Best Players of the 2023-2024 fourth week

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

The League’s teams played 31 games last week, with 546 players (41 goalies, 176 defensemen, and 329 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 4.71 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the first time in his career was Artemy Pleshkov (SKA) who won two games from two last week. The SKA’s goalie faced 46 shots, or 23 per night, posting a saves percentage of 97.83% and a goals-against average of 0.50.

- Best defenseman for the first time in his career was Martin Gernat (Lokomotiv), who scored 5 (2+3) points in three games. Gernat posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus+6 differential. His tally against Severstal (5:0) was the game-winner for the Railwaymen. He also recorded two hits, blocked six shots, and had three takeaways.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Riley Barber (Barys), who scored 6 (2+4) points in three games. Barber posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-6 rating. His tally in the game against Neftekhimik (6:5 OT) was the game-winner for the Kazakhs.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was defenseman Nikita Artamonov (Torpedo), who scored 2 (1+1) points in three games last week. His average time on ice was 16 minutes and 47 seconds, he also blocked one shot and had one takeaway.