Best Players of the 2023-2024 thirteenth week

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

The League’s teams played 33 games last week, with 556 players (41 goalies, 185 defensemen, and 330 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.21 goals per game. 

- Best goalie for the sixth time in his career was Timur Bilyalov (Ak Bars), who won three games from three last week, including two shutouts. The Kazan goalie faced 82 shots, or 27.3 per night, posting a saves percentage of 97.56% and a goals-against average of 0.67.  

- Best defenseman for the third time in his career was Albert Yarullin (Traktor), who scored 2 (2+0) points in three games. Yarullin posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-3 differential. He also recorded seven hits and eight blocked shots. 

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Vasily Atanasov (Torpedo), who scored 4 (3+1) points in three games. Atanasov posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-4 differential. The Torpedo forward netted the game-winner in his game’s win over Dynamo Moscow. He also recorded one hit and one blocked shot. 

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was forward Vladimir Mikhalyov (Sibir), who scored 2 (1+1) point in three games last week. He also had one hit, one blocked shot, and one takeaway. He also recorded six hits, blocked three shots, and had one takeaway. On Sunday, during the JHL All-Star Game, he scored one of his team’s goals and earned a call to the 2023 Fonbet KHL All-Star Game. Mikhalyov is the first Sibir rookie to be awarded the Best rookie honors since the 2018-2019 season, when Nikita Mikhailov grabbed the award.