Best Players of the 2023-2024 sixteenth week

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

The League’s teams played 32 games last week, with 563 players (45 goalies, 182 defensemen, and 336 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.5 goals per game. 

- Best goalie for the fourth time in his career was Nikita Serebryakov (SKA), who won three games from three with his team last week. The St. Petersburg goalie faced 95 shots, or 31.7 per night, posting a saves percentage of 97.89% and a goals-against average of 0.75. Serebryakov posted a shutout in SKA’s Wednesday win over CSKA (2:0). 

- Best defenseman for the first time in his career was David Sklenicka (Barys), who scored 3 (2+1) points in two games last week. The Astana defenseman posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-2 differential. Sklenicka netted the game-winner in his team’s win over Traktor on Saturday (5:1). He also recorded seven hits, blocked one shot, and had two takeaways. 

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Joshua Leivo (Salavat Yulaev), who scored 8 (4+4) points in three games last week. Leivo posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-3 differential. The Ufa forward potted the game winner in his team’s victory over CSKA on Monday (4:3 OT) and blocked two shots. 

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