March's finest

The KHL has named the best players of the month of March in four categories.

- Best goaltender went to Erik Ersberg (Salavat Yulaev). In March he featured in nine games, seven of which were victories, and kept two clean sheets. During the month Ersberg allowed an average of 1.69 goals per game and achieved a save percentage of 94.3.

- Best defenseman went to Marat Kalimulin (Lokomotiv). He took part in 13 games in March, picking up 5 points (1 goal, 4 assists) and merited a rating of +10. In only one of his 13 outings did he finish with a negative rating.

- Best attacker went to Gleb Klimenko (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), who in 13 games scored 7 goals and assisted on 3 more, meriting a rating for the month of +5.

- Best rookie went to Metallurg Magnitogorsk attacker Pavel Zdunov, whose account for the month showed two goals and one assist in 12 games. Zdunov spent an average of 8 minutes 28 and seconds on the ice.