Best Players of the 2022-2023 fifth week

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

Last week, the League’s teams played 32 games, with 536 players (40 goalies, 179 defensemen, and 317 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.12 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the third time in his career was Andrei Kareyev (Salavat Yulaev), who won two matches of two with his team last week. Kareyev faced 56 shots, or 28 per night, posting a saves percentage of 100% and a goals-against average of 0.00. In the games against Traktor (3:0) and Avtomobilist (4:0) he posted his first wins and shutouts of the season. He was most recently awarded best goalie honors in the 19^th week of the 2017-2018 season.

- Best defenseman for the third time in his career was Trevor Murphy (Sibir), who scored 4 (2+2) points in three games last week. The defenseman posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-1 differential. He also recorded four hits and blocked five shots.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Eric O’Dell (Dynamo Moscow), who scored 6 (4+2) points in three games last week. The forward posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-5 differential. In the game against Vityaz O’Dell scored four goals and became the fourth Canadian to get this achievement.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was forward Alexander Perevalov (Kunlun Red Star), who scored 2 (2+0) points in three games last week. In the game against CSKA (5:4 SO), he potted a double, getting his first KHL goals, and also netted the game-winning shootout. Perevalov also recorded three hits and blocked two shots.