Best Players of the final regular-season Week

The Kontinental Hockey League's commission has determined the best players of the Regular Season's final week in four categories.

Last week the League's teams played a total of 34 games, with 584 players (47 goalies, 197 defensemen, and 340 forwards) taking part in the action. The average goals-per-game was at 5.12.

- Best goalie for the third time in his career was Lars Johansson (CSKA), who won two of three games last week against Severstal (3-0) and Ak Bars (1-0). Johansson faced 91 shots, or 30.3 per night, posting a saves percentage of 97.80% and a goals-against average of 0.65.

- Best defenseman for the sixth time in his career and third time this season was Darren Dietz (Barys), who posted 5 (3+2) points, including potting the game-winner in the game against Kunlun Red Star (3-0). The D-man scored points in all three games of the week, posting a plus-1 rating. Dietz also had 11 shots on goal, blocked four shots, and earned one powerplay for his team.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Kirill Marchenko (SKA), who won three games from three last week with his team. Marchenko had 6 (3+3) points, including netting the game-winner and posting a double in the 4-3 victory over Kunlun Red Star. The SKA forward posted no negative ratings, ending the week being plus-6. Marchenko had 12 shots on goal and logged an average time on ice of 12 minutes and 19 seconds.

- Best rookie for the first time was goalie Daniil Tarasov (Salavat Yulaev), who won two games of two last week. Tarasov faced 49 shots, or 24.5 per night, posting a saves percentage of 95.92% and a goals-against average of 1.00.