Best Players of the 2023-2024 seventh week

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

The League’s teams played 31 games last week, with 536 players (39 goalies, 176 defensemen, and 321 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.26 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the first time in his career was Filipp Dolganov (Neftekhimik), who won three games from three last week. Dolganov faced 90 shots, or 30 per night, posting a saves percentage of 96.67% and a goals-against average of 1.00. The Neftekhimik’s goalie posted shutouts in his teams win’s over Lada (4:0) and SKA (2:0).

- Best defenseman for the first time in his career was Jeremy Roy (Vityaz), who scored 5 (2+3) points in two games last week. Roy posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-5 differential. He also recorded two hits and blocked two shots.

- Best forward for the second time in his career was Taylor Beck (Avtomobilist), who scored 7 (2+5) points in four games last week. Beck posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-2 rating. He netted the OT, game-winning goal in Avto’s win over Ak Bars on Friday (3:2 OT). Beck also recorded four hits, blocked two shots, and had two takeaways.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was forward Dmitry Buchelnikov (Admiral), who scored 3 (1+2) points in three games last week. He also recorded one hit, blocked two shots, and had two takeaways.