Best Players of the 2023-2024 sixth week

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

The League’s teams played 34 games last week, with 561 players (37 goalies, 186 defensemen, and 338 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.12 goals per game, with the average attendance being at 6,813 spectators per night.

- Best goalie for the sixth time in his career was Ilya Proskuryakov (Avangard), who won three games from three last week. The Omsk’s goalie faced 78 shots, or 26 per night, posting a saves percentage of 97.44% and a goals-against average of 0.67. The netminder posted a shutout in his team’s 3:0 win over Dynamo Moscow on Friday. Earlier in his career, Proskuryakov was awarded the Best goalie honors three times representing Torpedo and once while representing CSKA and Metallurg.

- Best defenseman for the second time in his career was Dinar Khafizullin (Salavat Yulaev), who scored 4 (1+3) points in three games. Dietz posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-3 rating. His goal in the Tuesday game against Avtomobilist (4:1) was the game-winner for Salavat Yulaev. He also recorded two hits and blocked three shots. Khafizullin was awarded the Best defenseman honors in 2017-2018 third week while representing SKA.

- Best forward for the third time in his career was Nikolai Goldobin (Spartak), who scored 9 (3+6) points in three games last week. Goldobin posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-3 rating. His goal against CSKA was the game-winner for the Red-and-Whites. Goldobin was awarded the Best forward honors in 2022-2023 17^th week and 2023-2024 1^st week.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was goalie Ilya Nabokov (Metallurg), who won two games from two last week. Nabokov faced 69 shots, or 34.5 per night, posting a save percentage of 92.75 and a goals-against average of 2.42.