2019 Gagarin Cup playoffs

After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs.

The regular season winners and Continental Cup winners were CSKA Moscow with 106 points.

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Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg were the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 95 points.

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|name_SAL=Salavat Yulaev Ufa

|name_TRK=Traktor Chelyabinsk

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In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage. In the Gagarin Cup Finals, home ice is determined based on regular season points. Each best-of-seven series follows a 2–2–1–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team plays at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the lower-seeded team is at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary).

The 2019 Gagarin Cup playoffs started on 25 February 2019, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, and finished on 19 April 2019.{{cite news|url=https://en.khl.ru/news/2019/01/25/428987.html|title=2018/2019 Playoffs Logo Unveiled|work=KHL.ru|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|date=25 January 2019|access-date=21 February 2019|quote=The 11th season's playoffs stage begins on February 25 with four games involving teams from both conferences. The potential 7th game of the Gagarin Cup finals is scheduled for April 25.|first=Alessandro|last=Seren Rosso}}

{{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Bracket|text=

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| RD1=Conference Quarterfinals

| RD2=Conference Semifinals

| RD3=Conference Finals

| RD4=Gagarin Cup Finals

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| RD2-group2=Western Conference

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Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg finished first in the Eastern Conference earning 95 points. Traktor Chelyabinsk finished as the Eastern Conference's eighth seed, earning 58 points, and averaging 1.64 goals per game, the lowest recorded tally for any playoff-qualifying team. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams; Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg won all four games in this year's regular season series.{{cite news|url=https://en.khl.ru/news/2019/02/26/433160.html|title=SKA & CSKA ready to continue incredible 2018-19 success! Preview Feb 26|first=Chapin|last=Landvogt|work=KHL.ru|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|date=26 February 2019|accessdate=26 February 2019}}

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|2-3-1 = Alexander Kucheryavenko (1; PPG) – 17:16

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|goalie2-1 = Jakub Kovář (27 shots / 25 saves)

|goalie2-2 = Vasily Demchenko (28 shots / 24 saves)

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|3-4-1 = 00:54 – Vyacheslav Litovchenko (1)

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|4-3-1 = {{ubl|02:27 – Dan Sexton (2)|04:18 – Vyacheslav Litovchenko (3)}}

|4-3-2 = Alexander Sharov (1) – 01:00

|goalie4-1 = Jakub Kovář (25 shots / 22 saves)

|goalie4-2 = Vasily Demchenko (44 shots / 40 saves)

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}}

Barys Astana finished second in the Eastern Conference earning 86 points. Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod finished as the Eastern Conference's seventh seed, earning 64 points. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams, and they split their two-game regular season series.

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|3-3-2 = Denis Barantsev (2; ENG) – 19:56

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|goalie3-2 = Barry Brust (31 shots / 30 saves)

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|4-3-1 = 09:06 – Curtis Valk (1)

|4-3-2 = {{ubl|Damir Zhafyarov (1) – 17:32|Denis Parshin (1) – 18:39}}

|4-4-2 = Vladimir Galuzin (1; PPG) – 15:14

|goalie4-1 = Dominik Hrachovina (63 shots / 58 saves)

|goalie4-2 = Barry Brust (40 shots / 36 saves)

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|5-1-1 = {{ubl|Matt Frattin (5) – 06:46|Brandon Bochenski (3) – 11:43}}

|5-2-1 = André Petersson (2; PPG) – 05:08

|5-3-2 = 01:25 – Robert Sabolič (3)

|goalie5-1 = Henrik Karlsson (23 shots / 22 saves)

|goalie5-2 = Barry Brust (28 shots / 25 saves)

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|6-1-1 = No scoring

|6-1-2 = Denis Parshin (2) – 12:41

|6-2-1 = 08:17 – Pavel Akolzin (2)

|6-2-2 = {{ubl|Artyom Alyayev (1) – 10:36|Vladimir Galuzin (2; PPG) – 14:15}}

|goalie6-1 = Henrik Karlsson (36 shots / 33 saves)

|goalie6-2 = Barry Brust (41 shots / 40 saves)

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|7-1-1 = Darren Dietz (2) – 00:54

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|7-2-1 = Matt Frattin (6) – 12:16

|7-2-2 = 16:36 – Dmitri Semin (1)

|7-3-1 = Darren Dietz (3) – 11:55

|goalie7-1 = Henrik Karlsson (28 shots / 26 saves)

|goalie7-2 = Barry Brust (36 shots / 33 saves)

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}}

Metallurg Magnitogorsk finished third in the Eastern Conference earning 84 points. Salavat Yulaev Ufa finished as the Eastern Conference's sixth seed, earning 72 points. This was the fifth playoff meeting between the two teams, with the previous four series having been shared; Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the most recent series during the 2016 Gagarin Cup playoffs. This year's two-game regular season series was also shared.{{cite news|url=https://en.khl.ru/news/2019/02/25/433118.html|title=The 2018-19 KHL Playoffs set to take flight! Preview for February 25th|first=Chapin|last=Landvogt|work=KHL.ru|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|date=25 February 2019|accessdate=26 February 2019}}

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|1-4-1 = Nick Shore (1) – 19:20

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|2-2-2 = {{ubl|13:37 – Teemu Hartikainen (2)|17:19 – Joonas Kemppainen (1; PPG)}}

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|goalie2-1 = {{ubl|Vasily Koshechkin (23 shots / 20 saves)|Artyom Zagidulin (12 shots / 11 saves)}}

|goalie2-2 = Juha Metsola (25 shots / 24 saves)

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|3-3-1 = 17:23 – Dmitry Zaitsev (1)

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|goalie3-2 = Juha Metsola (39 shots / 38 saves)

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|4-3-2 = Vladimir Zharkov (1) – 14:35

|4-4-1 = 07:58 – Matt Ellison (1; PPG)

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|goalie4-2 = Juha Metsola (34 shots / 32 saves)

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|5-4-2 = 01:36 – Vladimir Tkachev (1)

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|goalie5-2 = Juha Metsola (19 shots / 18 saves)

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|6-2-1 = {{ubl|16:25 – Michal Bulíř (2; PPG)|19:58 – Nick Shore (2)}}

|6-3-2 = Teemu Hartikainen (5) – 19:14

|6-4-2 = Joonas Kemppainen (3) – 11:54

|goalie6-1 = Vasily Koshechkin (25 shots / 22 saves)

|goalie6-2 = Juha Metsola (48 shots / 46 saves)

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}}

Avangard Omsk finished fourth in the Eastern Conference earning 83 points. Ak Bars Kazan, the reigning Gagarin Cup champions, finished as the Eastern Conference's fifth seed, one point behind Avangard Omsk. This was the fourth playoff meeting between the two teams with Ak Bars Kazan winning all three previous series, the most recent of which was during the 2017 Gagarin Cup playoffs. This year's two-game regular season series was shared, with both games going to overtime.

In the opening game, a two-goal performance by Sergei Shumakov and a 21-save shutout at home by goaltender Igor Bobkov led Avangard Omsk to a 6–0 win.{{cite news|url=https://en.khl.ru/news/2019/02/25/433283.html|title=Jokerit slips at home, Shore pots a 100th-minute winner. February 25|first=Andy|last=Potts|work=KHL.ru|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|date=25 February 2019|accessdate=6 April 2019|at=Defending champ humbled in Balashikha}} In the second game, another strong offensive performance coupled with the play of Bobkov gained them a two-game lead, with a 6–3 victory.{{cite news|url=https://en.khl.ru/news/2019/02/27/433601.html|title=Defending champ defeated again, Ufa squares the series. Feb 27 playoffs|first=Andy|last=Potts|work=KHL.ru|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|date=27 February 2019|accessdate=6 April 2019|at=Another big loss for the defending champ}} Despite an early showing by Ak Bars Kazan, Avangard Omsk took a stranglehold in game three on the road on Denis Zernov's second period game-winner, ultimately winning 4–1.{{cite news|url=https://en.khl.ru/news/2019/03/01/433850.html|title=East: Ak Bars on the brink, Ufa demolishes Magnitka. March 1 playoffs|first=Andy|last=Potts|work=KHL.ru|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|date=1 March 2019|accessdate=6 April 2019|at=Champion on the brink of an early exit}} Finally, in game four, Shumakov scored all three goals – his first playoffs hat-trick – on the night, as Avangard Omsk swept Ak Bars Kazan in four successive games, marking the first time that the defending champions were beaten in such a manner in the first round of the playoffs.{{cite news|url=https://en.khl.ru/news/2019/03/03/434072.html|title=East: Ak Bars crashes out, Magnitka ties it up. March 3 playoffs|first=Andy|last=Potts|work=KHL.ru|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|date=3 March 2019|accessdate=6 April 2019|at=The Shumakov show|quote=That's the first time a Gagarin Cup holder has lost out at this stage since 2014, and the first time ever that a reigning champ has been swept in the opening match-up.}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

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|stadium2=TatNeft Arena

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|1-2-1 = {{ubl|Artyom Manukyan (1) – 03:18|Cody Franson (1) – 10:49}}

|1-3-1 = {{ubl|Sergei Shumakov (1) – 12:53|Sergei Shumakov (2) – 16:54}}

|goalie1-1 = Igor Bobkov (21 shots / 21 saves)

|goalie1-2 = {{ubl|Vladislav Podyapolsky (18 shots / 14 saves)|Alexander Sharychenkov (24 shots / 22 saves)}}

|date2 = 27 February

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|tv2 =

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|recap2 = en.khl.ru/game/674/80906/protocol/

|2-1-1 = {{ubl|Semyon Koshelev (1) – 09:00|Ilya Mikheyev (1; PPG) – 11:07}}

|2-2-1 = {{ubl|Sergei Shirokov (1) – 06:32|Taylor Beck (1; PPG) – 14:11}}

|2-2-2 = {{ubl|10:39 – Paul Postma (1; PPG)|11:57 – Jiří Sekáč (1; PPG)}}

|2-3-1 = {{ubl|Viktor Stålberg (1) – 08:58|Sergei Shirokov (2; ENG) – 19:40}}

|2-3-2 = 16:37 – Paul Postma (2; PPG)

|goalie2-1 = Igor Bobkov (30 shots / 27 saves)

|goalie2-2 = Alexander Sharychenkov (21 shots / 16 saves)

|date3 = 1 March

|score3 = 1–4

|tv3 =

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|3-1-1 = 19:19 – Denis Zernov (2; PPG)

|3-1-2 = Rob Klinkhammer (1) – 15:59

|3-2-1 = 15:16 – Denis Zernov (3)

|3-3-1 = {{ubl|01:40 – Kirill Semyonov (1; SHG)|06:55 – Semyon Koshelev (2)}}

|goalie3-1 = Igor Bobkov (23 shots / 22 saves)

|goalie3-2 = Vladislav Podyapolsky (29 shots / 25 saves)

|date4 = 3 March

|score4 = 2–3

|tv4 =

|won4 = 1

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|4-1-1 = 05:42 – Sergei Shumakov (3)

|4-1-2 = Anton Lander (1; PPG) – 06:22

|4-2-1 = {{ubl|04:37 – Sergei Shumakov (4)|10:38 – Sergei Shumakov (5; PPG)}}

|4-3-2 = Mikhail Glukhov (1) – 02:19

|goalie4-1 = Igor Bobkov (23 shots / 21 saves)

|goalie4-2 = Vladislav Podyapolsky (25 shots / 22 saves)

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}}

CSKA Moscow finished first in the Western Conference earning 106 points. Vityaz Podolsk finished as the Western Conference's eighth seed, earning 63 points. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams; CSKA Moscow won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.

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|team2=Vityaz Podolsk

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|stadium2=Vityaz Ice Palace

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|goalie1-1 = Ilya Sorokin (10 shots / 10 saves)

|goalie1-2 = Joni Ortio (39 shots / 35 saves)

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|tv2 =

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|2-3-1 = {{ubl|Mikhail Grigorenko (3; PPG) – 03:37|Alexey Marchenko (1; PPG) – 10:17}}

|2-3-2 = 06:00 – Borna Rendulić (1)

|goalie2-1 = Ilya Sorokin (14 shots / 12 saves)

|goalie2-2 = {{ubl|Joni Ortio (22 shots / 18 saves)|Alexander Samonov (15 shots / 13 saves)}}

|date3 = 2 March

|score3 = 1–3

|tv3 =

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|3-1-1 = No scoring

|3-2-1 = 07:25 – Maxim Shalunov (2)

|3-2-2 = Alexander Yevseyenkov (1; PPG) – 18:46

|3-3-1 = {{ubl|04:46 – Mat Robinson (1)|10:38 – Anton Slepyshev (1; PPG)}}

|goalie3-1 = Ilya Sorokin (28 shots / 27 saves)

|goalie3-2 = Alexander Samonov (36 shots / 33 saves)

|date4 = 4 March

|score4 = 1–3

|tv4 =

|won4 = 1

|recap4 = en.khl.ru/game/674/80957/protocol/

|4-1-1 = {{ubl|03:44 – Mikhail Grigorenko (4)|09:37 – Kirill Kaprizov (1; PPG)}}

|4-2-1 = 19:18 – Mikhail Grigorenko (5)

|4-2-2 = Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi (1; PPG) – 04:35

|goalie4-1 = Ilya Sorokin (24 shots / 23 saves)

|goalie4-2 = {{ubl|Alexander Samonov (3 shots / 1 save)|Joni Ortio (30 shots / 29 saves)}}

|series = CSKA Moscow win 4–0

}}

SKA Saint Petersburg finished second in the Western Conference earning 103 points. Spartak Moscow finished as the Western Conference's seventh seed, earning 64 points. This was the third playoff meeting between the two teams, with the previous two series having been shared; SKA Saint Petersburg swept the most recent series during the 2011 Gagarin Cup playoffs. SKA Saint Petersburg won all four games in this year's regular season series.

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|team2=Spartak Moscow

|stadium1=Ice Palace

|stadium2=VTB Ice Palace

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|score1 = 0–2

|tv1 =

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|1-1-2 = {{ubl|17:26 – Robin Hanzl (1; PPG)|19:40 – Mārtiņš Karsums (1; PPG)}}

|goalie1-1 = Igor Shestyorkin (16 shots / 14 saves)

|goalie1-2 = Július Hudáček (30 shots / 30 saves)

|date2 = 28 February

|score2 = 2–3

|tv2 =

|won2 = 2

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|2-1-1 = No scoring

|2-2-1 = {{ubl|Roman Rukavishnikov (1) – 06:05|Alexander Barabanov (1; PPG) – 10:52}}

|2-3-2 = {{ubl|05:53 – Dmitri Kalinin (1)|16:52 – Ilya Talaluyev (1; PPG)|19:55 – Mārtiņš Karsums (2)}}

|goalie2-1 = Igor Shestyorkin (18 shots / 15 saves)

|goalie2-2 = Július Hudáček (34 shots / 32 saves)

|date3 = 2 March

|score3 = 2–5

|tv3 =

|won3 = 1

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|3-1-1 = 15:11 – Nikita Gusev (1; PPG)

|3-2-1 = {{ubl|02:27 – Nikita Gusev (2; PPG)|03:12 – Vladislav Gavrikov (1; PPG)|14:28 – Alexander Barabanov (2; PPG)}}

|3-2-2 = Artyom Fyodorov (1) – 04:55

|3-3-1 = 19:26 – Jarno Koskiranta (1; ENG)

|3-3-2 = Anton Zlobin (1) – 18:02

|goalie3-1 = {{ubl|Igor Shestyorkin (16 shots / 15 saves)|Magnus Hellberg (11 shots / 10 saves)}}

|goalie3-2 = Július Hudáček (38 shots / 34 saves)

|date4 = 4 March

|score4 = 2–3

|tv4 =

|ot4 = 1

|won4 = 1

|recap4 = en.khl.ru/game/674/80960/protocol/

|4-1-1 = No scoring

|4-2-1 = 05:20 – Nail Yakupov (1)

|4-3-1 = 09:26 – Vasili Tokranov (1; PPG)

|4-3-2 = {{ubl|Yevgeni Kulik (1; PPG) – 15:15|Enver Lisin (1) – 15:36}}

|4-4-1 = 04:17 – David Rundblad (1)

|goalie4-1 = Magnus Hellberg (19 shots / 17 saves)

|goalie4-2 = Július Hudáček (34 shots / 31 saves)

|date5 = 6 March

|score5 = 2–1

|tv5 =

|won5 = 1

|recap5 = en.khl.ru/game/674/80912/protocol/

|5-1-1 = No scoring

|5-2-2 = 04:04 – Anton Zlobin (2)

|5-3-1 = {{ubl|Maxim Karpov (1; PPG) – 08:32|David Rundblad (2; PPG) – 14:06}}

|goalie5-1 = Magnus Hellberg (20 shots / 19 saves)

|goalie5-2 = Július Hudáček (29 shots / 27 saves)

|date6 = 8 March

|score6 = 1–2

|tv6 =

|won6 = 1

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|6-1-1 = No scoring

|6-2-1 = 15:41 – Nikita Gusev (3)

|6-3-1 = 17:35 – Sergei Plotnikov (1)

|6-3-2 = Ilya Zubov (1) – 18:44

|goalie6-1 = Magnus Hellberg (15 shots / 14 saves)

|goalie6-2 = Július Hudáček (31 shots / 29 saves)

|series = SKA Saint Petersburg win 4–2

}}

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl finished second in the Western Conference earning 86 points. HC Sochi finished as the Western Conference's sixth seed, earning 66 points. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams, and they split their four-game regular season series.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

|team2=HC Sochi

|stadium1=Arena 2000

|stadium2=Bolshoy Ice Dome

|date1 = 25 February

|score1 = 4–3

|tv1 =

|ot1 = 1

|won1 = 1

|recap1 = en.khl.ru/game/674/80873/protocol/

|1-1-1 = Staffan Kronwall (1) – 15:09

|1-1-2 = {{ubl|07:19 – Kirill Kapustin (1)|13:04 – Jyrki Jokipakka (1; PPG)}}

|1-2-1 = {{ubl|Egor Averin (1) – 06:50|Staffan Kronwall (2; PPG) – 11:45}}

|1-3-2 = 00:51 – Kirill Kapustin (2; PPG)

|1-4-1 = Georgy Ivanov (1) – 03:17

|goalie1-1 = Ilya Konovalov (28 shots / 25 saves)

|goalie1-2 = Konstantin Barulin (25 shots / 21 saves)

|date2 = 27 February

|score2 = 3–0

|tv2 =

|won2 = 1

|recap2 = en.khl.ru/game/674/80897/protocol/

|2-1-1 = Georgy Ivanov (2) – 02:24

|2-2-1 = {{ubl|Rushan Rafikov (1) – 00:34|Daniil Apalkov (1; PPG) – 02:57}}

|goalie2-1 = Ilya Konovalov (22 shots / 22 saves)

|goalie2-2 = {{ubl|Konstantin Barulin (15 shots / 12 saves)|Dmitry Shikin (13 shots / 13 saves)}}

|date3 = 1 March

|score3 = 3–2

|tv3 =

|ot3 = 1

|won3 = 2

|recap3 = en.khl.ru/game/674/80921/protocol/

|3-1-1 = 16:48 – Stepan Sannikov (1)

|3-2-1 = 13:59 – Staffan Kronwall (3)

|3-2-2 = Sean Collins (1; PPG) – 08:22

|3-3-2 = Andrei Altybarmakyan (1) – 13:40

|3-4-2 = Andrei Altybarmakyan (2) – 01:35

|goalie3-1 = Ilya Konovalov (20 shots / 17 saves)

|goalie3-2 = Dmitry Shikin (28 shots / 26 saves)

|date4 = 3 March

|score4 = 3–1

|tv4 =

|won4 = 2

|recap4 = en.khl.ru/game/674/80945/protocol/

|4-1-1 = No scoring

|4-1-2 = Stepan Starkov (1) – 14:24

|4-2-1 = 08:31 – Egor Averin (2)

|4-2-2 = Eric O'Dell (1) – 13:44

|4-3-2 = Robert Rosén (1; ENG) – 19:38

|goalie4-1 = Ilya Konovalov (18 shots / 16 saves)

|goalie4-2 = Dmitry Shikin (38 shots / 37 saves)

|date5 = 5 March

|score5 = 3–0

|tv5 =

|won5 = 1

|recap5 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81065/protocol/

|5-1-1 = No scoring

|5-2-1 = {{ubl|Brandon Kozun (1) – 04:11|Artur Kayumov (1) – 09:01|Daniil Apalkov (2; PPG) – 16:25}}

|goalie5-1 = Alexander Salák (17 shots / 17 saves)

|goalie5-2 = {{ubl|Dmitry Shikin (29 shots / 26 saves)|Konstantin Barulin (6 shots / 6 saves)}}

|date6 = 7 March

|score6 = 2–5

|tv6 =

|won6 = 1

|recap6 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81080/protocol/

|6-1-1 = 14:52 – Daniil Misyul (1)

|6-1-2 = Robert Rosén (2; PPG) – 10:43

|6-2-1 = {{ubl|04:08 – Pavel Kraskovsky (1)|07:06 – Pavel Kraskovsky (2)|10:18 – Daniil Apalkov (3; PPG)|18:35 – Jakub Nakládal (1)}}

|6-2-2 = Martin Bakoš (1) – 08:06

|goalie6-1 = Alexander Salák (27 shots / 25 saves)

|goalie6-2 = {{ubl|Dmitry Shikin (29 shots / 24 saves)|Konstantin Barulin (6 shots / 6 saves)}}

|series = Lokomotiv Yaroslavl win 4–2

}}

Jokerit finished fourth in the Western Conference earning 80 points. Ak Bars Kazan finished as the Western Conference's fifth seed, earning 72 points. This was the first playoff meeting between the two teams; Dynamo Moscow won all four games in this year's regular season series, extending a winning streak, stretching back to 17 September 2015, to eleven games over Jokerit. Dynamo Moscow extended the streak to thirteen, before Jokerit won Game 3.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Jokerit

|team2=Dynamo Moscow

|stadium1=Hartwall Arena

|stadium2=VTB Arena

|date1 = 25 February

|score1 = 2–4

|tv1 =

|won1 = 2

|recap1 = en.khl.ru/game/674/80876/protocol/

|1-1-1 = No scoring

|1-2-1 = John Norman (1) – 13:50

|1-2-2 = 09:29 – Daniil Tarasov (1; PPG)

|1-3-1 = Kristian Vesalainen (1) – 11:04

|1-3-2 = {{ubl|05:52 – Ivan Muranov (1)|09:15 – Vadim Shipachyov (1)|19:38 – Evgeny Mozer (1)}}

|goalie1-1 = Jānis Kalniņš (20 shots / 17 saves)

|goalie1-2 = Alexander Yeryomenko (34 shots / 32 saves)

|date2 = 27 February

|score2 = 2–3

|tv2 =

|won2 = 2

|recap2 = en.khl.ru/game/674/80900/protocol/

|2-1-1 = Nicklas Jensen (1) – 09:06

|2-1-2 = {{ubl|15:23 – Patrik Zackrisson (1)|17:30 – Miks Indrašis (1)}}

|2-2-2 = 08:44 – Miika Koivisto (1; PPG)

|2-3-1 = Brian O'Neill (1) – 04:13

|goalie2-1 = {{ubl|Ryan Zapolski (14 shots / 11 saves)|Jānis Kalniņš (6 shots / 6 saves)}}

|goalie2-2 = Alexander Yeryomenko (48 shots / 46 saves)

|date3 = 1 March

|score3 = 2–3

|tv3 =

|ot3 = 1

|won3 = 1

|recap3 = en.khl.ru/game/674/80924/protocol/

|3-1-1 = No scoring

|3-2-1 = 12:11 – Pekka Jormakka (1)

|3-2-2 = {{ubl|Vladimir Bryukvin (1) – 09:19|Ivan Igumnov (1; SHG) – 15:45}}

|3-3-1 = 15:51 – Sakari Manninen (1)

|3-4-1 = 04:48 – Sakari Manninen (2)

|goalie3-1 = Jānis Kalniņš (27 shots / 25 saves)

|goalie3-2 = Ivan Bocharov (35 shots / 32 saves)

|date4 = 3 March

|score4 = 3–0

|tv4 =

|won4 = 2

|recap4 = en.khl.ru/game/674/80948/protocol/

|4-1-1 = No scoring

|4-1-2 = Vladimir Bryukvin (2) – 16:09

|4-2-2 = Patrik Zackrisson (2; SHG) – 15:55

|4-3-2 = Andrei Mironov (1; ENG) – 18:31

|goalie4-1 = Jānis Kalniņš (23 shots / 21 saves)

|goalie4-2 = Alexander Yeryomenko (43 shots / 43 saves)

|date5 = 5 March

|score5 = 2–1

|tv5 =

|won5 = 1

|recap5 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81068/protocol/

|5-1-1 = Jesse Joensuu (1) – 03:36

|5-3-1 = John Norman (2) – 12:28

|5-3-2 = 17:21 – Patrik Zackrisson (3; PPG)

|goalie5-1 = Jānis Kalniņš (25 shots / 24 saves)

|goalie5-2 = Alexander Yeryomenko (29 shots / 27 saves)

|date6 = 7 March

|score6 = 6–2

|tv6 =

|won6 = 2

|recap6 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81203/protocol/

|6-1-1 = No scoring

|6-1-2 = {{ubl|Michal Čajkovský (1) – 06:18|Vladimir Bryukvin (3; PPG) – 08:48|Vladislav Yefremov (1) – 10:12|Yegor Zaitsev (1) – 12:42|Daniil Tarasov (2; PPG) – 17:23}}

|6-2-1 = 19:03 – Nicklas Jensen (2)

|6-2-2 = Dmitri Kagarlitsky (1; PPG) – 06:04

|6-3-1 = 03:49 – Marko Anttila (1)

|goalie6-1 = {{ubl|Jānis Kalniņš (13 shots / 9 saves)|Ryan Zapolski (11 shots / 9 saves)}}

|goalie6-2 = Ivan Bocharov (45 shots / 43 saves)

|series = Dynamo Moscow win 4–2

}}

This was the second playoff meeting between these teams, with Salavat Yulaev winning the series played in 2010.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

|team2=Salavat Yulaev Ufa

|stadium1=KRK Uralets

|stadium2=Ufa Arena

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|score1 = 0–1

|tv1 =

|won1 = 2

|recap1 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81326/protocol/

|1-1-1 = No scoring

|1-2-2 = 02:55 – Joonas Kemppainen (4; PPG)

|goalie1-1 = Jakub Kovář (24 shots / 23 saves)

|goalie1-2 = Juha Metsola (34 shots / 34 saves)

|date2 = 16 March

|score2 = 2–0

|tv2 =

|won2 = 1

|recap2 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81332/protocol/

|2-1-1 = Georgi Belousov (1; PPG) – 09:24

|2-2-1 = Stéphane Da Costa (1) – 06:44

|goalie2-1 = Jakub Kovář (25 shots / 25 saves)

|goalie2-2 = Juha Metsola (41 shots / 39 saves)

|date3 = 18 March

|score3 = 2–1

|tv3 =

|ot3 = 1

|won3 = 2

|recap3 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81338/protocol/

|3-1-1 = No scoring

|3-2-2 = Vladimir Tkachev (2) – 09:48

|3-3-1 = 04:43 – Alexander Kucheryavenko (2; SHG)

|3-4-2 = Joonas Kemppainen (5; PPG) – 11:08

|goalie3-1 = Jakub Kovář (43 shots / 41 saves)

|goalie3-2 = Juha Metsola (42 shots / 41 saves)

|date4 = 20 March

|score4 = 4–2

|tv4 =

|won4 = 2

|recap4 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81344/protocol/

|4-1-1 = 09:21 – Francis Paré (1)

|4-1-2 = {{ubl|Alexei Semenov (1; PPG) – 05:04|Eduard Gimatov (1) – 06:05|Philip Larsen (1) – 16:21}}

|4-2-2 = Joonas Kemppainen (6) – 15:08

|4-3-1 = 18:04 – Denis Bodrov (1)

|goalie4-1 = {{ubl|Jakub Kovář (13 shots / 9 saves)|Leonid Fomin (1 shot / 1 save)}}

|goalie4-2 = Juha Metsola (39 shots / 37 saves)

|date5 = 22 March

|score5 = 1–4

|tv5 =

|won5 = 2

|recap5 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81428/protocol/

|5-1-1 = No scoring

|5-1-2 = {{ubl|01:02 – Teemu Hartikainen (6)|04:14 – Vladimir Tkachev (3; PPG)}}

|5-2-2 = 10:29 – Linus Omark (3)

|5-3-1 = Evgeny Chesalin (1) – 11:36

|5-3-2 = 02:09 – Joonas Kemppainen (7)

|goalie5-1 = Jakub Kovář (19 shots / 15 saves)

|goalie5-2 = Juha Metsola (36 shots / 35 saves)

|series = Salavat Yulaev Ufa win 4–1

}}

This was the second playoff meeting between these teams, with Avangard winning the series played in 2015.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Barys Astana

|team2=Avangard Omsk

|stadium1=Barys Arena

|stadium2=Balashikha Arena

|date1 = 14 March

|score1 = 1–3

|tv1 =

|won1 = 2

|recap1 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81329/protocol/

|1-1-1 = No scoring

|1-1-2 = {{ubl|12:15 – Kirill Petrov (1)|17:51 – Ilya Mikheyev (2; PPG)}}

|1-3-1 = André Petersson (3) – 04:25

|1-3-2 = 18:56 – Sergei Shirokov (3; ENG)

|goalie1-1 = Henrik Karlsson (38 shots / 36 saves)

|goalie1-2 = Igor Bobkov (16 shots / 15 saves)

|date2 = 16 March

|score2 = 4–2

|tv2 =

|won2 = 1

|recap2 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81335/protocol/

|2-1-1 = No scoring

|2-2-1 = {{ubl|Jesse Blacker (1; PPG) – 09:41|Dustin Boyd (1) – 14:01}}

|2-3-1 = {{ubl|Brandon Bochenski (4; PPG) – 06:17|Dustin Boyd (2; PPG) – 14:04}}

|2-3-2 = {{ubl|04:06 – Sergei Shumakov (6; PPG)|18:52 – Cody Franson (2; PPG)}}

|goalie2-1 = Henrik Karlsson (38 shots / 36 saves)

|goalie2-2 = Igor Bobkov (35 shots / 31 saves)

|date3 = 18 March

|score3 = 5–0

|tv3 =

|won3 = 2

|recap3 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81341/protocol/

|3-1-1 = No scoring

|3-1-2 = Andrei Stas (1; PPG) – 13:12

|3-2-2 = {{ubl|Sergei Shumakov (7; PPG) – 02:57|Sergei Shirokov (4; PPG) – 15:07}}

|3-3-2 = {{ubl|Kirill Semyonov (2) – 03:40|Cody Franson (3; PPG) – 12:19}}

|goalie3-1 = {{ubl|Henrik Karlsson (22 shots / 18 saves)|Dominik Hrachovina (9 shots / 8 saves)}}

|goalie3-2 = Igor Bobkov (20 shots / 20 saves)

|date4 = 20 March

|score4 = 3–1

|tv4 =

|won4 = 2

|recap4 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81347/protocol/

|4-1-1 = No scoring

|4-2-1 = 08:40 – Matt Frattin (7; PPG)

|4-2-2 = Alexander Yaremchuk (1) – 07:36

|4-3-2 = {{ubl|Maxim Chudinov (1) – 07:22|Maxim Chudinov (2; PPG) – 14:25}}

|goalie4-1 = Henrik Karlsson (26 shots / 23 saves)

|goalie4-2 = Igor Bobkov (20 shots / 19 saves)

|date5 = 22 March

|score5 = 3–5

|tv5 =

|won5 = 2

|recap5 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81422/protocol/

|5-1-1 = Matt Frattin (8) – 10:28

|5-2-1 = Matt Frattin (9) – 00:27

|5-2-2 = {{ubl|03:24 – Nikita Pivtsakin (1)|03:55 – Kirill Petrov (2)|15:04 – Taylor Beck (2; PPG)|16:25 – Sergei Shirokov (5; PPG)}}

|5-3-1 = Nikita Mikhailis (1) – 19:50

|5-3-2 = 04:02 – Maxim Chudinov (3)

|goalie5-1 = {{ubl|Dominik Hrachovina (18 shots / 14 saves)|Henrik Karlsson (9 shots / 8 saves)}}

|goalie5-2 = Igor Bobkov (31 shots / 28 saves)

|series = Avangard Omsk win 4–1

}}

This was the third playoff meeting between these teams, with Dynamo having won both previous series.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=CSKA Moscow

|team2=Dynamo Moscow

|stadium1=VTB Ice Palace

|stadium2=VTB Arena

|date1 = 13 March

|score1 = 4–1

|tv1 =

|won1 = 1

|recap1 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81257/protocol/

|1-1-1 = {{ubl|Kirill Kaprizov (2) – 03:11|Mikhail Grigorenko (6) – 18:24}}

|1-2-1 = Linden Vey (1; PPG) – 09:58

|1-2-2 = 01:15 – Michal Čajkovský (2)

|1-3-1 = Nikita Nesterov (2) – 01:42

|goalie1-1 = Ilya Sorokin (15 shots / 14 saves)

|goalie1-2 = {{ubl|Alexander Yeryomenko (29 shots / 25 saves)|Ivan Bocharov (3 shots / 3 saves)}}

|date2 = 15 March

|score2 = 0–1

|tv2 =

|ot2 = 1

|won2 = 2

|recap2 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81263/protocol/

|2-1-1 = No scoring

|2-4-2 = 00:35 – Vladimir Bryukvin (4)

|goalie2-1 = Ilya Sorokin (21 shots / 20 saves)

|goalie2-2 = Ivan Bocharov (22 shots / 22 saves)

|date3 = 17 March

|score3 = 0–4

|tv3 =

|won3 = 1

|recap3 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81269/protocol/

|3-1-1 = 04:31 – Anton Slepyshev (2; PPG)

|3-2-1 = {{ubl|13:03 – Konstantin Okulov (3; PPG)|16:52 – Konstantin Okulov (4)}}

|3-3-1 = 19:59 – Maxim Shalunov (3; PPG)

|goalie3-1 = Ilya Sorokin (23 shots / 23 saves)

|goalie3-2 = Ivan Bocharov (38 shots / 34 saves)

|date4 = 19 March

|score4 = 1–2

|tv4 =

|won4 = 1

|recap4 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81275/protocol/

|4-1-1 = No scoring

|4-1-2 = Juuso Hietanen (1) – 17:06

|4-3-1 = {{ubl|04:04 – Konstantin Okulov (5)|19:35 – Mat Robinson (2)}}

|goalie4-1 = Ilya Sorokin (27 shots / 26 saves)

|goalie4-2 = Alexander Yeryomenko (24 shots / 22 saves)

|date5 = 21 March

|score5 = 3–2

|tv5 =

|won5 = 1

|recap5 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81380/protocol/

|5-1-1 = Pavel Karnaukhov (1) – 13:13

|5-1-2 = 19:10 – Yegor Zaitsev (2)

|5-2-1 = Jannik Hansen (1; PPG) – 10:01

|5-2-2 = 18:56 – Dmitri Kagarlitsky (2; PPG)

|5-3-1 = Linden Vey (2) – 06:47

|goalie5-1 = Ilya Sorokin (19 shots / 17 saves)

|goalie5-2 = Alexander Yeryomenko (34 shots / 31 saves)

|series = CSKA Moscow win 4–1

}}

This was the fifth playoff meeting between these teams, with SKA winning the three past seasons and Lokomotiv winning in 2014.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=SKA Saint Petersburg

|team2=Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

|stadium1=Ice Palace

|stadium2=Arena 2000

|date1 = 13 March

|score1 = 1–0

|tv1 =

|won1 = 1

|recap1 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81260/protocol/

|1-1-1 = No scoring

|1-3-1 = David Rundblad (3; PPG) – 06:16

|goalie1-1 = Magnus Hellberg (23 shots / 23 saves)

|goalie1-2 = Alexander Salák (27 shots / 26 saves)

|date2 = 15 March

|score2 = 6–1

|tv2 =

|won2 = 1

|recap2 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81266/protocol/

|2-1-1 = Mikhail Maltsev (1) – 13:44

|2-1-2 = 15:59 – Artur Kayumov (2; PPG)

|2-2-1 = {{ubl|Nikita Gusev (4) – 06:54|Alexei Byvaltsev (1; PPG) – 11:50|Jarno Koskiranta (2; PPG) – 12:29}}

|2-3-1 = {{ubl|Pavel Datsyuk (1; PPG) – 02:35|Viktor Tikhonov (1) – 14:31}}

|goalie2-1 = Magnus Hellberg (22 shots / 21 saves)

|goalie2-2 = {{ubl|Alexander Salák (16 shots / 12 saves)|Ilya Konovalov (15 shots / 13 saves)}}

|date3 = 17 March

|score3 = 3–1

|tv3 =

|won3 = 2

|recap3 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81272/protocol/

|3-1-1 = No scoring

|3-1-2 = Maxim Osipov (1) – 07:07

|3-2-2 = Georgy Ivanov (3) – 16:31

|3-3-1 = 00:55 – Nail Yakupov (2)

|3-3-2 = Maxim Osipov (2) – 16:04

|goalie3-1 = Magnus Hellberg (29 shots / 26 saves)

|goalie3-2 = Ilya Konovalov (31 shots / 30 saves)

|date4 = 19 March

|score4 = 1–3

|tv4 =

|won4 = 1

|recap4 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81278/protocol/

|4-1-1 = 11:30 – Roman Rukavishnikov (2)

|4-3-1 = {{ubl|12:29 – David Rundblad (4; PPG)|14:37 – Maxim Karpov (2)}}

|4-3-2 = Mikhail Belyayev (1) – 19:34

|goalie4-1 = Magnus Hellberg (22 shots / 21 saves)

|goalie4-2 = {{ubl|Ilya Konovalov (31 shots / 30 saves)|Alexander Salák (0 shots / 0 saves)}}

|date5 = 21 March

|score5 = 5–4

|tv5 =

|ot5 = 1

|won5 = 1

|recap5 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81461/protocol/

|5-1-1 = No scoring

|5-1-2 = 04:15 – Denis Alexeyev (1)

|5-2-1 = {{ubl|Nikita Gusev (5) – 00:38|Nikita Gusev (6; PPG) – 04:12|Artyom Zub (1) – 10:07|Alexei Byvaltsev (2; PPG) – 17:52}}

|5-2-2 = 10:59 – Stepan Sannikov (2)

|5-3-2 = {{ubl|05:18 – Daniil Apalkov (4)|12:49 – Rushan Rafikov (2)}}

|5-4-1 = Dinar Khafizullin (1; PPG) – 06:45

|goalie5-1 = {{ubl|Magnus Hellberg (25 shots / 21 saves)|Igor Shestyorkin (0 shots / 0 saves)}}

|goalie5-2 = {{ubl|Ilya Konovalov (19 shots / 16 saves)|Alexander Salák (15 shots / 13 saves)}}

|series = SKA Saint Petersburg win 4–1

}}

This was the fourth playoff meeting between these teams, with Avangard Omsk winning the series played in 2009 and Salavat Yulaev Ufa winning in 2016 and 2018. This represents the lowest-seeded Conference Final match-up in KHL history, with the winners becoming the lowest seed to play in a Gagarin Cup final series.

In Game 3, Joonas Kemppainen's eventual game-winning goal – his ninth goal of the playoffs – set the record for most playoff goals by a Salavat Yulaev Ufa player in one season, breaking the record set by Alexander Radulov in 2010. In Game 6, the longest game in Conference Finals history, Salavat Yulaev Ufa goaltender Juha Metsola made 69 saves, a record in the KHL.{{cite news|url=https://en.khl.ru/news/2019/04/08/437855.html|title=East: Avangard goes to the Gagarin Cup final. April 8 round-up|first=Andy|last=Potts|work=KHL.ru|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|date=8 April 2019|accessdate=9 April 2019|quote=Avangard, in particular, stepped up its offense and Metsola's 63rd save of the night set a new individual record for a goalie in the KHL.}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=Avangard Omsk

|team2=Salavat Yulaev Ufa

|stadium1=Balashikha Arena

|stadium2=Ufa Arena

|date1 = 29 March

|score1 = 4–3

|tv1 =

|won1 = 1

|ot1 = 1

|recap1 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81506/protocol/

|1-1-1 = Taylor Beck (3; PPG) – 10:38

|1-2-1 = Ville Pokka (2) – 01:59

|1-2-2 = {{ubl|00:51 – Zakhar Arzamastsev (1)|12:09 – Pyotr Khokhryakov (1)}}

|1-3-1 = Viktor Stålberg (2) – 12:01

|1-3-2 = 06:13 – Joonas Kemppainen (8)

|1-4-1 = Sergei Shumakov (8; PPG) – 04:03

|goalie1-1 = Igor Bobkov (27 shots / 24 saves)

|goalie1-2 = Juha Metsola (44 shots / 40 saves)

|date2 = 31 March

|score2 = 4–1

|tv2 =

|won2 = 1

|recap2 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81509/protocol/

|2-1-1 = No scoring

|2-2-1 = Sergei Shirokov (6; PPG) – 13:11

|2-3-1 = {{ubl|Taylor Beck (4) – 06:32|Kirill Semyonov (3) – 15:33|Alexei Emelin (1; ENG) – 19:36}}

|2-3-2 = 03:32 – Vladimir Tkachev (4; PPG)

|goalie2-1 = Igor Bobkov (17 shots / 16 saves)

|goalie2-2 = Juha Metsola (40 shots / 37 saves)

|date3 = 2 April

|score3 = 5–1

|tv3 =

|won3 = 2

|recap3 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81512/protocol/

|3-1-1 = No scoring

|3-1-2 = {{ubl|Artyom Sergeyev (1) – 10:53|Joonas Kemppainen (9) – 14:12|Teemu Hartikainen (7) – 19:25}}

|3-2-1 = 17:08 – Denis Zernov (4; PPG)

|3-3-2 = {{ubl|Maxim Mayorov (2; ENG) – 18:50|Pyotr Khokhryakov (2) – 19:42}}

|goalie3-1 = {{ubl|Igor Bobkov (7 shots / 4 saves)|Ivan Nalimov (21 shots / 20 saves)}}

|goalie3-2 = Juha Metsola (30 shots / 29 saves)

|date4 = 4 April

|score4 = 2–4

|tv4 =

|won4 = 1

|recap4 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81515/protocol/

|4-1-1 = No scoring

|4-2-1 = {{ubl|01:25 – Sergei Shumakov (9)|03:53 – Ilya Mikheyev (3; PPG)|17:06 – Ilya Mikheyev (4)}}

|4-2-2 = {{ubl|Teemu Hartikainen (8) – 07:56|Pyotr Khokhryakov (3; SHG) – 10:09}}

|4-3-1 = 18:49 – Denis Zernov (5)

|goalie4-1 = Igor Bobkov (25 shots / 23 saves)

|goalie4-2 = Juha Metsola (36 shots / 32 saves)

|date5 = 6 April

|score5 = 2–3

|tv5 =

|won5 = 2

|ot5 = 2

|recap5 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81605/protocol/

|5-1-1 = Sergei Shumakov (10) – 11:59

|5-1-2 = 02:03 – Alexander Burmistrov (1)

|5-2-1 = Maxime Talbot (1; PPG) – 16:36

|5-3-2 = 08:51 – Linus Omark (4; PPG)

|5-4-2 = 08:58 – Joonas Kemppainen (10)

|goalie5-1 = Igor Bobkov (41 shots / 38 saves)

|goalie5-2 = Juha Metsola (60 shots / 58 saves)

|date6 = 8 April

|score6 = 0–1

|tv6 =

|ot6 = 3

|won6 = 1

|recap6 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81515/protocol/

|6-1-1 = No scoring

|6-4-1 = 09:18 – Alexei Bondarev (1)

|goalie6-1 = Igor Bobkov (36 shots / 36 saves)

|goalie6-2 = Juha Metsola (70 shots / 69 saves)

|series = Avangard Omsk win 4–2

}}

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these teams, with SKA winning the first three playoff series and CSKA winning the two most recent series.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=CSKA Moscow

|team2=SKA Saint Petersburg

|stadium1=VTB Ice Palace

|stadium2=Ice Palace

|date1 = 28 March

|score1 = 2–1

|tv1 =

|won1 = 1

|recap1 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81494/protocol/

|1-1-1 = Alexander Popov (1) – 17:21

|1-1-2 = 14:12 – Dinar Khafizullin (2)

|1-2-1 = Mikhail Grigorenko (7) – 07:55

|goalie1-1 = Ilya Sorokin (37 shots / 36 saves)

|goalie1-2 = Magnus Hellberg (12 shots / 10 saves)

|date2 = 30 March

|score2 = 3–1

|tv2 =

|won2 = 1

|recap2 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81497/protocol/

|2-1-1 = Kirill Kaprizov (3; PPG) – 12:58

|2-2-1 = Greg Scott (1) – 16:24

|2-2-2 = 18:51 – Nikita Gusev (7; PPG)

|2-3-1 = Ivan Telegin (1) – 09:54

|goalie2-1 = Ilya Sorokin (26 shots / 25 saves)

|goalie2-2 = Igor Shestyorkin (19 shots / 16 saves)

|date3 = 1 April

|score3 = 2–1

|tv3 =

|ot3 = 1

|won3 = 2

|recap3 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81500/protocol/

|3-1-1 = 19:59 – Pavel Karnaukhov (2)

|3-2-2 = Alexander Barabanov (3) – 07:58

|3-4-2 = Nikolai Prokhorkin (1) – 12:43

|goalie3-1 = Ilya Sorokin (29 shots / 27 saves)

|goalie3-2 = Igor Shestyorkin (17 shots / 16 saves)

|date4 = 3 April

|score4 = 3–1

|tv4 =

|won4 = 2

|recap4 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81503/protocol/

|4-1-1 = 13:38 – Mikhail Naumenkov (2)

|4-2-2 = Nikolai Prokhorkin (2) – 08:18

|4-3-2 = {{ubl|Nikita Gusev (8; PPG) – 03:31|Sergei Plotnikov (2) – 04:21}}

|goalie4-1 = {{ubl|Ilya Sorokin (22 shots / 19 saves)|Lars Johansson (1 shot / 1 save)}}

|goalie4-2 = Igor Shestyorkin (20 shots / 19 saves)

|date5 = 5 April

|score5 = 3–0

|tv5 =

|won5 = 1

|recap5 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81602/protocol/

|5-1-1 = Mat Robinson (3) – 19:16

|5-2-1 = Maxim Mamin (1) – 07:29

|5-3-1 = Sergei Andronov (1; ENG) – 19:00

|goalie5-1 = Ilya Sorokin (19 shots / 19 saves)

|goalie5-2 = Igor Shestyorkin (20 shots / 18 saves)

|date6 = 7 April

|score6 = 3–2

|tv6 =

|won6 = 2

|recap6 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81626/protocol/

|6-1-1 = No scoring

|6-1-2 = Nail Yakupov (3) – 15:35

|6-2-1 = {{ubl|13:16 – Mat Robinson (4)|15:37 – Mat Robinson (5; PPG)}}

|6-2-2 = Nail Yakupov (4) – 02:02

|6-3-2 = Nikita Gusev (9; PPG) – 05:52

|goalie6-1 = Ilya Sorokin (17 shots / 14 saves)

|goalie6-2 = Igor Shestyorkin (29 shots / 27 saves)

|date7 = 9 April

|score7 = 3–1

|tv7 =

|won7 = 1

|recap7 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81650/protocol/

|7-1-1 = No scoring

|7-2-1 = {{ubl|Linden Vey (3; PPG) – 05:17|Anton Slepyshev (3) – 07:54}}

|7-2-2 = 10:18 – Sergei Plotnikov (3)

|7-3-1 = Mikhail Grigorenko (8; ENG) – 19:58

|goalie7-1 = Ilya Sorokin (18 shots / 17 saves)

|goalie7-2 = Igor Shestyorkin (23 shots / 21 saves)

|series = CSKA Moscow win 4–3

}}

This is the first playoff meeting between these teams, and CSKA's third and Avangard's second appearance in the Gagarin Cup Finals.

In the opening game of the series, CSKA Moscow's Mikhail Grigorenko scored the first hat-trick in the Gagarin Cup Finals,{{cite news|url=https://en.khl.ru/news/2019/04/16/438647.html|title=Grigorenko writes history posting first-ever Gagarin Cup finals hat-trick|work=KHL.ru|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|date=16 April 2019|accessdate=19 April 2019|first1=Dmitry|last1=Yerykalov|first2=Alessandro|last2=Seren Rosso}} including the game-winning goal.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1=CSKA Moscow

|team2=Avangard Omsk

|stadium1=VTB Ice Palace

|stadium2=Balashikha Arena

|date1 = 13 April

|score1 = 5–2

|tv1 =

|won1 = 1

|recap1 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81665/protocol/

|1-1-1 = {{ubl|Andrei Svetlakov (2) – 02:00|Alexey Marchenko (2) – 08:05}}

|1-2-1 = Mikhail Grigorenko (9) – 10:56

|1-2-2 = 13:27 – Sergei Shumakov (11; PPG)

|1-3-1 = {{ubl|Mikhail Grigorenko (10) – 07:19|Mikhail Grigorenko (11; ENG) – 19:29}}

|1-3-2 = 14:56 – Viktor Stålberg (3; PPG)

|goalie1-1 = Ilya Sorokin (26 shots / 24 saves)

|goalie1-2 = {{ubl|Igor Bobkov (25 shots / 21 saves)|Ivan Nalimov (2 shots / 2 saves)}}

|date2 = 15 April

|score2 = 3–0

|tv2 =

|won2 = 1

|recap2 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81668/protocol/

|2-1-1 = No scoring

|2-3-1 = {{ubl|Konstantin Okulov (6) – 13:10|Mikhail Grigorenko (12; ENG) – 18:22|Sergei Andronov (2; ENG) – 19:09}}

|goalie2-1 = Ilya Sorokin (27 shots / 27 saves)

|goalie2-2 = Igor Bobkov (21 shots / 20 saves)

|date3 = 17 April

|score3 = 0–2

|tv3 =

|won3 = 1

|recap3 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81671/protocol/

|3-1-1 = No scoring

|3-3-1 = {{ubl|03:02 – Sergei Andronov (3)|19:04 – Mikhail Grigorenko (13; ENG)}}

|goalie3-1 = Ilya Sorokin (16 shots / 16 saves)

|goalie3-2 = Igor Bobkov (29 shots / 28 saves)

|date4 = 19 April

|score4 = 2–3

|tv4 =

|ot4 = 1

|won4 = 1

|recap4 = en.khl.ru/game/674/81674/protocol/

|4-1-1 = No scoring

|4-1-2 = {{ubl|Sergei Shumakov (12; PPG) – 12:51|Cody Franson (4) –17:11}}

|4-2-1 = 03:47 – Kirill Kaprizov (4)

|4-3-1 = 17:12 – Konstantin Okulov (7)

|4-4-1 = 17:44 – Maxim Mamin (2)

|goalie4-1 = Ilya Sorokin (38 shots / 36 saves)

|goalie4-2 = Igor Bobkov (38 shots / 35 saves)

|series = CSKA Moscow win 4–0

}}

The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the playoffs.{{cite web|url=https://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/674/pts/|title=Leaders: Points (G+A)|work=KHL.ru|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|accessdate=19 April 2019}} If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, at the conclusion of the playoffs.{{cite web|url=https://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/674/gaa/|title=Leaders: Goaltenders (GAA)|work=KHL.ru|publisher=Kontinental Hockey League|accessdate=19 April 2019}}

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