Best Players of the 2022-2023 first week

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

Last week, the League’s teams played 17 games, with 466 players (26 goalies, 153 defensemen, and 287 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.12 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the first time in his career was Patrik Rybar (Spartak), who won two games from two last week. The Slovak netminder faced 61 shots, or 30.5 per night, posting a saves percentage of 96.72% and a goals-against average of 1.00. Rybar posted a shutout in Sunday’s Spartak victory over Sibir (1:0).

- Best defenseman for the second time in his career was Andrei Sergeyev (Lokomotiv), who scored 3 (0+3) points in two games last week. The defenseman posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-2 differential. Sergeyev also recorded one hits and blocked four shots.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Mikhail Grigorenko (CSKA), who scored 5 (3+2) points in two games last week. He posted no negative ratings, recording a plus-3 differential. In the Opening Cup game against Metallurg, Grigorenko posted a double. Last week, the forward also had seven shots, recorded one hit, and blocked one shot.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was forward Yegor Vinogradov (Torpedo), who scored 1 (1+0) point in one last week, opening his goal-scoring account in the League in the Saturday’s Torpedo loss to Metallurg. Vinogradov logged 11 minutes and 26 seconds of ice time, and had one shot on goal.