Best Players of the 2023-2024 fifteenth week

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

The League’s teams played 32 games last week, with 555 players (38 goalies, 186 defensemen, and 331 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.59 goals per game. 

- Best goalie for the first time in his career was Dmitry Shugayev (Severstal), who won two games from three with his team last week. The Cherepovets goalie faced 72 shots, or 24 per night, posting a saves percentage of 94.44%. Shugayev posted a shutout in Severstal’s Tuesday win over Lokomotiv (1:0).

- Best defenseman for the second time in his career was Michal Cajkovsky (Spartak), who scored 3 (2+1) points in three games last week. The Spartak defenseman posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-3 differential. Cajkovsky netted the game-winner in his team’s win over Torpedo on Tuesday (5:2). He also recorded one hit, blocked seven shots, and had one takeaway. 

- Best forward for the third time in his career was Marat Khairullin (SKA), who scored 9 (3+6) points in three games last week. Khairullin posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-6 differential. The St. Petersburg forward also recorded one hit, blocked one shot, and had one takeaway. 

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was forward Sergei Kuznetsov (Dinamo Minsk), who scored 4 (2+2) points in three games last week. He also recorded four hits and had two takeaways.