Best Players of the 2023-2024 twenty-third week

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

The League’s teams played 33 games last week, with 550 players (40 goalies, 182 defensemen, and 328 forwards) taking part in the action. The scoring was at 4.97 goals per game.

- Best goalie for the eighth time in his career was Timur Bilyalov (Ak Bars), who had two wins in two games with his team last week. The Kazan goalie faced 76 shots, or 38 per night, posting a saves percentage of 98.68% and a goals-against average of 0.50. Bilyalov posted a shutout in Ak Bars’ win over Neftekhimik on Tuesday (3:0).

- Best defenseman for the third time in his career was Daniil Pylenkov (Dynamo Moscow), who scored 4 (1+3) points and a plus-2 differential in three games last week. Pylenkov also blocked two shots and had one takeaway.

- Best forward for the first time in his career was Vladislav Barulin (Amur), who scored 7 (3+4) points with a plus-7 differential in four games last week. Barulin potted a double in Amur’s win over Traktor on Wednesday (4:2) and recorded one hit, blocked two shots, and had one takeaway.

- Best rookie for the fifth time in his career was forward Dmitry Buchelnikov (Admiral), who scored 5 (1+4) points in four games last week. The forward also recorded two hits, blocked two shots, and had two takeaways.