dinamo-Molodechno – HK Brest 2–0 :
| 2022-02-27 | Dinamo-Molodechno | HK Brest | 1-0 |
| 2022-03-01 | HK Brest | Dinamo-Molodechno | 1-2 |
| Dinamo-Molodechno won the series 2–0 ||||
Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk – HK Lokomotiv Orsha 2–1 :
| 2022-02-28 | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | HK Lokomotiv Orsha | 3-1 |
| 2022-03-02 | HK Lokomotiv Orsha | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | 3-2 OT |
| 2022-03-04 | HK Lokomotiv Orsha | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | 0-2 |
| Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk won the series 2–1 ||||

### Quarterfinals

Yunost Minsk – Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 4-2 :
| 2022-03-09 | Yunost Minsk | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | 2-0 |
| 2022-03-11 | Yunost Minsk | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | 0-2 |
| 2022-03-13 | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | Yunost Minsk | 1-2 |
| 2022-03-15 | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | Yunost Minsk | 3-4 |
| 2022-03-17 | Yunost Minsk | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | 1-4 |
| 2022-03-19 | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk | Yunost Minsk | 1-4 |
| Yunost Minsk won the series 4–2 ||||
HK Gomel – Neman Grodno 4-1 :
| 2022-03-10 | HK Gomel | Neman Grodno | 2-3 |
| 2022-03-12 | HK Gomel | Neman Grodno | 2-1 |
| 2022-03-14 | Neman Grodno | HK Gomel | 2-0 |
| 2022-03-16 | Neman Grodno | HK Gomel | 2-1 |
| 2022-03-18 | HK Gomel | Neman Grodno | 2-3 |
| Neman Grodno won the series 4–1 ||||
Metallurg Zhlobin – Dinamo-Molodechno 4-0 :
| 2022-03-10 | Metallurg Zhlobin | Dinamo-Molodechno | 5-2 |
| 2022-03-12 | Metallurg Zhlobin | Dinamo-Molodechno | 3-1 |
| 2022-03-14 | Dinamo-Molodechno | Metallurg Zhlobin | 1-6 |
| 2022-03-16 | Dinamo-Molodechno | Metallurg Zhlobin | 1-2 |
| Metallurg Zhlobin won the series 4–0 ||||
Shakhtyor Soligorsk – HK Vitebsk 4-0 :
| 2022-03-09 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | HK Vitebsk | 3-1 OT |
| 2022-03-11 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | HK Vitebsk | 4-0 |
| 2022-03-13 | HK Vitebsk | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 4-5 |
| 2022-03-15 | HK Vitebsk | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0-3 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk won the series 4–0 ||||

### Semifinals

Yunost Minsk – Neman Grodno 4-2 :
| 2022-03-26 | Yunost Minsk | Neman Grodno | 4-1 |
| 2022-03-28 | Yunost Minsk | Neman Grodno | 2-0 |
| 2022-03-30 | Neman Grodno | Yunost Minsk | 2-1 OT2 |
| 2022-04-01 | Neman Grodno | Yunost Minsk | 0-4 |
| 2022-04-03 | Yunost Minsk | Neman Grodno | 3-4 OT2 |
| 2022-04-05 | Neman Grodno | Yunost Minsk | 2-3 |
| Yunost Minsk won the series 4–2 ||||
Metallurg Zhlobin – Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4-3 :
| 2022-03-27 | Metallurg Zhlobin | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 7-4 |
| 2022-03-29 | Metallurg Zhlobin | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2-3 OT |
| 2022-03-31 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Metallurg Zhlobin | 4-2 |
| 2022-04-02 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Metallurg Zhlobin | 1-3 |
| 2022-04-04 | Metallurg Zhlobin | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 4-0 |
| 2022-04-06 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Metallurg Zhlobin | 3-2 |
| 2022-04-08 | Metallurg Zhlobin | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 5-0 |
| Metallurg Zhlobin won the series 4–3 ||||

### Finals
## Final rankings

| | Metallurg Zhlobin |
| | Yunost Minsk |
| | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
| 4 | Neman Grodno |
| 5 | HK Gomel |
| 6 | HK Vitebsk |
| 7 | Dinamo-Molodechno |
| 8 | Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk |
| 9 | HK Lokomotiv Orsha |
| 10 | HK Brest |
| 11 | HK Mogilev |
| 12 | HK Lida |