Best Players of the 2023-2024 nineteenth week

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

The League’s teams played 32 games last week, with 554 players (39 goalies, 179 defensemen, and 336 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 5.16 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the first time in his career was Alexander Samoilov (Severstal), who recorded two shutouts last week, one win and one SO series. The Cherepovets goalie faced 90 shots, or 30 per night, posting a saves percentage of 96.67% and a goals-against average of 0.99.      

- Best defenseman for the first time in his career was Nicolas Meloche (Salavat Yulaev), who scored 3 (2+1) points in two games last week. The Ufa defenseman posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-4 differential. He also recorded four hits, blocked one shot, and had one takeaway.

- Best forward for the second time in his career was Maxim Karpov (Metallurg), who scored 5 (2+3) points in three games last week. The forward posted no negative ratings, ending the week with a plus-3 differential. He also had two takeaways.

- Best rookie for the first time in his career was forward Nikita Kiryanov (Lokomotiv), who scored 2 (1+1) points in three games last week. In the Saturday game against Amur, Kiryanov realized a shootout attempt in OT, netting the game-winner for Lokomotiv and scoring his first KHL goal.