2019–20 KHL season

The 2019–20 KHL season was the twelfth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. There were 24 teams that competed in 62 regular season games. The season began with the Opening Cup on 1 September 2019, and the regular championship ran until 27 February 2020. The playoffs were scheduled to take place from 1 March through until 30 April. The All-Star Weekend took place over 18–19 January 2020.
Due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe, the season was prematurely ended on 25 March 2020, midway through the playoffs.
The Russian Hockey Federation declared CSKA Moscow the Russian champions, SKA Saint Petersburg and Ak Bars Kazan silver medalists, and Dinamo Moscow bronze medalists based on regular season standings.https://fhr.ru/news/item/71968/
==Season changes==
For the 2019–20 season, the KHL originally announced that all 25 teams from the 2018–19 would return and continue without any changes to Divisions realignments. However the competition was reduced to 24 teams after Slovak based, HC Slovan Bratislava, announced that they would be withdrawing from the KHL to return to the Slovak Extraliga due to financial restrictions on 27 May 2019. With Slovan Bratislava's exit, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod were moved from the Eastern Conference, to the Western Conference, reversing the move of the previous season. As a result, both Conferences consisted of 12 teams.
===KHL World Games===
The KHL announced the World Games project would continue for a second consecutive season with more information to be announced in July 2019. With the release of the season's schedule, new destinations of Davos, Shenzhen and Almaty were scheduled to host games.
===Smart pucks===
Smart puck technology, backed up with chips in players' jerseys, was used in all KHL games in the coming season. The new technology was trialled in the All-Star Game in Kazan last season and was also used in regular season games in Helsinki. Every arena in the league installed sensors capable of collecting information from the chips 100 times a second. That information was available to various users and coaches in real time, giving-up-to-the-second details of the players’ speed, the distance covered in each shift, the speed and location of each shot and much more.
The KHL is the first league in the world to implement this technology across the board.
==Teams==
The 24 teams were split into four divisions: the Bobrov Division and the Tarasov Division as part of the Western Conference, with the Kharlamov Division and the Chernyshev Division as part of the Eastern Conference.
Western Conference 	Western Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference
Bobrov Division 	Tarasov Division 	Kharlamov Division 	Chernyshev Division
Dinamo Riga 	CSKA Moscow 	Ak Bars Kazan 	Admiral Vladivostok
Dynamo Moscow 	Dinamo Minsk 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Amur Khabarovsk
Jokerit 	HC Sochi 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk 	Avangard Omsk
Severstal Cherepovets	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 	Barys Nur-Sultan
SKA Saint Petersburg 	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	Sibir Novosibirsk 	Kunlun Red Star
Spartak Moscow 	Vityaz Podolsk 	Traktor Chelyabinsk 	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
==League standings==
Each team played 62 games, playing their divisional opponents four times, non-divisional conference rivals three times, and non-conference opponents twice.
Points were awarded for each game, where two points were awarded for all victories, regardless of whether it was in regulation time, in overtime or after game-winning shots. One point was awarded for losing in overtime or game-winning shots, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the Continental Cup winner.
===Western Conference===
Pos.	Team 	GP	W 	OW	OL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts.	Qualification
1 	CSKA Moscow 	62	40	5 	4 	13	202	99 	+103	94 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 	SKA Saint Petersburg 	62	30	14	5 	13	179	118	+61 	93 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
3 	Jokerit 	62	28	10	8 	16	184	164	+20 	84 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 	Dynamo Moscow 	62	29	8 	8 	17	182	144	+38 	82 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
5 	Spartak Moscow 	62	26	8 	9 	19	173	143	+3 	77 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
6 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 	62	25	9 	5 	23	170	151	+19 	73 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
7 	Vityaz Podolsk 	62	18	8 	11	24	137	166	-29 	65 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
8 	Torpedo Nizhny Novogorod	62	22	7 	6 	27	165	167	-2 	64 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
9 	HC Sochi 	62	15	10	9 	28	124	164	-40 	59 	
10 	Severstal Cherepovets 	62	14	10	10	28	126	171	-45 	58 	
11 	Dinamo Riga 	62	11	6 	7 	38	103	187	-84 	41 	
12 	Dinamo Minsk 	62	11	3 	11	37	135	232	-97 	39 	
===Eastern Conference===
Pos.	Team 	GP	W 	OW	OL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts.	Qualification
1 	Ak Bars Kazan 	62	38	6 	5 	13	178	121	+57	93 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
2 	Barys Nur-Sultan 	62	31	7 	8 	16	156	137	+19	84 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
3 	Avangard Omsk 	62	30	7 	9 	16	163	120	+43	83 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
4 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	62	24	11	8 	19	168	151	+17	78 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
5 	Sibir Novosibirsk 	62	27	7 	6 	22	139	143	-4 	74 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
6 	Salavat Yulaev Ufa 	62	23	6 	10	23	153	144	+9 	68 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
7 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk 	62	20	8 	9 	25	138	145	-7 	65 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
8 	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 	62	21	7 	8 	26	162	158	+4 	64 	Advance to Gagarin Cup Playoffs
9 	Amur Khabarovsk 	62	20	6 	10	26	132	145	-13	62 	
10 	Kunlun Red Star 	62	20	6 	8 	28	139	158	-19	60 	
11 	Traktor Chelyabinsk 	62	20	5 	6 	31	132	161	-29	56 	
12 	Admiral Vladivostok 	62	16	10	4 	32	126	177	-51	56 	
==Gagarin Cup playoffs==
Ak Bars Kazan were the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 93 points. It was determined following a 5–3 victory over closest challengers Avangard Omsk at TatNeft Arena. CSKA Moscow were the Western Conference regular season winners, and winners of the Continental Cup with 94 points. It was determined following a 6–0 victory over HC Sochi at CSKA Arena.
==Final standings==
Following the announcement that the season was prematurely ended on 25 March 2020, a decision of the final league standings was announced to be made at a later date. On 7 May 2020, it was announced that the eight teams that had qualified for the second round of the playoffs would be ranked ex aequo.
At the same time, the Russian Hockey Federation declared CSKA Moscow the Russian champions, SKA Saint Petersburg and Ak Bars Kazan silver medalists, and Dinamo Moscow bronze medalists based on regular season standings.https://fhr.ru/news/item/71968/
Rank	Team
1–8 	Ak Bars Kazan
1–8 	Barys Nur-Sultan
1–8 	CSKA Moscow
1–8 	Dynamo Moscow
1–8 	Jokerit
1–8 	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
1–8 	Sibir Novosibirsk
1–8 	SKA Saint Petersburg
9 	Avangard Omsk
10 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
11 	Spartak Moscow
12 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
13 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
14 	Vityaz Podolsk
15 	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
16 	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
17 	Amur Khabarovsk
18 	Kunlun Red Star
19 	HC Sochi
20 	Severstal Cherepovets
21 	Traktor Chelyabinsk
22 	Admiral Vladivostok
23 	Dinamo Riga
24 	Dinamo Minsk
==Statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Dynamo Moscow 	61	17	48	65	+34	28
 	Dynamo Moscow 	58	31	32	63	+34	75
 	CSKA Moscow 	57	33	29	62	+32	10
 	Salavat Yulaev Ufa 	59	12	42	54	–1 	36
 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	59	20	30	50	–5 	13
 	Jokerit 	60	17	32	49	+26	20
 	Salavat Yulaev Ufa 	58	27	21	48	–2 	28
 	Jokerit 	56	19	29	48	+17	18
 	CSKA Moscow 	52	13	35	48	+22	47
 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	61	24	22	46	-3 	22
===Leading goaltenders===
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, at the conclusion of the regular season.
Player	Team(s) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	CSKA Moscow 	23	1370:30	17	6 	32	6	93.25%	1.40
 	Ak Bars Kazan 	32	1652:14	19	4 	40	8	94.34%	1.45
 	CSKA Moscow 	40	2364:49	26	10	59	9	93.50%	1.50
 	 	25	1428:32	19	1 	36	4	94.66%	1.51
 	SKA Saint Petersburg 	26	1443:15	14	7 	41	3	92.65%	1.70
 	Avangard Omsk 	48	2815:51	25	16	81	5	93.24%	1.73
 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	49	2687:12	18	20	87	6	93.31%	1.94
 	Dynamo Moscow 	49	2638:43	26	13	87	6	93.47%	1.98
 	Sibir Novosibirsk 	30	1403:56	10	11	47	2	93.52%	2.01
 	Amur Khabarovsk 	40	2246:36	15	13	76	7	93.65%	2.03
==Awards==
===Players of the Month===
Best KHL players of each month.
Month 	Goaltender 	Defence 	Forward 	Rookie
September	Alexei Melnichuk (SKA Saint Petersburg) 	Mikael Wikstrand (Ak Bars Kazan) 	Damir Zhafyarov (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)	Danila Zhuravlyov (Ak Bars Kazan)
October 	Harri Säteri (Sibir Novosibirsk) 	Albert Yarullin (Ak Bars Kazan) 	Vadim Shipachyov (Dynamo Moscow) 	Artyom Galimov (Ak Bars Kazan)
November 	Timur Bilyalov (Ak Bars Kazan) 	Mikko Lehtonen (Jokerit) 	Dmitrij Jaškin (Dynamo Moscow) 	Kirill Marchenko (SKA Saint Petersburg)
December 	Jakub Kovář (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg)	Mikko Lehtonen (Jokerit) 	Roman Starchenko (Barys Nur-Sultan) 	Akim Trishin (Spartak Moscow)
January 	Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow) 	Mikko Lehtonen (Jokerit) 	Anton Slepyshev (CSKA Moscow) 	Ivan Morozov (CSKA Moscow)
February 	Ivan Fedotov (Traktor Chelyabinsk) 	Vasili Tokranov (SKA Saint Petersburg)	Kirill Kaprizov (CSKA Moscow) 	Dmitri Voronkov (Ak Bars Kazan)
March 	Not awarded 	Not awarded 	Not awarded 	Not awarded
April 	Not awarded 	Not awarded 	Not awarded 	Not awarded
==References==
==External links==
* 
 
Category:Kontinental Hockey League seasons
KHL