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 . 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 : The conference standings determine the seedings for the play - offs . The first two places in each conference are reserved for the division winners . Player statistics . Scoring leaders . " GP = Games played ; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; + / – = Plus - minus ; PIM = Penalty minutes " 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 " 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 . Player statistics . Playoff scoring leaders . " GP = Games played ; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; + / – = Plus - minus ; PIM = Penalty minutes " Playoff leading goaltenders . < / small > " 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 " Nadezhda Cup . The 12 teams that do not advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs participate in Nadezhda Cup . The teams ranked 9 - th and 10 - th 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 . " < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Note : Spartak Moscow was excluded from Nadezhda Cup 2014 tournament due to financial issues . " Awards . Players of the Month . Best KHL players of each month .