Best Players of the 2022-2023 seventeenth week

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

Last week, the League’s teams played 29 games, with 536 players (46 goalies, 174 defensemen, and 316 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.79 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the second time in his career was Vasily Demchenko (Avangard) who won two games from three last week. Demchenko faced 92 shots, or 30.7 per night, posting a saves percentage of 95.65% and a goals-against average of 1.30. The Avangard netminder recorded a shutout in his team’s 5:0 win over Avtomobilist.

- Best defenseman for the second time in his career was Daniil Pylenkov (Severstal), who scored 4 (1+3) points in three games last week. He also recorded one hit, blocked six shots, and had one takeaway. Pylenkov was awarded best defenseman honors earlier representing SKA.

- Best forward for the second time in his career was Nikolai Goldobin (Metallurg), who scored 6 (4+2) points in three games last week. Goldobin stroke his first KHL treble in Magnitka’s 4:2 win over Ak Bars, also netting the game-winner.

- Best rookie for the third time this season was forward Stepan Nikulin (Lokomotiv), who scored 4 (3+1) points in three games last week. Nikulin posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-4 differential. The forward potted the game-winner in the game against Spartak, and also recorded three hits and one takeaway.