Best Players of the 2023-2024 seventeenth week

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

The League’s teams played 29 games last week, with 552 players (39 goalies, 181 defensemen, and 332 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.52 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the seventh time in his career was Timur Bilyalov (Ak Bars), who won two games from two with his team last week. The Kazan goalie faced 59 shots, or 29.5 per night, posting a saves percentage of 96.61% and a goals-against average of 0.97. Bilyalov is the sixth player to be awarded the goalie of the week honors seven times following Vasily Koshechkin, Alexander Yeryomenko, Konstantin Barulin, Juha Metsola, and Ilya Ezhov.

- Best defenseman for the first time in his career was Trevor Murphy (Sibir), who scored 4 (2+2) points in two games last week. The Novosibirsk defenseman posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-2 differential. Murphy netted the game-winner in his team’s win over Admiral on Wednesday (4:1). He also recorded one hit and blocked three shots.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Kirill Pilipenko (Severstal), who scored 7 (3+4) points in three games last week. The Cherepovets forward netted game-winners in the matches against Vityaz and HC Sochi. He also blocked two shots.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was goalie Maxim Motorygin (Dynamo Moscow), who won two games from two last week. Motorygin faced 58 shots, or 29 per night, posting a saves percentage of 94.83% and a goals-against average of 1.47.